# NFL 2024-25: Week 10 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [November 5, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720 "2024-11-05T15:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/81 "2024-11-17T19:59:20Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > How exactly does that graph have data out to 80 yard field goals. The longest successful field goal in NFL history was 66 yards by Baltimore’s Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens against the Detroit Lions on September 26, 2021. Is there a theoretical maximum? Kickoffs from the 35-yard-line would routinely go out of the end zone. I found at least one example of a kickoff that went through the uprights, so 75 yards is physically possible, at least. I’m sure a kickoff is easier than a field goal. The kicker can take a longer run, there’s no issue with timing, and there are no linemen to kick over. What’s the longest that someone could kick a field goal, and what’s the longest any coach would ask a kicker to try in a real game? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/82 "2024-11-17T20:28:20Z")
Quite an inch by inch game here between the Ravens and steelers. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/83 "2024-11-17T20:36:00Z")
Lions looking amazing. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/84 "2024-11-17T20:44:33Z")
Jaguars will do that to a team. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/85 "2024-11-17T21:02:55Z")
Packers get lucky winning with a makeable missed FG by the Bears. What a roller coaster - costly interception – at worst 3 points for the Packers instead Bears go 95ish yards for a TD. Then at the end Bears get a 3rd and 19 down to 4th and manageable. Minus the interception not horrible offense, but the defense was not good. Brian “a win is a win” ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/86 "2024-11-17T21:05:15Z")
This is last week’s thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/87 "2024-11-17T21:06:26Z")
I think you chaps are in the wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/88 "2024-11-17T21:26:38Z")
Oops, sorry ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/89 "2024-11-17T23:13:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What’s the longest that someone could kick a field goal, and what’s the longest any coach would ask a kicker to try in a real game? Well if it’s set up at the back of the endzone, it would be 120 yards. You could have a longer one in the CFL I think 110 yards + 20 of the endzone. Their goalposts are on the goal line so you can have the other 20 yards. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/90 "2024-11-17T23:38:14Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > Well if it’s set up at the back of the endzone, it would be 120 yards. Hard to attempt one from the back of the endzone, as the kicker needs at least a step to actually kick the ball. Plus the snap would have to be from just outside the goal line, so it would be a snap of more than ten yards. Don’t think we’ll ever see one. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/91 "2024-11-17T23:55:00Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What’s the longest that someone could kick a field goal, and what’s the longest any coach would ask a kicker to try in a real game? The guys with the strongest legs probably attempt 70-ish yards in practice from time to time. I think that for an actual field goal (rather than the odd corner case like a free kick, where there is no rush), the hypothetical maximum is probably a bit over 70 yards, assuming a good playing surface, and either a dome, a strong tailwind that’s directly at the kicker’s back, and/or a game in Denver (where it’s generally believed that the altitude, and lower air pressure, help kicks carry a little further). One rarely sees a coach calling for a kicker to try a kick more than about 58-59 yards, _unless_ it’s at the end of a half, or it’s a desperation play. Even for a kicker with a strong, accurate leg (like the Ravens’ Justin Tucker), a 60+ yard field goal is still a low-percentage play, and a miss means that you’ve just given the opposing team the ball, on your side of the field. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/92 "2024-11-18T00:17:41Z")
In full agreement with Buffalo going for it there, yesss. Last thing I would want to do is give Mahomes close to 90 seconds to get a TD to beat you. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/93 "2024-11-18T00:26:30Z")
Buffalo and Detroit in the Hard Luck Great Lakes Bowl in 2 months. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720/94 "2024-11-18T01:09:00Z")
This is last week’s thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720.md?page=4)