Kickers are what makes football football. They’re the only ones that put their foot on the ball

Another factor would be if Polamalu is in the c gap.

Never forget the Bucs used a 2nd round pick on a kicker

Nobody wants to see a made field goal more than the kicker himself

1 "Oh shit" wipes out 99 "Good Job's"

kickers don't get enough credit that's for sure

In the second Super Bowl with the Patriots, Vinatieri missed two field goals. He made the last one at the end though, so that is what is talked about. It goes both ways, you can have a terrible day kicking but make it at the end and you're a hero. Or you can have a fantastic day kicking and miss it at the end, and all of a sudden you're trash and don't deserve your job. People jump to either extreme based on circumstance.

Well Nobody has ever talked about long snappers in any capacity

Never forget Adam Vinatieri chased down Herschel Walker. Adam's a football player.

That’s sniper-kicker analogy was on point

McAfee hitting Holliday. I will never forget that solid hit.

Playing goalkeeper in soccer is similar to being a kicker in the way of you’re just expected to make saves and live or die. Interesting thought

Kickers can be the difference between a championship and missing the playoffs

During the 1998 season, Gary Anderson of the Vikings made EVERY field goal attempt. In the NFC championship game for that season, he missed ONE field goal against Atlanta. His teammates were calling him all kinds of "m-----f----r!!" On the flip side, Morten Andersen made the winning field foal for Atlanta. He could've had a terrible season (he didn't; at worst he was the second-best [to Anderson] kicker that season), but Andersen still would be a Falcons all-time hero because of that one kick.

I missed an extra point last night and spent the rest of the game beating myself up about it, watching this video just made me feel a whole hell of a lot better, you literally took the words from my mouth. Miss a kick and spend fifteen minutes thinking about how you screwed up and have to go out and perform again right after that.

Definitely going to write a blog about this coming from perspective with college football. Going to use some of your points Pat! Great video.

The “that’s your job” crowd is weird. You never hear them say that about other players. Every qb should have 100% completion percentage because their job is to throw the football accurately. Receivers should catch every ball because that’s their job. DBs should defend every pass because that’s their job, and so on and so forth 🙄

Scott Norwood “Wide Right”. I’ll never forget that one.

Thank you for putting kickers in the spotlight. Kickers are like snipers in the game of football, have to be exact and accurate at all times.

I'm 30 and I've never really paid much attention to the NFL but your stories and your POV makes me wanna get in there

These are great stories! The perspective is eye opening and refreshing! Love the show!

This is why, as a Ravens fan, I thank Justin Tucker for every make. I catch myself calling him "automatic" because he's so damn good, but for a long stretch Announcers would just be like "Here comes Tucker, the most accurate never miss kicker of all time ever to never miss a kick" and I'm like wow they're setting him up to be killed if he misses this kick. Like when he missed his first EVER extra point against the Saints they had the iso cam on him for the reaction and to crush him for missing his FIRST EVER extra point. It's ridiculous how kickers will get cut for missing a would-be game-winner and people say outright they aren't football players, but like checking the all-time Scoring list it's all kickers and like 4 running backs in the top 50. Kickers and Punters are ther to bail out the "real football players" when they can't do their jobs and they deserve way more respect than they're afforded.

Never paid attention to him much in nfl but he’s clearly a genius radio personality and it feels like a borderline stand up routine he’s doing here it’s so enjoyable lol salute

I'm glad he used a golf reference and he's 100% right. Mentally, being a kicker is much more stressful than any other position in football. Except maybe being a coach.

great perspective on the subject!

2:34 learning about the complexities for professional punters/kickers has been one of the more enlightening aspects of following McAfee around the internet

“It’s like their specialists” what if they called it special teams

...I appreciate Pat's perspective on kickers & Special Teams; he's reclaiming their honor....

I never give kickers a hard time, but man. Thank you Pat for putting this terms I understand. I never thought of those positions through a kickers perspective.

