2018 Week 16, Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New Orleans Saints
https://www.nfl.com/games/steelers-at-saints-2018-reg-16?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=1033
1Q(5:32)
4 Yard Run
W.Clapp reported in as eligible. A.Kamara right guard to NO 29 for 4 yards (J.Bostic).
1st & 10 at NO 25
NO #64 Will Clapp
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=2417
2Q(11:53)
4 Yard Run
C.Tom reported in as eligible. M.Ingram right guard to PIT 12 for 4 yards (J.Bostic, C.Heyward).
1st & 10 at PIT 16
NO #63 C.Tom
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=3023
2Q(7:03)
-5 Yard Penalty
T.Morstead punts 46 yards to PIT 8, Center-Z.Wood, downed by NO-J.Hardee.
PENALTY on NO-J.Hardee, Illegal Touch Kick, 5 yards, enforced at NO 46 - No Play.
4th & 11 at NO 46
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=3141
2Q(6:44)
6 Yard Run
C.Okorafor reported in as eligible. S.Ridley right guard to PIT 9 for 6 yards (D.Davis).
1st & 10 at PIT 3
PIT #76 Chukwuma Okorafor
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=3690
2Q(1:13)
Pass Incomplete
C.Okorafor reported in as eligible. B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to R.Nix (C.Jordan) [C.Jordan].
1st & Goal at NO 2
PIT #76 Chukwuma Okorafor
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=5036
3Q(9:13)
-5 Yard Penalty
(Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short middle to J.Smith-Schuster to PIT 39 for 14 yards (P.Williams) [A.Okafor]. PENALTY on PIT-M.Pouncey, Ineligible Downfield Pass, 5 yards, enforced at PIT 25 - No Play.
1st & 10 at PIT 25
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=7964
4Q(1:28)
Touchdown Saints
(Shotgun) D.Brees pass short right to M.Thomas to PIT 1 for 1 yard (J.Haden).
The Replay Official reviewed the short of the goal line ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short right to M.Thomas for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Pass 2, YAC 0
2nd & Goal at PIT 2
https://youtu.be/T2G0vIuD1cE?t=8456
19 Yard Pass
(1:09) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass deep left to A.Brown pushed ob at PIT 39 for 19 yards (M.Lattimore). Pass 19, YAC 0 The Replay Official reviewed the pass completion ruling, and the play was Upheld. The ruling on the field was confirmed.
4th & 15 at PIT 20
2018 Week 14, New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins
https://youtu.be/1fg1LfX9If0?t=4996
3Q(9:16)
Penalty
S.Michel left guard to NE 41 for 6 yards (K.Alonso). Penalty on MIA-K.Alonso, Horse Collar Tackle, offsetting, enforced at NE 35 - No Play. Penalty on NE-S.Mason, Chop Block, offsetting.
1st & 10 at NE 35
2019 Week 07 Saints vs. Bears
https://www.nfl.com/games/saints-at-bears-2019-reg-7?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/nBSQjopRCRQ?t=1
Safety
1Q(13:37)
(Punt formation) P.O'Donnell punt is BLOCKED by J.Gray, Center-P.Scales, ball out of bounds in End Zone, SAFETY NULLIFIED by Penalty. PENALTY on CHI-P.O'Donnell, Illegal Bat, 0 yards, enforced in End Zone, SAFETY.
4th & 3 at CHI 27
https://youtu.be/nBSQjopRCRQ?t=591
4Q (02:28) Kickoff from CHI 35
E.Pineiro kicks onside 8 yards from CHI 35 to CHI 43, impetus ends at CHI 44.
RECOVERED by CHI-C.Patterson.
https://youtu.be/eF_slKTkhdU?t=8961
4Q (00:46) Kickoff from CHI 35
E.Pineiro kicks onside 4 yards from CHI 35 to CHI 39, impetus ends at CHI 43.
RECOVERED by CHI-B.Braunecker.
The Replay Official reviewed the runner was inbounds ruling, and the play was REVERSED.
E.Pineiro kicks onside 4 yards from CHI 35 to CHI 39, impetus ends at CHI 43, out of bounds.
キックオフのボールがレシーブチームの制限線に及ぶ前であったが、
NO#27 (2020から#24) Dwayne Washingtonがボールと接触した為に
CHI#82 Ben Brauneckerがリカバーしてオンサイドキック成功と見做されたが
レビューの結果、Ben Brauneckerはリカバーする前にサイドラインを踏んでいた為にアウトオブバウンズに出たと見做される状態。その後、再度インバウンズに戻ったと見做せる状態である「両足、又は手以外の身体がインバウンズの地面に着く」前にボールにタッチした為に、ボールがアウトオブバウンズに出たとの判定になった。
4Q (00:46) 1st & 10 at CHI 39
L.Murray right tackle to CHI 35 for 4 yards (L.Floyd).4 Yard Run
NFL 2021 Week 10 Ravens vs. Dolphins
https://www.nfl.com/games/ravens-at-dolphins-2021-reg-10?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/RsJixGsuee0?t=436
-5 Yard Penalty
4Q(13:11)
(Shotgun) T.Tagovailoa pass short right to R.Hunt to BAL 1 for 5 yards (C.Westry) [G.Stone]. PENALTY on MIA-R.Hunt, Illegal Touch Pass, 5 yards, enforced at BAL 6 - No Play.
