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Re: Weather equalizer Monday night?
Actually Reed is 5/9 on attempts of 50+ (don't know breakdown of home/away)
http://www.nfl.com/players/jeffreed/careerstats?id=REE265822
I agree with you but the original posting didn't mention the quality of the kicker, just the field and I was raising the point that a good kicker can influence those numbers by virtue of the fact that in average, he's attempting 50% of the kicks.
Good point, but let's not get too fine. Remember that Heinz field is notoriously bad for field goals, and yet, Jeff Reed is a good kicker. The problem is that he's never kicked one more than 50 yards. So, my point was that when the field goal percentage at a particular stadium is good, it has to do with a combination of a good kicker, a decent field surface, and a field that is impervious to high wind conditions. M&T Bank Stadium has all of these. Heinz Field has only Reed. Since field goal kicks travel at a higher altitude than passes, any field with wind conditions that impact the passing game will tend to have a lower field goal success rate. There will not be a problem with passing due to high winds in the M&T Bank Stadium area on Monday night.
Actually Reed is 5/9 on attempts of 50+ (don't know breakdown of home/away)
http://www.nfl.com/players/jeffreed/careerstats?id=REE265822
I agree with you but the original posting didn't mention the quality of the kicker, just the field and I was raising the point that a good kicker can influence those numbers by virtue of the fact that in average, he's attempting 50% of the kicks.
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