Kickers & Special Teams (4)
Note that over the last fifteen years, there was only one Place Kicker and Punter and no Special Teamers, thus we elected not to feature that average and input based on our elective opinion.
Modern Positional Average
Stats
- Games 0
- Approximate Value 0
- Approximate Value per Game 0
- Pro Bowls 0
- First Team AP All-Pros 0
#29 Overall, Justin Tucker: Free Agent, Place Kicker, #1 Kickers & Special Teams
2024 Pre-Season Rank #26, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #22, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #28, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #42, 2020 Pre-Season Rank Rank #50.
From 2016 to 2023, Justin Tucker was a perennial All-Pro, who earned seven Pro Bowls, tying Morten Andersen for the record for a Place Kicker. Named to the 2010s All-Decade player, Tucker can stake a claim as the best Kicker that ever lived, and as we are writing this, he holds the record for the most Field Goal accuracy (89.1), and the longest Field Goal (66 Yards).
While the above is fantastic, Tucker was abysmal in 2024, and during the season, he was accused multiple times of inappropriate behavior in massage parlors. The Ravens released him after the season, and the belief is that he will never play again.
It is hard enough for Kickers to get into the Hall as is, but when you leave a “stain” on your legacy? It is even more difficult.
Stats
- Games 212 (+212)
- Approximate Value 61 (+61)
- Approximate Value per Game 0.2877 (+0.2877)
- Pro Bowls 7 (+7)
- First Team AP All-Pros 5 (+5)
#74 Overall, Johnny Hekker: Carolina Panthers, Punter, #2 Kickers & Special Teams
2024 Pre-Season Rank #74, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #70, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #64, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #62, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #65
Punters face a long road to Canton, but if any current one could get there, it is Hekker, who was a First Team All-Pro three years in a row from 2015 to 2017. He was also named to the 2010s All-Decade Team.Stats
- Games 195 (+195)
- Approximate Value 34 (+34)
- Approximate Value per Game 0.1744 (+0.1744)
- Pro Bowls 4 (+4)
- First Team AP All-Pros 4 (+4)
#95 Overall, Cordarelle Patterson, Free Agent, Returner, #3 Kickers & Special Teams
2024 Pre-Season Rank #94, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #93, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #80, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #91, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #99.
Patterson is here primarily because he was the All-Decade selection as a Returner. Sadly, more prominent All-Decade returners failed to make it as even a Semi-Finalist. The four-time First Team All-Pro is a free agent, and it looks like his resume has been completed. Since we have seen expert returners like Billy "White Shoes" Johnson fail to make it as a Finalist, what chance will Patterson have?
Stats
- Games 156 (+156)
- Approximate Value 48 (+48)
- Approximate Value per Game 0.3077 (+0.3077)
- Pro Bowls 4 (+4)
- First Team AP All-Pros 4 (+4)