3rd & Goal at BAL 6
https://www.nfl.com/games/seahawks-at-49ers-2019-reg-10?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/P-cbw8Ztf3I?t=3512
2Q(1:12)
Fumble
R.Wilson pass short left to DK.Metcalf to SF 1 for 26 yards (J.Tartt; E.Moseley). The Replay Official reviewed the runner was down by contact ruling, and the play was REVERSED. R.Wilson pass short left to DK.Metcalf to SF 2 for 25 yards (J.Tartt). FUMBLES (J.Tartt), RECOVERED by SF-J.Tartt at SF 2. Caught at SF 28. 26-yac
1st & 10 at SF 27
RULE 11 SCORING
SECTION 5 SAFETY
ARTICLE 1. SAFETY. It is a Safety:
(a) if the offense commits a foul in its own end zone or;
(b) when an impetus by a team sends the ball behind its own goal line, and the ball is dead in the end zone in its possession or the ball is out of bounds behind the goal line.
Exceptions:
It is not a safety:
(1) If a forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is incomplete in the end zone.
(2) If a defensive player, in the field of play, intercepts a pass or catches or recovers a fumble, backward pass, scrimmage kick, free kick, or fair catch kick, and his original momentum carries him into his end zone where the ball is declared dead in his team’s possession. The ball belongs to the defensive team at the spot where the player’s foot or other body part touched the ground to establish possession. If that spot is in the end zone, the result of the play is a touchback, even if the ball is not on, above, or beyond the goal line. (11-6-1)
(a) If a player of the team which intercepts, catches, or recovers the ball commits a live-ball foul in the end zone, it is a safety.
(b) If a player who intercepts, catches, or recovers the ball throws a completed illegal forward pass from the end zone, the ball remains alive. If his opponent intercepts the illegal pass thrown from the end zone, the ball remains alive. If he scores, it is a touchdown.
(c) If a player of the team which intercepts, catches, or recovers the ball commits a foul in the field of play, and the ball becomes dead in the end zone, the basic spot is the spot of the change of possession.
(d) If the spot where possession changed is inside the one-yard line, the ball is to be spotted at the one-yard line.
Notes:
(1) A ball in the end zone which is carried toward the field of play is still in the end zone until the entire ball is in the field of play (3-12-4).
(2) The impetus is always attributed to the offense, unless the defense creates a new force that sends the ball behind its own goal line by muffing a ball which is at rest or nearly at rest, or by batting or kicking any loose ball (3-17).
2019 Week 3 New York Giants vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
https://www.nfl.com/games/giants-at-buccaneers-2019-reg-3?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/wHaTZebNwvQ?t=2054
19 Yard Pass
2Q(10:34) (Shotgun) D.Jones pass short left to S.Barkley to TB 7 for 19 yards (M.Stewart). Penalty on TB-S.Barrett, Defensive Offside, declined.
3rd & 4 at TB 26
https://youtu.be/wHaTZebNwvQ?t=2694
-5 Yard Penalty
2Q(6:38) (Shotgun) PENALTY on NYG-M.Remmers, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at NYG 24 - No Play.
3rd & 10 at NYG 24
2019 Week 4 Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens,
https://www.nfl.com/games/browns-at-ravens-2019-reg-4?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/f5wMgWYZDo8?t=6026
1 Yard Penalty
4Q(Pass formation) PENALTY on CLV-M.Garrett, Neutral Zone Infraction, 1 yard, enforced at CLV 02 - No Play.
https://youtu.be/f5wMgWYZDo8?t=7401
1 Yard Run
4Q(4:39) D.Hilliard up the middle to BLT 33 for 1 yard (C.Wormley). Penalty on CLV-D.Ratley, Illegal Shift, declined.
2nd & 5 at BAL 34
https://youtu.be/f5wMgWYZDo8?t=7892
-5 Yard Penalty
4Q(:47) (No Huddle, Shotgun) L.Jackson pass deep middle to H.Hurst to CLV 18 for 27 yards (J.Schobert). PENALTY on BLT-M.Brown, Illegal Shift, 5 yards, enforced at CLV 45 - No Play.
1st & 10 at CLE 45
2019Week 5 Rams vs. Seahawks
https://www.nfl.com/games/rams-at-seahawks-2019-reg-5?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=2125
-5 Yard Penalty
2Q(15:00) PENALTY on SEA-J.Jones, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at SEA 16 - No Play.
2nd & 2 at SEA 16
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=2165
21 Yard Pass
2Q(15:00) (Shotgun) R.Wilson pass short right to J.Brown to SEA 32 for 21 yards (C.Matthews, T.Reeder). Penalty on LA-S.Ebukam, Defensive Offside, declined.
2nd & 7 at SEA 11
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=2304
Penalty
2Q(13:08) (Shotgun) R.Wilson scrambles left end pushed ob at SEA 37 for 3 yards (A.Talib).
Penalty on LA-A.Talib, Defensive Holding, offsetting, enforced at SEA 34 - No Play.
Penalty on SEA-M.Iupati, Offensive Holding, offsetting.
3rd & 8 at SEA 34
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=2742
5 Yard Penalty
2Q(9:12) (Shotgun) C.Carson right guard to LA 45 for 3 yards (C.Matthews, M.Brockers).
PENALTY on LA, Defensive Too Many Men on Field, 5 yards, enforced at LA 48 - No Play.
