NFL Player News
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Jason Myers K | SEA
Seahawks' Jason Myers: Makes 26 field goals in 2024
Myers connected on 26 of 30 field-goal attempts (86.7 percent) and 37 of 40 extra-point tries through 17 games during the 2024 season.
Myers' field-goal percentage ranked 12th in the league among kickers that played at least 10 games. The 33-year-old kicker also connected on nine of 12 field-goal tries from beyond 50 yards. Myers has two years remaining on his contract and should be secure as the Seahawks' starter in 2025.
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Wil Lutz K | DEN
Broncos' Wil Lutz: Finishes excellent regular season
Lutz finished the 2023 regular season with 31 total field goals made on 34 attempts while connecting on all 49 of his extra-point tries.
Lutz had his best statistical season in Denver in 2024. The veteran kicker finished the season with a 91 percent field-goal percentage, the second-highest mark of his career. Lutz remains under contract in 2025 before becoming an unrestricted free agent in 2026. Looking ahead to the 2025 season, the 30-year-old will look to build off the momentum of a stellar 2024 campaign as a key contributor to Denver's success.
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Chris Boswell K | PIT
Steelers' Chris Boswell: Sits out practice with illness
Boswell did not practice Wednesday due to an illness, Mike DeFabo of The Athletic reports.
Boswell still has a couple of days to shake off the illness before Saturday's wild-card game against the Ravens. With the Steelers having not yet added other kicker to the active roster or practice squad, the team seemingly isn't too concerned about Boswell's availability for the playoff opener. Boswell was one of the top kickers in the NFL during the regular season, converting on 41 of 44 field-goal attempts, including a 13-for-15 success rate from 50-plus yards.
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Daniel Carlson K | LV
Raiders' Daniel Carlson: Sixth in total FGM in 2024
Carlson converted both of his field-goal attempts and each of his two extra-point tries in Sunday's 34-20 loss to the Chargers.
Carlson added boots from 40 and 47 yards in the Raiders' season finale to close out his 2024 campaign with an 85 percent make rate on field-goal attempts, his lowest mark since 2019. He ultimately converted 34 of 40 FGA, notably remaining perfect from the 20-39-yard range on 21 total attempts, so his only misses came from 40-plus. He also contributed 23 extra points on 25 tries. Despite the slight dip in FG percentage, the soon-to-be 30-year-old continues to provide Las Vegas with one of the more reliable legs across the league as he enters the final year of his current contract with the team in 2025.
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Matt Gay K | WAS
Colts' Matt Gay: Reliable from inside 50 in 2024
Gay connected on 31 of 37 field-goal attempts and all 33 extra-point tries across 16 regular-season games this season.
All six of Gay's misses came from 50 yards or longer. Gay, in his sixth season, made at least 80 percent of his field-goal tries for the fifth year in a row. He has also missed just one extra point in two seasons and 33 regular-season games with the Colts since signing a four-year, $22.5 million deal in 2023.
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Wil Lutz K | DEN
Broncos' Wil Lutz: Perfect in season finale
Lutz made his only field-goal attempt, from 33 yards, and all five of his extra-point tries in Sunday's 38-0 win over the Chiefs.
The veteran capped off a regular season in which he hit all 46 extra-point attempts and 31 of 34 field-goal tries. Now, he'll get a chance to kick for Denver in the playoffs as the franchise breaks an eight-year postseason drought with a wild-card matchup against the Bills on Sunday.
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Jake Elliott K | PHI
Eagles' Jake Elliott: Adds eighth miss of season
Elliott missed one of his three field-goal attempts but made both of his extra points in Sunday's 20-13 win over the Giants.
Elliott was good from both 24 and 32 yards, but a 39-yarder as time expired in the first half proved too much for him. It was his eighth missed field goal of the season, equaling his total number of misses over the previous three years combined. It was also his closest missed field goal of the year and just his second miss from inside 50 yards this season.
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Cameron Dicker K | LAC
Chargers' Cameron Dicker: Makes four field goals in finale
Dicker made four of his five field-goal tries and converted both of his extra-point attempts during Sunday's 34-20 win at Las Vegas.
Dicker missed a 51-yard kick wide to the left to start his day in the first quarter, but he was flawless afterwards, putting up 14 points in the Chargers' regular-season finale. He goes into the postseason having made an impressive 39 of his 42 field-goal tries (92.9 percent) during the regular season, including nine of 11 (81.8 percent) from 50-plus yards out. He did miss three of his 36 extra-point tries, however, something he'll be looking to clean up in the postseason and beyond.
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Matthew Wright K | CAR
Matthew Wright: Sent back to practice squad
Wright reverted to Tennessee's practice squad Monday, per the NFL's transaction log.
Wright was elevated from the Titans' practice squad ahead of Sunday's regular-season finale against Houston with Nick Folk (abdomen) unable to play. Wright made both of his field-goal attempts -- a 35-yarder and a 38-yarder -- in the contest and didn't attempt any extra points. The veteran placekicker also saw action in two games with Kansas City and in one game with San Francisco during the campaign, finishing a collective 15-for-16 on field-goal attempts (his only miss came from 59 yards out) and 6-for-6 on point-after tries. Given his success in all three of his stops this season, Wright could be an appealing option if any playoff team needs to replace its kicker at any point during the postseason.
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Chase McLaughlin K | TB
Buccaneers' Chase McLaughlin: Closes out season impressively
McLaughlin converted field-goal attempts of 52 and 25 yards and knocked home all three extra-point attempts in the Buccaneers' 27-19 win over the Saints on Sunday. He finished the 2024 regular season having gone 30-for-32 (93.8 percent) on field goals and 54-for-56 on PATs.
The veteran kicker managed to inch past his previous career-best field-goal accuracy rate of 93.5 percent, which he'd established just last season, with Sunday's perfect tally. McLaughlin did misfire on extra-point tries for the first time since the 2021 season, but he'll enter the postseason as one of the most trusted kickers in the field of 14 teams and remains under contract with the Buccaneers through the 2026 season.