re: Was Morten Andersen really that good?

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so he's getting crediting for bailing us out with 35-40 yd field goals?

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As a Saint 55.7% of his FGs were 39 yards or less and he hit 91% of those.

30.6% were from 40-49 and he only hit 68% of those, while another 13.6% were 50+ and he hit that at 41.5%

Compare this to Adam Vinatieri, Gary Anderson, and Garret Hartley


39 and under Percent of kicks | Accuracy

MA 55.7% | 91.2%
AV 63.6% | 89.9%
GA 60.5% | 89.9%
GH 70.4% | 86%

Anderson was more accurate from "short range" but he was asked to kick long range much more often.

I think it really came down to his superior leg allowing coaches to lean on him more. I looked up Sebastian Janikowski's stats because he's known for his big leg and his stats and distribution are actually pretty similar to Anderson's LINK

SJ 51% | 94.1%