Penalty on LA-G.Gaines, Defensive Offside, declined.
3rd & 2 at LAR 48
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=3099
25 Yard Pass
2Q(6:13) (No Huddle) J.Goff pass short middle to C.Kupp to SEA 20 for 25 yards (B.Wagner). Penalty on SEA-T.Flowers, Illegal Use of Hands, declined.
1st & 10 at SEA 45
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=3155
Fumble
2Q(5:37) T.Gurley right tackle to SEA 16 for 4 yards (J.Clowney; B.Wagner). FUMBLES (J.Clowney), RECOVERED by SEA-J.Clowney at SEA 17. J.Clowney to SEA 17 for no gain (T.Higbee).
The Replay Official reviewed the fumble ruling, and the play was Upheld. The ruling on the field stands.
1st & 10 at SEA 20
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=5758
2PT Conversion Fails
TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. J.Goff rushes up the middle. ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS. The Replay Official reviewed the runner broke the plane ruling, and the play was REVERSED. TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. J.Goff rushes up the middle. ATTEMPT FAILS.
XP attempt from SEA 2
https://youtu.be/YyYp92GDwa4?t=8365
Interception
(2:12) (Shotgun) J.Goff pass incomplete short right to G.Everett. Seattle challenged the incomplete pass ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) J.Goff pass short right intended for G.Everett INTERCEPTED by T.Thompson at SEA 49. T.Thompson to SEA 49 for no gain.
3rd & 10 at LAR 36
2019-2020 Week 7 Chargers vs. Titans
https://www.nfl.com/games/chargers-at-titans-2019-reg-7?active-tab=watch
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=547
-5 Yard Penalty
1Q(9:47) (Shotgun) R.Tannehill pass short middle to J.Smith to LAC 42 for 4 yards (T.Davis; R.Teamer). PENALTY on TEN, Illegal Shift, 5 yards, enforced at LAC 46 - No Play.
2nd & 11 at LAC 46
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=597
6 Yard Pass
1Q(9:29) (Shotgun) R.Tannehill pass short middle to A.Humphries to LAC 45 for 6 yards (D.Perryman).
2nd & 16 at TEN 49
シフトしている。
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=1153
15 Yard Penalty
1Q(3:08) (No Huddle, Shotgun) P.Rivers pass incomplete deep left to H.Henry.
PENALTY on TEN-M.Butler, Face Mask (15 Yards), 15 yards, enforced at TEN 37 - No Play.
Penalty on TEN-K.Vaccaro, Defensive Holding, declined.
1st & 10 at TEN 37
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=2006
17 Yard Pass
2Q(9:58) (Shotgun) P.Rivers pass deep right to K.Allen ran ob at LAC 30 for 17 yards.
3rd & 3 at LAC 13
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=2075
21 Yard Pass
2Q(9:01) (Shotgun) P.Rivers pass incomplete deep right to M.Williams [R.Gilbert].
LAC-F.Lamp was injured during the play. His return is Questionable.
Los Angeles Chargers challenged the incomplete pass ruling, and the play was REVERSED.
(Shotgun) P.Rivers pass deep right to M.Williams ran ob at TEN 48 for 21 yards [R.Gilbert].
2nd & 9 at LAC 31
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=2436
15 Yard Pass
2Q(5:10) (Shotgun) P.Rivers pass short right to K.Allen ran ob at TEN 3 for 15 yards.
Tennessee challenged the pass completion ruling, and the play was Upheld.
The ruling on the field stands. (Timeout #2.)
2nd & 10 at TEN 18
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=3225
Touchdown Titans
(:27) (Shotgun) R.Tannehill pass short middle to C.Davis for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
PENALTY on LAC-D.Perryman, Unnecessary Roughness, 15 yards, enforced between downs.
1st & 8 at LAC 8
Kickoff
C.Parkey kicks 39 yards from 50 to LAC 11. D.King to LAC 19 for 8 yards (T.Smith; K.Vaccaro).
Kickoff from 50
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=3723
5 Yard Penalty
3Q(12:34) PENALTY on LAC-J.Tillery, Neutral Zone Infraction, 5 yards, enforced at TEN 48 - No Play.
1st & 10 at TEN 48
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=5132
-5 Yard Penalty
4Q(15:00) PENALTY on TEN-D.Kelly, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at LAC 18 - No Play.
2nd & 6 at LAC 18
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=7373
15 Yard Pass
4Q(:44) (Shotgun) P.Rivers pass short middle to A.Ekeler for 16 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
The Replay Official reviewed the runner broke the plane ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) P.Rivers pass short middle to A.Ekeler to TEN 1 for 15 yards (K.Vaccaro; L.Ryan).
2nd & 10 at TEN 16
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=7613
-4 Yard Penalty
4Q(:39) PENALTY on LAC-D.Feeney, False Start, 4 yards, enforced at TEN 1 - No Play.
1st & 1 at TEN 1
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=7663
4 Yard Penalty
4(:39) (Shotgun) P.Rivers pass incomplete short left to M.Williams (M.Butler).
PENALTY on TEN-M.Butler, Defensive Pass Interference, 4 yards, enforced at TEN 5 - No Play.
