Ian Allan
In looking at the kicker stats, I notice that there were two who scored over 43 percent of their teams’ points last year. Both, oddly enough, began their careers with the Seahawks – John Kasay and Josh Brown.
The idea of a player scoring almost half of his team’s points is mildly interesting, but I don’t see it as a viable scouting tool. I see it as more of simply an indication that a team’s offense was really bad at putting the ball in the end zone. Note that none of the top teams on this list won more than five games.
More notably, looking at the kicking points scored by these teams the following year (and those “next year” kicking points are for the team, not the player – though they would usually be the same).
I do not, therefore, see Kasay or Brown as an elite kicking prospect for the 2011 season (if there is one).
BUILDING OFFENSES AROUND A KICKER
Kickers who've scored over 43 percent of their teams points, with percentage, kicking points, and points scored the following year:
Pct Pts Year
49.2% 93 1993 Dean Biasucci (Colts) 85 pts following year
48.3% 112 2008 Josh Brown (Rams) 73 pts following year
48.2% 95 2009 Sebastian Janikowski (Raiders) 142 pts following year
47.6% 127 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh (NY Giants) 83 pts following year
46.9% 92 2010 John Kasay (Carolina)
46.6% 108 2008 Phil Dawson (Cleveland) 91 pts following year
45.5% 85 1993 Doug Pelfrey (Cincinnati) 108 pts following year
45.0% 140 2005 Neil Rackers (Cardinals) 116 pts following year
44.2% 130 1985 Morten Andersen (New Orleans) 108 pts following year
44.2% 133 2007 Rob Bironas (Titans) 127 pts following year
44.2% 144 1999 Olindo Mare (Miami) 117 pts following year
43.6% 130 1993 Jason Hanson (Detroit) 93 pts following year
43.6% 102 1993 Kevin Butler (Chicago) 87 pts following year
43.3% 125 2010 Josh Brown (Rams)
43.1% 132 1993 Jeff Jaeger (Raiders) 97 pts following year
43.1% 100 2005 Phil Dawson (Cleveland) 88 pts following year
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