Eagles just lost to a 62 yard FG?!?!?!

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: oCxTiTaN
Yes...both being 63 yards. Technically, that does make this the 2nd longest kick.

No, technically it's the third longest. Two people kicked longer field goals. The fact that they are the same length doesn't make them the same kick. Two longer field goals were made, making this 62 yarder the THIRD longest.

No, I like his way of thinking better... First, we round off kicks to the nearest yard. Thus, he's got the second longest kick in NFL history. Next, we round of times for running a mile to the nearest minute. I'm now the second fastest man in the world, at 5 minutes.

(just driving the point home that his is the 3rd longest kick)

 

[DrPizza]

Here's an off beat question: How much did it clear the crossbar by? Without having seen it, I'm guessing "not by very much." In which case, why wouldn't you have the highest jumping player on your team attempting to block it at the goal post? There's no goal-tending in the NFL, like there is in the NBA, is there? And, if the kick falls short, the man catching the kick is allowed to return it.


Oh, and one other point - Steve Christie (Buffalo Bills) missed the kick that would have won the superbowl. Not that it was this long of an attempt, but the kick was still well out of his effective range. It's a shame that he was blamed for the loss by so many people, rather than putting the blame where it belonged: poor coaching. They were FAR better than the Giants that year. They should have won outright and never should have been in that situation. Mickey Mouse could have gotten that talent laden team to the superbowl. A good coach would have won it.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: oCxTiTaN
Yes...both being 63 yards. Technically, that does make this the 2nd longest kick.

No, technically it's the third longest. Two people kicked longer field goals. The fact that they are the same length doesn't make them the same kick. Two longer field goals were made, making this 62 yarder the THIRD longest.

Was it Elam that made a 65 yarder in a preseason game as well?

Edit: N/m it was this guy http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=33942

 

[JulesMaximus]

Good, I hate the Eagles. :thumbsup:

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: oCxTiTaN
Yes...both being 63 yards. Technically, that does make this the 2nd longest kick.

No, technically it's the third longest. Two people kicked longer field goals. The fact that they are the same length doesn't make them the same kick. Two longer field goals were made, making this 62 yarder the THIRD longest.

Was it Elam that made a 65 yarder in a preseason game as well?

Edit: N/m it was this guy http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=33942

BUZZZZZZZZ WRONG

http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1673

You're thinking of this guy.

EDIT: Quick edit there .

 

[SoulAssassin]

Eagles fan here who was at the game....I honestly still don't believe it. Bucs fans were loud the whole game and then we went ahead w :27 to go and you could hear a pin drop in the place. No one thought he was going to make it and when he did the place went fvcking nuts. If anyone needs me I'm going to go shoot myself.

 

[oCxTiTaN]

the distance of the kick is the 2nd longest made in a regular season game. The kick itself is the 3rd longest. It just depends on how you look at it. I'm looking at the 62 yards vs 63 yards, not it being #3 on the list of longest kicks.

 

[RapidSnail]

The kick is:

The second longest in distance.

The third in rank in the list of longest field goals made.

 

[oCxTiTaN]

exactly what I said

anyways, no matter what way you look at it, the distance was good, the accuracy and angle were good and it could've gone much farther with how high it hit the net behind it.

My TB is on a win streak woooo!!!!!

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Here's an off beat question: How much did it clear the crossbar by? Without having seen it, I'm guessing "not by very much." In which case, why wouldn't you have the highest jumping player on your team attempting to block it at the goal post? There's no goal-tending in the NFL, like there is in the NBA, is there? And, if the kick falls short, the man catching the kick is allowed to return it.


Oh, and one other point - Steve Christie (Buffalo Bills) missed the kick that would have won the superbowl. Not that it was this long of an attempt, but the kick was still well out of his effective range. It's a shame that he was blamed for the loss by so many people, rather than putting the blame where it belonged: poor coaching. They were FAR better than the Giants that year. They should have won outright and never should have been in that situation. Mickey Mouse could have gotten that talent laden team to the superbowl. A good coach would have won it.

Although a good idea, it could have cleared from 65 yards out. It was a really good kick.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Legendary

Also, is Andy Reid done? The man doesn't know how to manage the clock.

You can say that again. Some of the major mistakes that the Eagles make are so incredibly fundamental that I don't know who could possibly make decisions like that.

For instance, at the end of the first half, with 9 seconds left, they could either kick a field goal now, or run one play, throw it into the end zone, and then kick a FG is they don't get the touchdown. McNabb throws it to the 1 yard line, it's caught, the guy is tackled, and time runs out.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Oh, and one other point - Steve Christie (Buffalo Bills) missed the kick that would have won the superbowl. Not that it was this long of an attempt, but the kick was still well out of his effective range. It's a shame that he was blamed for the loss by so many people, rather than putting the blame where it belonged: poor coaching. They were FAR better than the Giants that year. They should have won outright and never should have been in that situation. Mickey Mouse could have gotten that talent laden team to the superbowl. A good coach would have won it.