1st & 5 at TEN 5
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2022-nfl-rulebook/#section-6-enforcement-spot
RULE 8. FORWARD PASS, BACKWARD PASS, FUMBLE
SECTION 6 - ENFORCEMENT SPOT
ARTICLE 1. ENFORCEMENT SPOT
If there is a foul by either team from the time of the snap until a forward pass thrown from behind the line ends, the penalty is enforced from the previous spot. A pass play ends and a running play begins at the instant that a pass is caught.
Exceptions:
a)Pass interference by the defense is enforced from the spot of the foul.
If it occurs in the fouling team’s end zone, the ball will be placed at the one-yard line, or
half the distance to the goal line from the previous spot, whichever is more beneficial to the offense.
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=7747
Run for No Gain
4Q(:34) (Shotgun) M.Gordon right tackle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
The Replay Official reviewed the runner broke the plane ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) M.Gordon right tackle to TEN 1 for no gain (J.Simmons, R.Evans).
1st & 1 at TEN 1
https://youtu.be/nA7kLzHwFRs?t=7935
Fumble
4(:19) M.Gordon right guard to TEN 1 for no gain (W.Woodyard).
The Replay Official reviewed the runner was down by contact ruling, and the play was REVERSED. M.Gordon right guard to TEN 1 for no gain (W.Woodyard). FUMBLES (W.Woodyard), RECOVERED by TEN-J.Casey at TEN 0. Touchback.
2nd & 1 at TEN 1
Why NFL kickers are more accurate than ever
LINED UP BEYOND the midfield star logo at AT&T Stadium for a field goal attempt,
Dallas Cowboys punter Bryan Anger corralled the football from long-snapper Trent Sieg.
With his standard three-step approach, kicker Brandon Aubrey drilled it as Anger held it, and the ball sailed down the field, almost evenly splitting the uprights.
But there was nothing standard about Aubrey's kick -- at least it didn't used to be standard.
With a swing of his leg, Aubrey hit a 65-yard field goal midway through the first quarter in the Cowboys' Week 3 game against the Baltimore Ravens, setting a franchise record in the process.
Aubrey's long-range field goal was one of a record number of deep field goals made by NFL kickers this season.
オーブリーの長距離フィールドゴールは、今シーズンのNFLキッカーによる記録的な数のディープフィールドゴールのうちの1つとなった。
Through eight weeks, league kickers have converted 73.6% of field goals attempted of 50 or more yards, besting the previous high of 71.6% through eight weeks of the 2022 season.
リーグのキッカーは8週間で50ヤード以上のフィールドゴールの成功率が73.6%となり、2022年シーズンの8週間で記録したこれまでの最高記録71.6%を上回った。
And the average distance of field goal attempts this season (40.2 yards) is the longest average since at least 2000.
そして今シーズンのフィールドゴール試投の平均距離(40.2ヤード)は、少なくとも2000年以降で最長の平均である。
"It's the evolution of the craft," said Brian Egan, Aubrey's private kicking coach.
「これは技術の進化だ」とオーブリーの専属キックコーチ、ブライアン・イーガンは言う。
"There's more skill-specific coaches. The trainers are getting better, the workouts are getting better.
Everything that's going into it now, kids are starting to train younger. I just think you're seeing the evolution on full display right now, where it's come in the last 10, 15 years to where it is now."
「スキルに特化したコーチが増えました。トレーナーはどんどん良くなり、トレーニングもどんどん良くなってきています。今起こっていることすべてにおいて、子供たちはより若い年齢でトレーニングを始めています。皆さんは今、過去 10 年、15 年を経て現在の姿に至るまでの進化を目の当たりにしていると思います。」
That Aubrey had the opportunity to attempt a 65-yarder -- and in the middle of the first quarter, no less -- is a testament to the trust coaches have in their kickers, longtime Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell told ESPN.
And it's one of the many reasons the NFL is in its golden era of kicking.
ピッツバーグ・スティーラーズのベテランキッカー、クリス・ボズウェルはESPNに対し、オーブリー選手が65ヤードのキックに挑戦する機会があったこと、しかも第1クォーターの中盤だったことは、コーチ陣がキッカーに寄せる信頼の証だと語った。そして、これが NFL がキックの黄金時代を迎えている多くの理由の 1 つです。
Through eight weeks, NFL teams have attempted 125 field goals of at least 50 yards, the most through eight weeks of a season since 2000.
8週間を通じて、NFLチームは50ヤード以上のフィールドゴールを125回試みたが、これは2000年以降、シーズン中の8週間での最多記録だ。
Not only are kickers getting more opportunities to attempt long field goals, but the players and their position coaches also point to early position specialization, synergy in the place-kicking battery and several rule changes as major factors in the 2024 field goal-apalooza.
キッカーが長距離フィールドゴールに挑戦する機会が増えただけでなく、選手やポジションコーチも早期のポジション特化を指摘している。2024年のフィールドゴール・アパルーザでは、プレースキック・バッテリーの相乗効果といくつかのルール変更が大きな要素となる。
"It's good to see the kickers throughout the league are getting the praise of that," Boswell said.
"It's not just the downfall like kickers are known for, where we're talked about for misses more than makes."
「リーグ全体のキッカーたちがその称賛を受けているのは良いことだ」とボズウェルは語った。「キッカーは失敗ばかりで有名ですが、私たちは成功よりもミスで話題になるのです。」
KICKERS ARE MORE accurate than they've been in decades -- and with historic ranges -- but it's not because they weren't previously able to hit long-range field goals.