Why does it feel like Pat is my best friend

Pat's jacked as a punter. Can you even imagine what other players are like??

At a hs regionals game our kicker missed the game winning field goal with 10 seconds to go. Everyone was mad at him but that game he went 5/6 and kept us in the game

"Smokey is freedom", brilliant.

Pat you're doing great things right now keep it up. Hope to see you with your own show on TV someday. It would be a huge success. But for now keep it NSFW 😂 love watching you

He's so damn humble and honest. Plus he GOAT

Cracks me up thinking about Pat ordering his Starbucks tea with the nitro sippy lid 🤣🤣🤣

When I saw Pat looking out the window scheming I fell in love with the show

as a kicker and punters our holders and long snappers don’t get enough love

Simply put! "You have one job!!!"

It's kinda like a closer in baseball... There's a lot guys who can throw in the high 90s at that level, but very few can handle the pressure of coming in during the 8th with the go ahead run on third and needing to get the save....but at least closers get the credit for their saves

Kicker: worst position to have in football Punter: best position to have in football

Sup Pat! I just started watchin you this year man, your a cool dude! I like your opinions and your real talk about football! Your made for radio/tv talk sports.. you know what your talking about and most of the time your on the money about what your sayin. Right big CAT! Keep on keepin Bro!!!

Love McAfee.

That c gap really did a number on this poor guy

Always love seeing a mountaineer be successful 💛💙

Pat is SO right. Imagine how much pressure is on those guys during the late part of/last seconds of games. Enough to make even a hardened dude nearly urinate himself.

Bill Cundiff AFC championship Pats vs Ravens that was my favorite missed field goal

I like how he can run a podcast and or a stand up comedy skit whenever he feels like it. Lol

Tom Tupa was not only a good punter but he was a pretty good quarterback too. In 1999 Testaverde got injured and Tupa was the designated #2 QB(So that Parcells could use an extra man on Special Teams) meaning if they put in the actual backup who was designated #3, then Tupa would have to be pulled from the game even from Punting. So Tupa came in the game and immediately threw a great TD. He went 6-of-11 for 165 yards and two touchdowns almost winning the game against the Patriots.

MacAfee keeping it real as always.

Pat who are the top five kickers so far in ‘19?

As someone who played very small high school football. I mean, very small. I was ok with getting hit and running routes. But when I kicked, a whole new pressure.

Aye you broke that tf down 💯

“is that the right word?” *everyone slightly surprised* “yeah?”

Like Ray Finkle from Ace Ventura haha Seriously I most definitely agree. I kicked and punted in Hs. Have to have a great mental status to be a kicker/punter

I was a kicker and a linebacker in high school. I could nail kicks from 35 yards or lower easily, but going into that 45-50 yard range was a nightmare. Funny enough, the team rarely gets on you for missing tackles that may lead to points, but if you miss a kick, everyone blames you. It's ridiculous. If the offense scored in their possessions or at least had long drives down the field, we wouldn't have to be kicking from half the field.

This guy gets it👏🏼

the hardest job is being a holder about to fake a field goal then seeing troy polamalu go to the C gap

Im trying to master the kicking meter in Madden on any kick over 30 yards....I understand that it’s a hard job now

Mike Vanderjagt back in 2003 was the first kicker to make all FG and point afters during the regular and post season. He made 42 consecutive FG's, 2nd most ever. But he will always be remembered for his horrid misses.

He is right

I think it relates most closely to putting, golf is a good comparison but more specifically putting. Short putts and kicks you expect to make but any pressure added makes it that much more difficult. Long putts and kicks are very difficult to make and rely more on luck than the ability to actually make them. I would like to see the NFL put together a make rate percentage yard by yard similar to how the PGA tour has make percentage from every foot on a green. Both sports are played where you have different scenarios, conditions and wind in football and in golf there's different scenarios, slopes, and conditions too so I think there could be a cool comparison, for example, a 5-foot putt has the same make rate as a 30-yard field goal, for example, something like that.

