Carli Lloyd, 55yd field goal with ease.

[ultrajet]

It's really not that uncommon. They may not carry 2 for an entire season but again, not uncommon. I can't remember who it was, (I wana say Janikowski?) but there was a high profile kicker last year that didn't kickoff, only did field goals.

Place a 3rd string lineman on the practice squad to keep a huge PR move for a season.... Yeah, they will easily do that if she can perform at all.

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Contemporary kickers at the college level and above have absolute cannons for legs . Routinely drill 60-70 yard kicks in practice . Back in 1994 when the men’s World Cup was in LA a bunch of the guys were given tryouts at NFL camps . The only guy that was even close was Tony Meola who scored a Kansas City Chiefs contract. During the pre season his kickoffs never made it much passed the 10 yard line . He was cut fairly quickly .

 

[Old Texan]

It's really not that uncommon. They may not carry 2 for an entire season but again, not uncommon. I can't remember who it was, (I wana say Janikowski?) but there was a high profile kicker last year that didn't kickoff, only did field goals.

Place a 3rd string lineman on the practice squad to keep a huge PR move for a season.... Yeah, they will easily do that if she can perform at all.

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The only instances of what you're saying in the NFL that I recall, is a punter who can kickoff. Spots are too valuable to waste on a guy that can't play vital spots. I often wonder how they keep a long snapper. But that's how refined special teams have become.

 

[Old Texan]

Contemporary kickers at the college level and above have absolute cannons for legs . Routinely drill 60-70 yard kicks in practice . Back in 1994 when the men’s World Cup was in LA a bunch of the guys were given tryouts at NFL camps . The only guy that was even close was Tony Meola who scored a Kansas City Chiefs contract. During the pre season his kickoffs never made it much passed the 10 yard line . He was cut fairly quickly .

I mentioned Jan Stenerud earlier. When he was signed by the Chiefs, it was ungodly how strong a leg he possessed. Big tall lean guy around 6'3". I always figured him to beat Tom Dempsey's 63 yard record, but he never did and got few chances. Coaches don't want to risk field position for 3 points it seems. Most of the long attempts come at the end of halves with no time left.

I agree on soccer players for the most part not having the range of average college/pro kickers. Really a different technique required

 

[Ragged Edge]

It's really not that uncommon. They may not carry 2 for an entire season but again, not uncommon. I can't remember who it was, (I wana say Janikowski?) but there was a high profile kicker last year that didn't kickoff, only did field goals.

Place a 3rd string lineman on the practice squad to keep a huge PR move for a season.... Yeah, they will easily do that if she can perform at all.

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I was responding to the idea that NFL teams might keep a second kicker on the roster purely for PR purposes. I think we will agree to disagree on this one.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

The only instances of what you're saying in the NFL that I recall, is a punter who can kickoff. Spots are too valuable to waste on a guy that can't play vital spots. I often wonder how they keep a long snapper. But that's how refined special teams have become.

I wish I could remember precisely which team and kicker so I could share but I was very surprised they had 3 distinct kickers on the active roster and used all 3 (kickoff, punt, and field goal).

I was responding to the idea that NFL teams might keep a second kicker on the roster purely for PR purposes. I think we will agree to disagree on this one.

With the image problem so much of the league is having and how more and more of the teams are allowing business interest to take a little more precedent in the team operations decisions. But, we shall agree to disagree and wait to see what happens.

Honestly, I doubt that she'll be able to kick well enough and long enough to make any team.

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