キッカーのシュート精度はここ数十年で最も向上しており、飛距離も史上最高を記録しているが、それは彼らが以前長距離フィールドゴールを打てなかったからではない。
Rather, Boswell said, coaches are finally trusting them in moments where analytics might've told them to punt the ball and play field position.
むしろ、分析結果ではパントしてフィールドポジションでプレーすべきだったかもしれない瞬間に、コーチ陣はようやく彼らを信頼し始めている、とボズウェルは語った。
"Back in the day, my first couple years here, if it was over 53, it was 'Let's play a defensive game' and stuff like that," said Boswell, who entered the league in 2015.
"So I just think that as the years have progressed, coaches are trusting the kicker's legs more.
We've always been able to do it just now. Finally, we're getting able to showcase that."
「昔、私がここに来て最初の数年間は、53点以上になると『守備の試合をしよう』とかそういう感じだった」と2015年にリーグ入りしたボズウェルは語った。
「だから、年月が経つにつれて、コーチ陣はキッカーの足にもっと信頼を置くようになったと思うんです。これまでもずっとそれが可能でした。ようやくそれを披露できるようになりました。」
This season, Boswell has converted 23 of 24 field goal attempts, including six of seven from at least 50 yards, already matching his total of attempts and long-range field goal makes from last season.
In a decade with the Steelers, Boswell has connected on 36 of 44 field goal attempts of 50 yards and beyond.
今シーズン、ボズウェルは24回のフィールドゴール試投のうち23回を成功させており、そのうち7回のうち6回は50ヤード以上からの成功であり、すでに昨シーズンの試投数と長距離フィールドゴール成功数に並んでいる。スティーラーズに在籍した10年間で、ボズウェルは50ヤード以上のフィールドゴール44回中36回成功している。
It's that body of work, coupled with the intentionally watchful eyes of coach Mike Tomlin, that's helped lead to his hot start.こうした努力の積み重ねと、マイク・トムリン監督の意図的な監視の目が相まって、彼の好調なスタートにつながったのだ。
"It goes back to coaches watching us in practice -- that we attempt them in practice," Boswell said. "We warm up from 60 in practice, we hit with a team from 60 in practice. So the more he sees that, the more confident he's willing to go out.
「コーチたちが練習で我々のプレーを見ているおかげで、練習でトライすることができた」とボズウェルは語った。「練習では60ヤードからウォーミングアップし、練習では60ヤードからチームで打撃をします。だから、彼がそれを見れば見るほど、出場する自信が増します。」
"It's definitely a trust that has to be earned, and you have to be watched repeatedly before he just gives you the nod to go out there in the middle of the first half for a 65-yarder."
「それは確実に獲得しなければならない信頼であり、前半の途中で65ヤードのパスを出すよう指示される前に、何度も監視されなければならない。」
Though the attempt wasn't quite as long as Aubrey's, on the biggest stage in Super Bowl LVIII, the San Francisco 49ers trotted kicker Jake Moody out in the middle of the first half to attempt his own long-range field goal.
Moody drilled the 55-yard attempt to hold the record for longest made field goal in the Super Bowl for a quarter until Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker topped him with a 57-yarder in the third.
この試みはオーブリーの試みほど長くはなかったが、第55回スーパーボウルの最大の舞台で、サンフランシスコ・フォーティナイナーズは前半の途中でキッカーのジェイク・ムーディをピッチに送り出し、彼自身の長距離フィールドゴールを試みた。ムーディーは55ヤードのフィールドゴールを決め、スーパーボウルでの最長フィールドゴール記録を1クオーター保持したが、第3クオーターでカンザスシティ・チーフスのキッカー、ハリソン・バトカーが57ヤードのキックで記録を破った。
Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson, who made a career-high 11 field goals of at least 50 yards on 13 attempts in 2022, has also felt his coaches' trust. In 2018, Carlson's first year in the league, he made all three of his long-range field goal attempts.
The next year, though, he missed his only two attempts.
Since then, his volume of deep attempts -- and makes -- has increased, and so far this season, he's made four of five attempts from beyond 50 yards.
ラスベガス・レイダースのキッカー、ダニエル・カールソンは、2022年に13回の試みで50ヤード以上のフィールドゴールを11回成功させ、コーチ陣の信頼も感じている。2018年には、カールソンはリーグ初年度、長距離フィールドゴールを3回すべて成功させた。
しかし、翌年、彼はたった2回の挑戦を失敗しました。
それ以来、彼のディープパスの試投数とその成功数は増加し、今シーズンは今のところ、50ヤード以上からの試投5回のうち4回を成功させている。
"At the end of the day there's going to be a limit on the range at some point, but it's the accuracy and our team's more willing to kick these field goals now," Carlson said.
"I mean guys have always been able to kick 50-, 60-yarders, but it's like, 'how often are you making them? What percentage is a coach willing to risk a 60-yarder?'"
結局のところ、いつかは射程距離に限界が来るだろうが、それは正確さの問題であり、我々のチームは今、フィールドゴールを蹴る意欲が高まっている」カールソンはこう語った。 「選手たちはいつも50ヤード、60ヤードのキックを蹴ることができたが、問題は『どれくらいの頻度でキックを成功させているか? コーチが60ヤードのキックに挑戦するリスクを負う割合はどれくらいか?』ということだ。」
THE EXPLANATION FOR the NFL's kicking renaissance isn't a mystery to longtime special teams guru Danny Smith.NFLのキック復活の理由は、長年スペシャルチームの第一人者であるダニー・スミスにとって謎ではない。
"The length hasn't changed," said Smith, who's spent the past 13 seasons coaching the Steelers' special teams unit.
