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Graham Gano sets a Giant record today.

truebluelarry : 10/24/2021 5:34 pm
His 53-yard FG today gives him 10 since he joined New York last year. What is so impressive is that he did it in just his his 23rd game in a Giant uniform.

Gano had been tied with Joe Danelo with nine 50+ yard FGs coming into today. Danelo, who played for the Giants from 1976-1982, played 101 games as a Giant.

truebluelarry  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/24/2021 5:39 pm : link
Thanks for posting this.

I was wondering if he was getting into record territory with all of his long kicks.
Gano already has six already this year, in only seven games played.  
truebluelarry : 10/24/2021 5:49 pm : link
Aldrick Rosas (2017) and Josh Brown (2014) held the previous record for most 50+ yard FGs in a season with four.
having a GOOD kicker is such a blessing  
islander1 : 10/24/2021 5:52 pm : link
the rest of the players can joke about 'kickers' all they want, but when you don't have a consistent one - and one that can kick well from 49+ yards - it's an entire team deflater.

Living near Baltimore, fans didn't even blink an eye when Justin Tucker signed for 5 million/year last year. Easy choice. Reliably good kickers just don't grow on trees, as the saying goes.
RE: Gano already has six already this year, in only seven games played.  
BestFeature : 10/24/2021 5:53 pm : link
In comment 15427664 truebluelarry said:
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Aldrick Rosas (2017) and Josh Brown (2014) held the previous record for most 50+ yard FGs in a season with four.


All that tells me is that Judge doesn't go for it from the 30ish yard line enough.
Being on a team tha has trouble scoring TDs  
TLong : 10/24/2021 6:22 pm : link
certainly gave him more opportunities.
Thats my fantasy team kicker!  
PatersonPlank : 10/24/2021 6:27 pm : link
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RE: RE: Gano already has six already this year, in only seven games played.  
Mike in NY : 10/24/2021 6:29 pm : link
In comment 15427674 BestFeature said:
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In comment 15427664 truebluelarry said:


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Aldrick Rosas (2017) and Josh Brown (2014) held the previous record for most 50+ yard FGs in a season with four.



All that tells me is that Judge doesn't go for it from the 30ish yard line enough.


That’s part of it plus playing it safe rather than risking a Daniel Jones turnover
what is the reason  
Mook80 : 10/24/2021 6:30 pm : link
kickers can kick the ball so much further these days?

52 yarders used to be ones where you'd hold your breath it even got there.

Now kickers hit the net on anything like 56 yards and under.

What changed?
RE: Gano already has six already this year, in only seven games played.  
truebluelarry : 10/24/2021 7:52 pm : link
In comment 15427664 truebluelarry said:
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Aldrick Rosas (2017) and Josh Brown (2014) held the previous record for most 50+ yard FGs in a season with four.


One correction - Gano has 5 this year and had 5 last year. the final game of the 2020 season was played in January 2021, so that threw me off.
Where are the morons who suggested trading him and keeping Santoso?  
j_rud : 10/24/2021 7:55 pm : link
(sheepishly raises hand)

Oh c'mon, I ain't the only one...
RE: RE: Gano already has six already this year, in only seven games played.  
speedywheels : 10/24/2021 7:57 pm : link
In comment 15427674 BestFeature said:
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In comment 15427664 truebluelarry said:


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Aldrick Rosas (2017) and Josh Brown (2014) held the previous record for most 50+ yard FGs in a season with four.



All that tells me is that Judge doesn't go for it from the 30ish yard line enough.


Oh for fucks sake - stop fucking whining...
RE: what is the reason  
BlackLight : 10/24/2021 8:50 pm : link
In comment 15427792 Mook80 said:
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kickers can kick the ball so much further these days?

52 yarders used to be ones where you'd hold your breath it even got there.

Now kickers hit the net on anything like 56 yards and under.

What changed?


I think players are bigger and stronger at every position, including placekicker. And I think you saw kickers' ranges increase when teams began transitioning away from playing on natural grass fields.

Not only have kickers got stronger, but they're way, way more accurate. In the 1980 season, Toni Fritsch led the NFL in FG percentage at 79.2%. Last season, the top 11 kickers all made more than 90% of their FGs.
Nice!  
ZogZerg : 10/24/2021 9:07 pm : link
Great Addition to the team.
And to think that some on BBI wanted to dump him for the no name scrub this preseason. LOL
Best acquisition by this front office  
Dave in PA : 10/24/2021 9:15 pm : link
And probably by a decent amount
RE: RE: what is the reason  
Blue92 : 10/24/2021 9:15 pm : link
In comment 15428001 BlackLight said:
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In comment 15427792 Mook80 said:


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kickers can kick the ball so much further these days?

52 yarders used to be ones where you'd hold your breath it even got there.

Now kickers hit the net on anything like 56 yards and under.

What changed?



I think players are bigger and stronger at every position, including placekicker. And I think you saw kickers' ranges increase when teams began transitioning away from playing on natural grass fields.

Not only have kickers got stronger, but they're way, way more accurate. In the 1980 season, Toni Fritsch led the NFL in FG percentage at 79.2%. Last season, the top 11 kickers all made more than 90% of their FGs.


Agreed. More kicking indoors has likely helped a lot as well. I'm sure things like training, conditioning, nutrition, etc. have all improves significantly over the decades.
RE: what is the reason  
Jim in Fairfax : 10/25/2021 12:15 pm : link
In comment 15427792 Mook80 said:
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kickers can kick the ball so much further these days?

52 yarders used to be ones where you'd hold your breath it even got there.

Now kickers hit the net on anything like 56 yards and under.

What changed?

Another factor (in addition to those mentioned above) is that kickers have improved their kicking mechanics. Back in Joe Danelo’s day, kickers had a natural hook that they had to take into account when aiming their kick. The farther out the kick, the more it hooked and thus the more difficult it was. Since then kickers have changed their approach and have largely neutralized the hook.
RE: Thats my fantasy team kicker!  
Thegratefulhead : 10/25/2021 12:22 pm : link
In comment 15427786 PatersonPlank said:
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Me too. Won me game this year for sure.
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