In August, Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little teased that his leg was sturdy sufficient to interrupt the NFL’s report.
On Sunday, he did it for actual.
Little’s 68-yard subject objective within the second quarter towards Las Vegas — contained in the Raiders’ domed stadium — broke the report by two yards, exceeding the 66-yard kick by Baltimore’s Justin Tucker that had stood within the report books since 2021.
Little had proven such a kick was potential when he booted a 70-yard subject objective throughout a preseason sport in August. As a result of it was an exhibition, the kick didn’t formally rely as a report.
Between that kick and Sunday’s Week 9 report, nevertheless, Little had really struggled to transform lengthy kicks throughout his second NFL season, making simply 4 of his eight makes an attempt from 40-plus yards, together with one in all three from 50-plus.
Little’s kick got here amid a kicking renaissance within the NFL, the place over the last two seasons kickers are making 50-plus yard subject targets at a better charge than any level in NFL historical past. One issue behind that rise is a new rule put in place this season that allowed groups to obtain 60 “Ok-balls” — balls used solely by kickers — earlier than the season started. Kickers can then work with these balls to interrupt them in and make them as simple to kick, throughout the guidelines, as potential. Beforehand, groups would solely be given three brand-new “Ok-balls” lower than two hours earlier than kickoff.
