Chris Simms’ Team-by-Team Grades for NFL Week 12

November 29, 2016   ·   Chris Simms   ·   Jump to comments

Listen up if you want to tell the top place-kickers from the rest of the pack. 
No, I'm serious. Footballs sound different coming off the foot of a Rob Bironas or a Matt Prater—two of my former teammates with league-best legs. Just try warming up as a quarterback and hearing the equivalent to 20 home runs cracking off a kicker's foot. It's jarring.
It's also damn impressive when they do it in live action. I was on the Buccaneers sidelines when now-Falcons kicker Matt Bryant cracked a 62-yarder to beat the Eagles. Jon Gruden didn't even call for him; Bryant trotted confidently out like he expected to make that kick. I appreciated that swagger as a quarterback almost as much as I appreciated Bryant's ability to win us games.
Justin Tucker is the only kicker who makes me feel like that anymore. He's as big an offensive weapon for Baltimore as Steve Smith or Breshad Perriman. And trust me: Joe Flacco appreciates the fact he can cross midfield and points are guaran...

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