Rugby kickers (mostly 10 & 12) really do show the full potential of what can be done. If you have access to the 6 nations this weekend watch as much as you can. If your not impressed with how busy the players are covering all the jobs on the field I’d be very surprised.

Same thing with o line. Only noticed when it fails

Hes absolutely right

As I semi pro punter, I spend countless hours perfecting my craft. Although I’m only 20, I agree the kicking is completely a mental game.

Damn you Pat Macafee headline writer

Well u should make those kicks. Your there because your an elite at what you do. As a fan I expect you to make them all

I mostly agree with you but I feel like they can make themselves up. This weekend the Nebraska kicker missed a FG in (I think) the third. But he also made a walk off FG to win the Huskers the game so now he's redeemed

You should see the browns rookie kicker from Scotland. He used to be a rugby player and he's a real athlete. I think he could probably play like safety if he had to. Look up his preseason plays from this year, cuz he made some pretty brutal tackles on some kick returns!

Cant stop laughing when he said we kick balls hard

Pat has some swag I see the gfazos and balmain jeans

You’re a f-ing legend. Watch his top ten highlights. Sure they are far and few between, but as far as what you were asked to do, you were a monster.

Same for QB's bro

I had a great onsides kick lol

As a former kicker I 100% agree it’s all a mental game for kickers

The Arron rogers on the top of the LOGO really had my focus

What are your thoughts on Colby Wadman? In Denver.

Same thing as being a longsnapper. Everyone thinks they can hut the ball for 11-15 yards (depending on age) then block then join the punt team. Not to mention some long snapper can control the speed of the ball spinning to land it with laces up. Takes a lot more effort and talent then people think. And still madden puts long snappers as left tackles...

Mad respect for kickers I had to play kicker in high school and I was A Defensive tackle.

The first thing I do in any season of Madden is acquire the best kickers in the game. It always pays off.

Damn, I would love a Pat/Romo announce team.

Kickers are as much football players as closing pitchers are baseball players.

Expecting kickers to be perfect is like expecting a db to never give up a td

Oh yeah, no one ever talks about long snappers.

It’s funny watching this as a rugby fan where they kick and do everything

@ Greg Zuerlein

Gary Anderson didn't miss a kick for 2 years then missed one in NFL championship game in 98 Vikings vs Falcons and he is known for that one miss crazy but I'm a Vikings fan and I still cant get over it

How do you kick the oblong ball straight? The only sport where the ball isn't round?

I seen kickers light guys up on kick off returns and make game winning tackles.

Being a long time Chargers fan, I know how important a kicker is lol.

I can respect a kicker who will miss and then be willing to tackle a returner vs. someone like Seabass who (with the Seahawks) stepped away from contact and let runners through and wouldn’t tackle anybody. Obviously I want the PAT or the FG but If a kicker can make up for a miss by putting his body on the line, that (for me) shows and says a lot about the man himself. That’s what makes a kicker a football player.

Snaps and Holds are a huge part of whether the FG goes in or not. Gould missed a few this year due too an inexperienced long snapper and rookie holder

Hey Pat 2 questions 1. When are you coming out with your own line of jorts? 2. Would you do the honor of signing a pair of jorts for me?

As an offensive lineman I can kinda relate to kickers. You are expected to do your job without failure, and as soon as you mess up, you’re the worst player in the history of the sport. Most positions are rated by how much they succeed, but kickers and o-lineman are rated on how little they mess up.

Last i checked points win games as does field position which kickers and punters both affect immensely. Nfl point leaders are kickers.

McAfee, outfit on point. DAYM

The field goal is essential to the sport. Without the field goal in play, football would be a lot less interesting because there would be less scoring every time. Not to mention it makes a touchdown that much more meaningful because not only is a touchdown worth two field goals, but you just get so much more strategic depth in the game all-around when you have two completely different ways to score.

Nice mini stand up, bbe

He is correct on every point.