Herman - Kicker Mania

Kicker Mania - thru week 10 & looking ahead to week 11
		2004 Kicking points (top five are highlighted)						2004 Kicking ppg						2004 K defense				Week 11 matchup						Remaining Schedule & Projections
TEAM	Current KICKER	stnrd total	rnk	attmp total	rnk	bonus total	rnk	avg	rnk	home	rnk	away	rnk	ppg allow	rnk	home factr	away factr	oppnt	Kdef factr	score avg	math proj I	math proj II	this week rank	week 12	week 13	week 14	week 15	week 16	week 17	rank total
Arizona	Neil Rackers	51	23	57	26	62	18	5.7	22	8.0	7	3.8	31	7.0	21	0.61	1.32	@Car	1.08	3.8	4.1	6.3	29	NYJ	@DET	SF	STL	@SEA	TB	10
notes	misses: 58T, 64SH. Rackers production on the road: 4, 3, 4, 2 & 6.																							7.6	3.9	9.9	8.4	3.5	8.3	41.6
Atlanta	Jay Feely	56	19	59	24	58	21	6.2	19	5.8	23	6.8	10	5.1	3	0.91	0.96	@NYG	0.64	6.8	4.3	5.7	28	NO	@TB	OAK	CAR	@NO	@SEA	16
notes	misses: 49WL The Giants have given up the fewest points to kickers.																							7.7	5.4	4.5	6.4	7.9	6.3	38.2
Baltimore	Matt Stover	64	9	67	15	71	9	7.1	9	9.8	4	5.0	22	6.4	16	1.07	0.83	Dal	1.07	9.8	10.4	6.8	2	@NE	CIN	NYG	@IND	@PIT	MIA	14
notes	misses: 50WR. Stover… at home… against the reeling Cowboys!																							4.0	9.2	6.1	4.8	4.3	10.3	38.8
Buffalo	Rian Lindell	45	29	51	30	46	30	5.0	29	6.6	19	3.0	32	7.8	28	0.95	1.09	StL	1.05	6.6	7.0	6.4	11	@SEA	@MIA	CLE	@CIN	@SF	PIT	31
notes	misses: 42WL, 43SH. Last weekend Lindell joined Todd Peterson as the only kicker to have a zero point day. Peterson did it in back-to-back games earlier in the year. Lindell should get on the board this week.																							2.8	2.9	8.6	2.4	3.2	6.0	25.9
Carolina	John Kasay	45	29	51	30	47	29	4.5	31	4.5	30	5.4	18	8.2	29	1.08	1.10	Ari	1.32	4.5	6.0	6.4	19	TB	@NO	STL	@ATL	@TB	NO	27
notes	misses: 52WL, 46WR. The Panthers have signed Jeff Chandler to the practice squad, in case Kasay ("questionable" with right calf injury) can't kick this weekend. Todd Sauerbrun will return to his usual punter-only role.																							4.7	6.4	4.7	4.9	4.3	6.0	31.0
Chicago	Paul Edinger	47	25	62	21	51	26	5.2	25	5.0	28	5.4	18	7.0	21	1.50	0.86	Ind	1.16	5.0	5.8	6.1	18	@DAL	MIN	@JAC	HOU	@DET	GB	28
notes	misses: 27B, 45WL, 39WR, 53SH, 39WL The much anticipated Edinger vs. Peyton Manning matchup is finally here.																							6.5	5.1	5.1	4.4	5.6	4.2	30.8
Cincinnati	Shayne Graham	73	3	79	3	82	3	8.1	3	11.0	1	5.8	16	5.9	10	0.82	0.95	Pit	0.91	11.0	10.0	7.0	9	CLE	@BAL	@NE	BUF	NYG	@PHI	4
notes	misses: 38WR, 44WL The least Graham has scored at home is 9 points (vs. Baltimore).																							14.4	6.2	4.6	11.9	6.9	4.5	48.6
Cleveland	Phil Dawson	68	5	68	14	74	7	7.6	5	6.8	14	8.5	3	7.6	27	1.11	1.31	NYJ	0.95	6.8	6.5	7.6	13	@CIN	NE	@BUF	SD	@MIA	@HOU	7
notes	Cleveland is still the only team that hasn't missed a field goal all year.																							6.9	5.1	8.1	7.9	8.1	8.5	44.7
Dallas	Billy Cundiff	46	28	52	29	50	27	5.1	28	5.4	27	4.8	28	8.4	30	1.20	1.07	@Bal	1.07	4.8	5.1	6.8	30	CHI	@SEA	NO	@PHI	WAS	@NYG	29
notes	misses: 49RU, 52SH. Looks like the tough times for the Cowboys will continue this week.																							4.7	4.4	7.2	3.7	5.4	3.0	28.3