"The field hasn't changed. So what has changed? The quality of the kicker.
The quality of the operation.
They spend a lot of time together. They take very much pride in their craft and they work their butts off on it.
「長さは変わっていない」と、過去13シーズンにわたりスティーラーズのスペシャルチームを指導してきたスミス氏は語った。「フィールドは変わっていない。では何が変わったか?キッカーの質だ。」
彼らは一緒に多くの時間を過ごします。彼らは自分の技術に大きな誇りを持っており、一生懸命に取り組んでいます。
"All these snappers', all these holders', all these kickers' numbers are up, to their credit, and it's not a puzzling question to me. ...
These guys are special, man, and they deserve a lot of credit throughout this league as specialists."
これらすべてのスナッパー、これらすべてのホルダー、これらすべてのキッカーの数字は、彼らの名誉のために上がっており、私にとっては不可解な質問ではありません。...彼らは特別な選手であり、スペシャリストとしてリーグ全体で高く評価されるに値する。
Once an afterthought for backup quarterbacks, holder duties started to be reassigned to punters early in the 2010s as an emphasis on special teams grew and specialists started to practice together.
Replacing the backup quarterback with the punter kept the team from having to pull the quarterback away from other parts of practice.
かつてはバックアップクォーターバックの副次的な役割だったホルダーの役割は、スペシャルチームの重要性が高まり、スペシャリストが一緒に練習するようになった2010年代初頭にパンターに再割り当てされ始めました。バックアップクォーターバックをパンターに代えることで、チームはクォーターバックを他の練習から引き離す必要がなくなった。
It made sense for two reasons: The kicking specialists already spent the most time together, and punters were familiar with catching snaps from the long-snapper prior to kicking it away.
それは2つの理由で理にかなったことだった。キックのスペシャリストたちはすでに最も多くの時間を一緒に過ごしていたし、パンターたちはキックする前にロングスナッパーからのスナップをキャッチすることに慣れていたからだ。
The extra practice reps between the punter, kicker and long-snapper also reduced the possibility of costly in-game holding snafus -- remember Tony Romo and the 2006 NFC wild-card round?
パンター、キッカー、ロングスナッパーの間で追加の練習を繰り返すことで、試合中にホールディングで大きな損失を被る可能性も減りました。トニー・ロモと 2006 年の NFC ワイルドカード ラウンドを覚えていますか?
For Washington Commanders kicker Austin Seibert, having longtime punter Tress Way, who's earned two Pro Bowls since joining the franchise in 2014, hold his kicks made his baptism by fire this season a seamless transition.
ワシントン・コマンダーズのキッカー、オースティン・セイバートにとって、2014年にフランチャイズに加入して以来2度のプロボウルを獲得している長年のパンター、トレス・ウェイがキックを担当したことで、今シーズンの厳しい洗礼がスムーズな移行となった。
"I told Tress, 'You know what to do. Dude, you've been doing this a long time, so I trust you,'" Seibert said.「私はトレスに『君は何をすべきか分かっている。君は長い間これをやってきたから、私はあなたを信頼している』と言った」とセイバート氏は語った。
Initially selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2019 draft, Seibert bounced around the league after inconsistency led the Browns to cut him one game into his second season. But nearly a year after his last in-game field goal attempt, Seibert was signed by the Commanders and days later nailed 7 of 7 field goal attempts in the Commanders' 21-18 Week 2 win against the Giants.
So far this season, Seibert has missed two kicks in 25 attempts, including a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter of Washington's improbable win against the Bears on Sunday.
Prior to that miss, though, Seibert made four field goals, accounting for all of Washington's points outside of the game-winning Hail Mary.
セイバートは2019年のドラフト5巡目でクリーブランド・ブラウンズに指名されたが、2年目のシーズンで一貫性のなさからブラウンズから1試合出場を許されず、リーグを転々とした。
しかし、試合中に最後にフィールドゴールを試みてからほぼ1年後、セイバートはコマンダーズと契約し、数日後にはコマンダーズが第2週のジャイアンツ戦で21対18で勝利した試合で7回のフィールドゴールを成功させた。
今シーズン、セイバートはこれまで25回のキックのうち2回を失敗している。その中には、日曜日のワシントン対ベアーズの信じられない勝利の第4クォーターでの51ヤードキックも含まれている。しかし、そのミスの前に、セイバートは4つのフィールドゴールを決め、試合を決定づけたヘイルメリー以外のワシントンの得点をすべて占めていた。
"If it's a little windy out, maybe Tress will turn the laces a little bit for me," Seibert said. "[I tell him], 'Cool. Let's do it.' It can help you out when it comes to making kicks."
