Afternoon, folks. How we feeling heading into tonight?
For me, it’s a mix of cautioned confidence and anxious nervousness, but should the game rest on Cody Parkey’s leg late, I feel just fine.
During the Thanksgiving beatdown of the Cowboys, Parkey was incredibly busy as he kicked off eight times. Last week against the Seahawks was a different story as the Eagles offense struggled to move the ball most of the day against the defending Super Bowl champions. Parkey kicked off only three times.
Seattle’s defense Dallas is not though, and tonight will hopefully resemble Thanksgiving once again.
Let’s hit it as the battle for control of the NFC East goes down.
Tweet at me (@drewBbalis) before kickoff tonight guessing the number of touchbacks Parkey has AND the Cowboys average starting field position on his kickoffs (far right column of the chart — sans brackets)
I will go (5,21).
Get your guesses in. Don’t piss off Claude.
Updated Contest Leaderboard:
Drew Balis — Four points
Gavin Steinhubl — Four points
Nick Rapak — 3.5 points
Cory Sprankle — Two points
Dan Spevak — Two points
Evan Kalikow — One point
Updated Stats:
- 81 kickoffs in 13 games
- 68 of those kickoffs in the end zone
- 41 of those kickoffs for touchbacks
- Average opponent starting field position of 20.93
Game # | Opponent | Kickoff Number | End zone | Touchback | Starting Field Position | Average Starting Field Position |
1 | Jaguars | 1 | Yes | Yes | 20 | 20 |
1 | Jaguars | 2 | Yes | No | 13 | 16.5 |
1 | Jaguars | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | 17.67 |
1 | Jaguars | 4 | Yes | Yes | 20 | 18.25 |
1 | Jaguars | 5 | Yes | Yes | 20 | 18.6 |
1 | Jaguars | 6 | Yes | Yes | 20 | 18.83 |
1 | Jaguars | 7 | Yes | No | 13 | 18 |
2 | Colts | 1 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [18.25], 20 |
2 | Colts | 2 | No | No | 27 | [19.2] 23.5 |
2 | Colts | 3 | Yes | No | 27 | [20] 24.67 |
2 | Colts | 4 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20] 23.5 |
2 | Colts | 5 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20] 22.8 |
2 | Colts | 6 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20] 22.33 |
3 | Redskins | 1 | Yes | No | 18 | [19.86] 18 |
3 | Redskins | 2 | Yes | No | 13 | [19.4] 15.5 |
3 | Redskins | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [19.43] 17 |
3 | Redskins | 4 | No | No | 41 | [20.71] 23 |
3 | Redskins | 5 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.67] 22.4 |
3 | Redskins | 6 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.63] 22 |
3 | Redskins | 7 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.6] 21.71 |
3 | Redskins | 8 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.57] 21.5 |
4 | 49ers | 1 | Yes | No | 20 | [20.55] 20 |
4 | 49ers | 2 | No | No | 22 | [20.61] 21 |
4 | 49ers | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.58] 20.67 |
4 | 49ers | 4 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.56] 20.5 |
5 | Rams | 1 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.54] 20 |
5 | Rams | 2 | Yes | No | 26 | [20.74] 23 |
5 | Rams | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.71] 22 |
5 | Rams | 4 | Yes | No | 24 | [20.83] 22.5 |
5 | Rams | 5 | Yes | No | 18 | [20.73] 21.6 |
5 | Rams | 6 | Yes | No | 21 | [20.74] 21.5 |
5 | Rams | 7 | Yes | No | 21 | [20.75} 21.43 |
6 | Giants | 1 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.73] 20 |
6 | Giants | 2 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.71] 20 |
6 | Giants | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.69] 20 |
6 | Giants | 4 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.67] 20 |
6 | Giants | 5 | Yes | No | 24 | [20.76] 20.8 |
6 | Giants | 6 | Yes | No | 24 | [20.84] 21.33 |
7 | Cardinals | 1 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.82] 20 |
7 | Cardinals | 2 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.80] 20 |
7 | Cardinals | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.78] 20 |
7 | Cardinals | 4 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.76] 20 |
7 | Cardinals | 5 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.74] 20 |
8 | Texans | 1 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.72] 20 |
8 | Texans | 2 | Yes | No | 8 | [20.44] 14 |
8 | Texans | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.43] 16 |
8 | Texans | 4 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.42] 17 |
8 | Texans | 5 | Yes | No | 6 | [20.16] 14.8 |
9 | Panthers | 1 | No | No | 19 | [20.13] 19 |
9 | Panthers | 2 | Yes | No | 31 | [20.36] 25 |
9 | Panthers | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.35] 23.33 |
9 | Panthers | 4 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.34] 22.5 |
9 | Panthers | 5 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.33] 22 |
9 | Panthers | 6 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.33] 21.67 |
9 | Panthers | 7 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.32] 21.43 |
9 | Panthers | 8 | Yes | No | 37 | [20.61] 23.38 |
10 | Packers | 1 | No | No | 16 | [20.53] 16 |
10 | Packers | 2 | No | No | 20 | [20.52] 18 |
10 | Packers | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.51] 18.67 |
10 | Packers | 4 | No | No | 22 | [20.54] 19.5 |
11 | Titans | 1 | Yes | No | 17 | [20.48] 17 |
11 | Titans | 2 | Yes | No | 42 | [20.83] 29.5 |
11 | Titans | 3 | Yes | No | 25 | [20.90] 28 |
11 | Titans | 4 | Yes | No | 19 | [20.89] 25.75 |
11 | Titans | 5 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.85] 24.6 |
11 | Titans | 6 | Yes | No | 16 | [20.78] 23.17 |
11 | Titans | 7 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.77] 22.71 |
11 | Titans | 8 | Yes | No | 22 | [20.79] 22.63 |
11 | Titans | 9 | No | No | 21 | [20.79] 22.44 |
11 | Titans | 10 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.77] 22.20 |
12 | Cowboys | 1 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.77] 20 |
12 | Cowboys | 2 | No | No | 33 | [20.94] 26.5 |
12 | Cowboys | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.92] 24.33 |
12 | Cowboys | 4 | Yes | No | 23 | [20.95] 24 |
12 | Cowboys | 5 | Yes | No | 24 | [20.99] 24 |
12 | Cowboys | 6 | No | No | 23 | [21.02] 23.83 |
12 | Cowboys | 7 | No | No | 35 | [21.2] 25.43 |
12 | Cowboys | 8 | Yes | No | 13 | [21.09] 23.88 |
13 | Seahawks | 1 | No | No | 23 | [21.11] 23 |
13 | Seahawks | 2 | No | No | 18 | [21.08] 20.5 |
13 | Seahawks | 3 | Yes | No | 9 | [20.93] 16.67 |
14 | Cowboys | 1 | Yes | No | 27 | [21] 27 |
14 | Cowboys | 2 | No | No | 11 | [20.88] 19 |
14 | Cowboys | 3 | Yes | Yes | 20 | [20.87] 19.33 |
14 | Cowboys | 4 | Yes | No | 15 | [20.80] 18.25 |
14 | Cowboys | 5 | Yes | No | 22 | [20.82] 19 |
14 | Cowboys | 6 | No | No | 20 | [20.81] 19.17 |