Denver	Jason Elam	67	7	73	7	76	5	7.4	7	8.0	7	6.8	10	5.8	9	0.93	0.67	@NO	1.18	6.8	7.9	6.6	8	OAK	@SD	MIA	@KC	@TEN	IND	11
notes	misses: 51SH, 49WL After a strong start, Elam has been merely average the last 4 games. At trip to the Big Easy should help.																							6.2	4.2	8.5	5.3	7.9	9.3	41.3
Detroit	Jason Hanson	38	32	47	32	40	32	4.2	32	3.3	32	5.0	22	6.0	12	1.03	1.04	@Min	1.28	5.0	6.4	5.1	14	IND	ARI	@GB	MIN	CHI	@TEN	32
notes	misses: 47WR, 48WR, 32WL Hanson is last in every category... except for ppg on the road.																							3.8	4.3	4.7	3.3	2.8	5.8	24.8
Green Bay	Ryan Longwell	64	9	70	10	71	9	7.1	9	7.0	13	7.3	6	5.4	7	0.95	0.84	@Hou	1.00	7.3	7.3	6.3	10	STL	@PHI	DET	JAC	@MIN	@CHI	5
notes	misses: 45RU, 52CR Longwell has averaged 9 ppg in his last 5 games.																							7.4	5.6	7.3	7.0	9.3	10.9	47.5
Houston	Kris Brown	57	18	66	17	63	15	6.3	18	8.0	7	5.0	22	5.4	7	1.00	0.88	GB	0.84	8.0	6.7	5.9	12	TEN	@NYJ	IND	@CHI	@JAC	CLE	8
notes	misses: 57SH, 37WR, 55WL The Packers are stingy in kicking points given up, especially on the road (4.3 ppg)																							9.2	3.3	9.3	7.5	4.7	10.5	44.6
Indianapolis	Mike Vanderjagt	58	16	70	10	60	19	6.4	16	6.8	14	6.0	14	7.1	23	0.97	1.16	@Chi	1.50	6.0	9.0	6.8	6	@DET	TEN	@HOU	BAL	SD	@DEN	13
notes	misses: Bryant 44WL; Vanderjagt 48WR, 54WL, 39WL. In week 1 at NE, Vanderjagt had two FG attempts. Since then he has had only one FG attempt in every game. However, he usually gets quite a few extra point attempts.																							6.2	7.9	6.0	5.7	7.9	5.6	39.2
Jacksonville	Josh Scobee	47	25	56	27	52	25	5.2	25	4.3	31	6.0	14	6.1	14	0.94	1.00	Ten	1.16	4.3	4.9	5.7	23	@MIN	PIT	CHI	@GB	HOU	@OAK	25
notes	misses: 35WR, 51WR, 49WR. Scobee averages 4.0 FG attempts per game against teams from Indianapolis. He averages 1.0 FG attempts per game against all other teams. Unless they meet in the playoffs, Scobee will not face the Colts again this year.																							7.7	3.9	3.7	5.7	3.7	7.0	31.7
Kansas City	Lawrence Tynes	59	14	69	12	63	15	6.6	14	6.3	20	6.8	9	6.0	12	0.79	0.67	NE	0.75	6.3	4.7	6.3	25	SD	@OAK	@TEN	DEN	OAK	@SD	18
notes	misses: 58WR, 47WR, 42WR, one extra point Anderson vs. Andersen for all-time scoring leader: Gary led by 87 points when the season began. Morten has gained 11 points to cut the lead to 76.																							7.3	8.0	7.9	4.2	4.8	4.3	36.4
Miami	Olindo Mare	49	24	53	28	53	24	5.4	23	5.8	23	5.0	22	6.7	19	0.95	1.06	@Sea	0.93	5.0	4.6	6.1	26	@SF	BUF	@DEN	NE	CLE	@BAL	22
notes	misses: Mare: 46WR; B.Gramatica: one extra point. Olindo Mare is listed as "probable" (right calf) on Wednesday's injury report. The Dolphins releases prior fill-ins Matt Bryant and Bill Gramatica during the bye last week.																							5.3	6.3	4.6	4.4	7.6	5.4	33.5
Minnesota	Morten Andersen	60	12	69	12	63	15	6.7	12	5.8	26	7.4	5	7.2	25	1.28	1.03	Det	1.04	5.8	6.0	6.9	16	JAC	@CHI	SEA	@DET	GB	@WAS	9
notes	misses: 44SH, 46WR, 38LU. The Vikings average 5.8 kicking ppg at home, while the Lions give up 5.0 on the road.																							5.8	11.1	7.2	7.6	4.8	6.4	42.9