「風が少し強かったら、トレス選手が靴ひもを少し回してくれるかもしれない」とセイバート選手は言う。「(私は彼に)『よし、やってみよう』と言う。キックするときには役立つんだ」
Like Aubrey with his 65-yarder, Cameron Dicker's long-range field goals also inked his name in the annals of his franchise's history.65ヤードのフィールドゴールを決めたオーブリー同様、キャメロン・ディッカーの長距離フィールドゴールも彼の名前を球団の歴史に刻み込んだ。
Dicker tied the Los Angeles Chargers' team record -- and set a personal best -- with a 59-yarder in the second quarter of the Chargers' Week 7 loss to the Cardinals.ディッカーは、ロサンゼルス・チャージャーズがカーディナルスに敗れた第7週の第2クォーターで59ヤードのランを決め、チャージャーズのチーム記録に並び、自己ベストを樹立した。
Dicker went on to score all 15 of the Chargers' points on field goals of 50, 28, 47 and 40 yards.
This season, Dicker is 17-of-18, with his lone miss coming on a 55-yard attempt against the Chiefs in Week 4.ディッカーはその後、50、28、47、40ヤードのフィールドゴールでチャージャーズの15得点すべてを決めた。 今シーズン、ディッカーは18回中17回成功しており、唯一の失敗は第4週のチーフス戦での55ヤードの試みだった。
"The specialization of the holding has really helped," Dicker said.
"It just makes life easier for kickers. You don't have to think. The punter has more time to practice the hold than a backup quarterback all day long. They've got other things to worry about, more important things than making sure that, 'Hey, is this the right distance for me to catch it?'"
「保有資産の専門化は本当に役に立った」とディッカー氏は語った。
「キッカーにとっては楽になるだけだ。考える必要がない。パンターはバックアップのクォーターバックが一日中練習するよりも、ホールドの練習に多くの時間を費やせる。」彼らには、「ねえ、これがボールを捕まえるのに適切な距離なのか?」と確かめるよりももっと重要な他の心配事があるのです。」
ANOTHER ELEMENT CONTRIBUTING to increases in accuracy and range, Seibert said, is the longer extra points. Moved from 20 to 33 yards in 2015, extra point makes are no longer forgone conclusions.セイバート氏によると、精度と距離の向上に貢献するもうひとつの要素は、エクストラポイントの距離が長くなったことだ。2015年に20ヤードから33ヤードに伸びたため、エクストラポイントの成功はもはや当然のものではなくなった。
And that's a good thing.
The longer extra points are something like quality control checks for kickers during the game, Seibert said.セイバート氏は、より長いエクストラポイントは試合中のキッカーの品質管理チェックのようなものだと語った。
"It's not a gimme anymore," Seibert said.「もう簡単なことではない」とセイバート氏は言う。
"You've got to rely on that technique and be locked in more. ... If I hit an extra point, and all my extra points throughout the game are going straight down the middle, it just gives me more confidence that I'm hitting a straight ball, and I can rely on that.
「そのテクニックに頼って、もっと集中しなければなりません...」
もし僕がエクストラポイントを打てば、そして試合を通して僕のエクストラポイントがすべて真ん中にまっすぐ飛んでいけば、僕はまっすぐなボールを打っているという自信がさらに増し、それに頼ることができる。
"Whereas, too, you'll have games where you'll see guys, whether they don't hit a great ball and you're like, 'Oh, okay, that one moved a little bit.
Check up on this a little bit and try and fix that for the next one.'"
「一方で、選手たちが素晴らしい打球を打たなかったとしても、『ああ、あのボールは少し動いたな』と思うような試合もあるだろう。これを少しチェックして、次回までに修正するようにしてください。」
Other kickers and coaches suggested the dynamic kickoff, a rule for the 2024 season, could be positively impacting field goal attempts because some teams are opting to have their kickers place the ball in the 20-yard landing zone to force a return instead of drilling the obligatory touchback.
他のキッカーやコーチはダイナミックなキックオフを提案した。2024年シーズンのルールは、フィールドゴールの試みに良い影響を与える可能性がある。なぜなら、一部のチームは、義務的なタッチバックを練習する代わりに、キッカーにボールを20ヤードの着地ゾーンに置いてリターンを強制することを選んでいるからだ。
"We don't have the same 10-yard approach and smash the ball and all that mindset anymore."
Boswell said.
"I mean, if you kick it three yards deep and they return it, cool. If they don't, cool.
Some teams are still smashing, so they're still going to have the wear and tear.
It takes a lot off your leg throughout the week, and so maybe game day you're a lot more fresh if you're one of the teams that aren't just blasting kickoffs day after day."
「もう、10ヤードのアプローチやボールを叩きつけるといった考え方はなくなりました」 ボズウェルは語った。
「つまり、3ヤード深く蹴って相手が返球してきたら、最高だ。返球してこなかったら、最高だ。」いくつかのチームは依然として好調を維持しているため、消耗は続くだろう。
週を通して足の負担がかなりかかるので、毎日キックオフを強烈に決めているチームではないチームであれば、試合当日はずっと元気な状態になるかもしれません。」
SINCE STARTING HIS own venture working with kickers in the Dallas area in 2016, Egan has seen his clients get younger and younger.2016年にダラス地域のキッカーたちと働く自身の事業を始めて以来、イーガン氏は顧客の若年化を目の当たりにしてきた。
Now, his youngest kicker is 10 years old.現在、彼の最年少キッカーは10歳です。
Egan supposes the youth movement is for a couple reasons: It's a safer position in a sport that's rife with concussion concerns, kickers are getting bigger contracts and, quite simply, kicking is cool.