I think you're talking about Scott Norwood.

 

[SuperSix]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
What a terrible game. That 30 yards of penalties was BS.

Good comeback, but what a crappy way to loose :thumbsdown:

Nice.. I was waiting for the disgrunteld Iggles fans come out of the woodwork and cry about that call..

What was BS? The facemask penalty? It was clearly a good call

Was the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty a bad call? Did he kick the flag? Yes. Did he break the rules? Yes, and he got the penalties he deserved. Sucks to be him right now. 1 (yes, egregious) penalty should not be the reason a game is lost.

I gave it to the Bengals fans last weekm that roughing the passer call was a bad call, and probalby lost them the game, but your Eagles made mistake after mistake, and paid for it. I'm not saying we played exc ellent, we played hard enough to get the W. (Like we always do against the Iggles)

You're just pissed that you can't beat us when we're a good team, or when we're a bad team.

I will say.. that McNabb and Westbrook are some of the best NFL players on the field this year.

Edit - the field goal is the longest in NFL history to win a game.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Vid of the kick?

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
Vid of the kick?

 

[mpitts]

Too bad it wasn't a 64 yarder, because it was long enough to break the record.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Here's an off beat question: How much did it clear the crossbar by? Without having seen it, I'm guessing "not by very much." In which case, why wouldn't you have the highest jumping player on your team attempting to block it at the goal post? There's no goal-tending in the NFL, like there is in the NBA, is there? And, if the kick falls short, the man catching the kick is allowed to return it.


Oh, and one other point - Steve Christie (Buffalo Bills) missed the kick that would have won the superbowl. Not that it was this long of an attempt, but the kick was still well out of his effective range. It's a shame that he was blamed for the loss by so many people, rather than putting the blame where it belonged: poor coaching. They were FAR better than the Giants that year. They should have won outright and never should have been in that situation. Mickey Mouse could have gotten that talent laden team to the superbowl. A good coach would have won it.

It was good from at least 64 yards and there is no way anyone would have been able to jump high enough to block it if they were standing under the goal post.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Saw it live in a local Best But on one of their new Big Screens with like 40 other yelling people. Needless to say you could here a pin drop when he made it and there was a quiet rush to the exits, and (since I am a cowboys fan and hate the Eagles) I made a jokingly $300 bet that he would make it, .

 

[RollWave]

I hate dem eagles

 

[Trikat]

Heh 62yarder eh?
I remember just recently seeing a 52yd FG not go in due to it being quite a bit short.

 

[SuperSix]

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
Vid of the kick?

Under "Video Highlights"

Amd "Bucs CB Ronde Barber returned two interceptions for TDs to help beat the Eagles."

Crappy Real Aduio though. :|

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20061022_PHI@TB

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Legendary
60+ yards in the NFL is half luck.

Really? Which half? The half where he's got a strong enough leg to get the ball there when most kickers couldn't? The half where he was good enough to kick the ball high enough from that distance to get it over the line when most kickers wouldn't? The half where he kicked it straight enough to make it? The half where he handled the do-or-die pressure with the game on the line?

That's not half luck, you're 100% ill-informed.

Its not half luck its pure luck. You wont be making to many 60+ yarders in an actual game.

because during the course of the game, you don't attempt many fgs from 60 yards. you get down to that part of the field, you punt to pin the team near their own end zone.

i'm willing to bet if coaches attempted more 60 yard field goals, we'd see a higher conversion percentage than you'd expect.

A 60-yard fg in the closing seconds of a game is similar to a 90-ft shot at the end of a basketball game, but they're much different from each other. While a 12 year old can eventually make a 90 ft jumper if he tries enough times, one needs the strength to give it the proper distance to kick a ball 60 yards.

There are lots of guys who can barely kick it 70 yards for a touchback on a kickoff, with the ball on a tee and with a much longer running start. On average a kick off goes 63-68 yards, and if a kicker had to actually aim those to go straight they'd be much shorter.

Then, to make a 62-yarder under the pressure like the Tampa guy faced, having to kick it into a much smaller target, with a much shorter running start off the ground, makes it that much harder..

 

[herkulease]

sure the 62 yarder was a beauty. especially the angle Fox showed it from.

But the best sight was watching McNabb after that 20 yard scamper before the half, sucking wind. then later throwing up too.

Commentators even made note of TO's comments about McNabb made last year.

Kinda funny they'd show clips of McNabb sucking wind but the commenators would go on about how stamina McNabb has, that's he's super fit.

 

[masterxfob]

nice kick, down with the eagles!

 

[miniMUNCH]

It was the third longest FG in history... Two guys kicked 63yd FG's so this guys would be the third longest in history.