New England	Adam Vinatieri	93	1	96	1	102	1	10.3	1	10.2	2	10.5	1	5.1	3	0.80	0.75	@KC	0.79	10.5	8.3	7.7	5	BAL	@CLE	CIN	@MIA	@NYJ	SF	1
notes	misses: 47WR; gravy: 4 yard TD pass Wow!																							8.5	11.7	9.6	10.0	7.0	12.6	59.4
New Orleans	John Carney	66	8	72	8	73	8	7.3	8	6.8	14	8.0	4	8.4	30	1.18	1.33	Den	0.67	6.8	4.5	7.9	27	@ATL	CAR	@DAL	@TB	ATL	@CAR	6
notes	misses: 51WL, 46LU Carney needs just one point to reach 1500 career points. For those doing the math, that means he currently has 1499. He is 9th on the all-time list.																							7.3	7.5	9.6	6.4	6.5	8.6	45.9
NY Giants	Steve Christie	60	12	78	4	68	11	6.7	12	6.8	18	6.6	12	4.0	1	0.64	0.63	Atl	0.96	6.8	6.5	5.3	22	PHI	@WAS	@BAL	PIT	@CIN	DAL	19
notes	misses: 47SH, 51SH, 49WR, 30WL, 33WL, 44B Paul Edinger's and Jeff Reed's production improved when a rookie QB took over. Is Christie next?																							4.1	5.7	7.1	6.1	5.4	7.2	35.6
NY Jets	Doug Brien	58	16	64	19	64	14	6.4	16	7.4	12	5.3	20	5.3	6	0.67	0.95	@Cle	1.11	5.3	5.8	5.9	17	@ARI	HOU	@PIT	SEA	NE	@STL	17
notes	misses: 29WL, 36WL. Brien fares a little worse on the road, and the Browns kicking defense fares a little better at home.																							3.2	6.5	4.5	9.3	5.6	8.0	37.0
Oakland	Sebastian Janikowski	61	11	67	15	67	12	6.8	11	9.0	6	5.0	22	6.6	17	1.17	0.77	SD	1.17	9.0	10.5	6.7	7	@DEN	KC	@ATL	TEN	@KC	JAC	15
notes	misses: 46WL, 35WR From a number crunching perspective, this week projects to be Janikowski's best remaining game of the year.																							4.6	6.0	4.5	10.4	3.9	9.0	38.5
Philadelphia	David Akers	82	2	91	2	96	2	9.1	2	9.3	5	9.0	2	4.7	2	0.78	0.60	Was	0.99	9.3	9.2	6.9	3	@NYG	GB	@WAS	DAL	@STL	CIN	3
notes	misses: 53WL, 39WR, 45WR Akers is listed as "probable" (left hip) on Wednesday's injury report.																							5.7	7.7	7.8	9.9	13.7	8.8	53.7
Pittsburgh	Jeff Reed	59	14	74	6	67	12	6.6	14	7.8	10	5.0	22	6.8	20	0.86	0.91	@Cin	0.82	5.0	4.1	6.7	21	WAS	@JAC	NYJ	@NYG	BAL	@BUF	21
notes	misses: 48WL, 44WR, 45WL, 33WR, 24WR Things have been going very well for the Steelers, except perhaps for Reed. His FG average is 68.8%... and only 50.0% on the road.																							7.7	4.7	7.4	3.2	6.5	4.8	34.3
San Diego	Nate Kaeding	68	5	71	9	75	6	7.6	5	7.8	10	7.3	6	5.9	10	0.63	1.17	@Oak	1.17	7.3	8.5	6.7	4	@KC	DEN	TB	@CLE	@IND	KC	12
notes	misses: 29WL Both the rookie kickers have 12 FG's so far this year. However Kaeding has 32 extra points compared to Scobee's 11.																							5.7	5.2	8.1	8.1	7.0	5.2	39.2
Seattle	Josh Brown	72	4	75	5	80	4	8.0	4	10.0	3	7.0	8	7.1	23	0.93	1.25	Mia	1.06	10.0	10.6	7.6	1	BUF	DAL	@MIN	@NYJ	ARI	ATL	2
notes	misses: 43WL Brown should be busy again this week.																							10.9	10.7	9.0	4.7	13.2	9.6	58.1
San Fran	Todd Peterson	52	22	58	25	57	23	5.8	21	6.8	14	4.5	30	7.3	26	1.05	1.23	@TB	0.80	4.5	3.6	6.6	32	MIA	@STL	@ARI	WAS	BUF	@NE	20
notes	misses: 46CR, 50SH Peterson has zero touchbacks on kickoffs this year. Of place-kickers that also handle kickoff chores, Edinger and Carney are the only two that also have none.																							7.2	6.9	2.7	6.7	7.4	3.6	34.5
