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it is only fair to compare Gost to the kickers of his period. When you go through the list of 27 - I'm sure you'll notice the correlation with the fact that most of them are active today.
kicking standards today far outweigh them of just 10 years ago. Multitude of reasons, I'll leave it to you to google it. Also been a lot of changes in field conditions and the penalty of the ball placement has caused less high risk kicks (hence raising %s).
Avg fg % from beyond 50:
1960s: 13.1 percent
1970s: 21.6 percent
1980s: 35.6 percent
1990s: 47.8 percent
2000s: 53.0 percent
You forgot one variable of the recent period if you want to TRULY compare apples to apples in the same era.
Dome kickers.
Gost doesn't kick much in Florida or California or domes. (and before you say "He missed one today" - - rewatch the broadcast and check out the shot of the flags flapping straight out at the top of the stadium - - the one time he got to kick in Florida, other than the upcoming J'ville game, it's in the midst of 25 mph winds and a wet field - more like the old days than today's sometimes hermetically sealed conditions).
If you're going to compare within the same era, you must be consistent with your analysis. Gost does not kick ONCE this year indoors during the regular season.
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