イーガン氏は、若手選手の台頭にはいくつかの理由があると推測している。脳震盪の懸念が広がるスポーツにおいて、より安全なポジションであること、キッカーの契約金が高額になること、そして単純に、キックすることがかっこいいからである。
"Even when I was growing up, kicking was never kind of the cool thing to do," Egan said.
「私が成長していたころでさえ、キックすることは決してクールなことではなかった」とイーガンは語った。
"Now it's sort of trending the other way a little bit, and especially some of these parents are concerned with their younger kids playing football and stuff, but if they're a soccer player they go, 'Hey, well you can be the kicker.' So you're starting to see that a lot more often now."
「今は少し逆の傾向になってきています。特に親の中には、幼い子供がサッカーをすることに不安を感じている人もいますが、サッカー選手なら、「『なあ、君がキッカーになってもいいぞ』。だから、今ではそういうのをもっと頻繁に見るようになってきているよ。」
Call it the Justin Tucker effect.
Tucker, the Ravens' longtime kicker, has helped popularize the position as a prolific long-range kicker during his 13 years in the league.レイブンズの長年のキッカーであるタッカーは、リーグでの13年間で優れた長距離キッカーとしてキッカーというポジションの普及に貢献した。
Tucker picked up the kicking mantle after three-time All-Pro and four-time Super Bowl champion Adam Vinatieri retired in 2021 following 24 seasons and an NFL record 599 career field goals split between stellar stints with the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.
タッカーは、ニューイングランド・ペイトリオッツとインディアナポリス・コルツでの輝かしい活躍を通じ、24シーズンにわたりNFL記録となる通算599フィールドゴールを記録し、オールプロに3度、スーパーボウルに4度輝いたアダム・ビナティエリの後を継ぎ、キッカーの役割を引き継いだ。
A seven-time Pro Bowler who entered the league in 2012, Tucker made all 10 of his attempts beyond 50 yards in 2016, and he holds the NFL record for longest field goal with a 66-yarder in 2021.
2012年にリーグ入りし、7度のプロボウル出場経験を持つタッカーは、2016年に50ヤード以上のフィールドゴール10回すべてを成功させ、2021年には66ヤードのフィールドゴールでNFL最長記録を保持している。
With the rise in social media, impressive kicking moments are spreading across the internet in viral videos.ソーシャルメディアの普及により、印象的なキックの瞬間がバイラル動画としてインターネット上に広まっています。
"It seems like it's turning," Boswell said of the attitude toward kickers. "I don't want to speak too soon, I don't want to jinx anything, but I mean it's good to see.「状況は変わりつつあるようだ」とボズウェル監督はキッカーに対する姿勢について語った。「早まった発言はしたくないし、不吉なことを言いたくもないが、見ていてうれしい」
Obviously having Pat McAfee as a punter in the league for a long time with Vinatieri, it's good to see [McAfee] highlighting college long balls, NFL long balls, stuff like that. もちろん、パット・マカフィーは長い間、ヴィナティエリとともにリーグのパンターとして活躍してきたが、彼が大学のロングボールやNFLのロングボールなどで活躍しているのを見るのは嬉しいことだ。
So it's more people have eyes on it nowadays than what they had in the past."
だから、昔よりも今は注目する人が増えているんです。」
Though Tucker downplayed the effect that he's had on the position, he said that he used to ask Vinatieri for advice, and now he has kickers at all levels approach him for the same thing.
タッカーは自分がキッカーのポジションに与えた影響を軽視したが、かつてはビナティエリにアドバイスを求めていたし、今ではあらゆるレベルのキッカーが同じことを求めて近づいてくると語った。
Once among the few who could consistently nail 50-yarders, Tucker is happy to see the long-range attempts becoming more commonplace.
タッカーは、50ヤードのシュートをコンスタントに決められる数少ない選手の一人だったが、長距離シュートがより一般的になってきていることを嬉しく思っている。
"If you got a guy with a leg that can get it there, just let it rip and see what happens," Tucker said. "I love that teams are launching the ball from the logo, all over the place.「そこにボールを運べる足を持つ選手がいるなら、思い切り蹴って何が起こるか見てみよう」とタッカーは語った。「チームがロゴからあらゆる方向にボールを蹴り出すのは素晴らしいことだ」
I think it's a blast. I think it's great for the game. It's fun, it's entertaining for the fans, and then it's an opportunity for world-class athletes to showcase their abilities.とても楽しいと思います。ゲームにとっても素晴らしいことだと思います。楽しくて、ファンを楽しませてくれますし、世界クラスのアスリートたちが実力を披露する機会にもなります。
"Just like you want to see Lamar Jackson throwing and running all over the field, and I think every fan that likes seeing that, loves to see kicks from the other side of midfield. It's awesome to watch."
「ラマー・ジャクソンがフィールド中を走り回ったり投げたりするのを見たいのと同じように、それを見るのが好きなファンはみんな、ミッドフィールドの反対側からのキックを見るのが大好きだと思います。見ていて最高です。」
Todd Archer, D.J. Bien-Aime, Paul Gutierrez, Jamison Hensley, John Keim, Kris Rhim and Adam
Teicher contributed to this story.
トッド・アーチャー、D.J.ビエン・エメ、ポール・グティエレス、ジェイミソン・ヘンズリー、ジョン・ケイム、クリス・リム、アダム・テイチャーがこのストーリーに貢献しました。