St. Louis	Jeff Wilkins	53	21	62	21	59	20	5.9	20	6.2	21	5.5	17	8.6	32	1.52	1.05	@Buf	0.95	5.5	5.2	7.2	20	@GB	SF	@CAR	@ARI	PHI	NYJ	24
notes	misses: 33WL, 56SH, 44WR The Rams average 5.5 kicking ppg on the road. The Bills give up 5.6 at home.																							5.2	7.6	5.9	3.3	3.7	5.9	31.7
Tampa Bay	Martin Gramatica	47	25	63	20	50	27	5.2	25	6.0	22	4.6	29	6.6	17	0.80	1.03	SF	1.23	6.0	7.4	5.9	15	@CAR	ATL	@SD	NO	CAR	@ARI	26
notes	misses: 44WL, 41WL, 35WL, 48WL, 46WL, one extra point During the preseason, some "fans" dubbed him "Gramissica".																							5.0	5.8	2.9	8.0	6.6	2.8	31.0
Tennessee	Gary Anderson	54	20	66	17	58	21	5.4	24	5.8	23	6.3	13	6.1	14	1.17	1.16	@Jac	0.94	6.3	5.9	5.8	24	@HOU	@IND	KC	@OAK	DEN	DET	23
notes	misses... Elling: 33WL; Anderson: 42B; Hentrich: 58WR, 52B The Titans tried a long FG at the end of each half last week. The weaker legged Anderson watched as the stronger legged Hentrich attempted (and missed) both.																							6.3	6.0	3.9	7.3	3.9	6.0	33.3
Washington	Ola Kimrin	45	29	60	23	46	30	5.0	29	4.8	29	5.3	20	5.1	3	0.87	0.99	@Phi	0.78	5.3	4.1	5.1	31	@PIT	NYG	PHI	@SF	@DAL	MIN	30
notes	misses: Hall 50WR, 41RU; Kimrin 35WL, 51SH, 47WL. John Hall is once again listed as "out" (groin) on Wednesday's injury report, meaning Ola Kimrin will continue to handle the kicking duties. Hall is getting a little closer to returning… he was able to kick foam balls in the training facility this past weekend.																							4.5	3.0	2.9	5.5	6.3	4.9	27.2

NOTES:
1.	All stats are based on Standard Scoring of 3 points for field goals and 1 point for extra points
	(except for the Bonus Total column which increases 40-49 yard FG's to 4 points, and FG's of 50 yards and over to 5 points)
2.	"Attempted" = maximum number of kicking points the team could have had if they made every kick
3.	The Kdefensive "factors" are the median by which teams allow kicking points, as compared to their opponents average scoring
	(i.e. smaller numbers under 1.0 equal better kicking defense, larger numbers over 1.0 = not so good)
4.	Weekly matchup numbers: the "Mathematical Projection I" is the "Kscoring" multiplied by the "Kdefensive Factor"
	Mathematical Projection II is simply the average of the Kicking ppg scored and the Kicking points allowed by the opponent
5.	Misses key: SH = short, WR = wide right, WL = wide left, CR = cross bar, RU = right upright, LU = left upright, B = blocked, T = tipped

1. Josh Brown
2. Matt Stover
3. David Akers
4. Nate Kaeding
5. Adam Vinatieri
6. Mike Vanderjagt
7. Sebastian Janikowski
8. Jason Elam
9. Shayne Graham
10. Ryan Longwell
11. Rian Lindell
12. Kris Brown
13. Phil Dawson
14. Jason Hanson
15. Martin Gramatica
16. Morten Andersen
17. Doug Brien
18. Paul Edinger
19. John Kasay (or Jeff Chandler)
20. Jeff Wilkins
21. Jeff Reed
22. Steve Christie
23. Josh Scobee
24. Gary Anderson
25. Lawrence Tynes
26. Olindo Mare
27. John Carney
28. Jay Feely
29. Neil Rackers
30. Billy Cundiff
31. Ola Kimrin
32. Todd Peterson