Talk:Placekicker

Best kickers
I'm deleting the section that was just added on the "best" NFL kickers, since a list of the best anything without a citation is an obvious NPOV issue. --djrobgordon 01:02, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Survey
I'm not doubting the cited survey; think I heard something of it myself; but it really needs a reference. Rlquall 03:42, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Notable Kickers
I realize this section is inherently POV, and if someone wants to delete it, I probably wouldn't argue, but in the meantime, can we try and limit it to Hall of Famers, record holders, perennial All-Pros, etc? I don't want to be the notability Nazi, but people have been adding journeymen and NFL Europe kickers lately. Just think before you add. --djrobgordon 06:16, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

There is only one Hall of Fame kicker, even Adam Vinatieri could be counted against him, had it not been his Super Bowl titles because he is a specialist kicker (never played any other position at any point before his NFL career.203.184.56.44 09:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Kicker/Punter/QB?
I heard that some kickers can be a QB,. even a dual-threat QB? I wonder if that is so. But why can't a QB be a kicker/punter as well?


 * They can. It's not uncommon for that to be the case on high school teams, especially at small high schools. --SodiumBenzoate 04:07, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Picture
Don't we have a better pic? That one is hard to make out. -- Ja Ga  talk 12:53, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Soccer style?
The description of the place kicker's action seems more like the kick of a rugby player converting a try than a soccer kick. Ozdaren (talk) 13:48, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

punters v. kickers
Are punters generally larger than placekickers, because the former is sometimes expected to be a running back or quarterback during special plays? If this is true, it should probably be mentioned on either of the place pages, because punters generally are phyiscally larger, aren't they? --Criticalthinker (talk) 05:49, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Not sure. Kickers are getting bigger too. See Placekicker.—Bagumba (talk) 06:02, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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Common name should be simply kicker?
The WP:COMMONNAME for the position is kicker, so shouldn't the article be moved to reflect that? Basically every source that refers to, let's say Adam Vinatieri, simply calls him a kicker. You only really see "placekicker" in places like NFL stat books. ~ Dissident93  (talk)  11:22, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 15 June 2023

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) C LYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 03:18, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Placekicker → Kicker (gridiron football position) – I'm going to piggyback off the 7 year old post from above. Kicker is by a large margin the more common term. Team rosters generally call them "kicker" or abbreviated to "K" per these examples: 1 2 3. Recruiting profiles use kicker here and. Articles ranking all-time kickers typically use "kicker" 1 2 3. Fantasy football uses the term kicker 1 2 3. The Hall of Fame uses kicker 1 2. Heck even Madden uses kicker. Sure they are some one off places that say place kicker still like this but that article specifically was written by someone who was a scout when the common term was place kicker. Place kicker seems to dropped in usage to almost non-existent. Rockchalk 717 00:20, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Inclined to oppose. "Placekicker" gets a significant number of normal, recent Google hits from reliable sources and satisfies WP:NATDIS. Examples: 2013 book Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, fivethirtyeight.com in 2020, Bleacher Report in 2010, Harvard Magazine in 2012. These were all found in under a minute. I don't see a compelling reason to switch to complex parenthetical disambiguation since the basic term is likely to be understood easily. Dekimasu よ! 00:41, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support: Based on the fact that that's the position's WP:COMMONNAME. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:24, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support move to "Kicker (gridiron football)" without "position" in the descriptor per nom and WP:COMMONNAME. I am opposed to "Kicker (gridiron football position)" because "position" is not needed; there is no other use for "kicker" in gridiron football outside of a person who kicks the ball.  This would also match the format of Guard (gridiron football) and Center (gridiron football).  Frank   Anchor  15:57, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Changed to weak oppose per Bagumba’s analysis of WP:NATURALDIS, a guideline I was previously unaware of. However, I maintain my preference for “kicker (gridiron football)” instead of “kicker (gridiron football position)” if this page is moved.  Frank  Anchor  13:13, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Oppose per NATURAL, although I'd probably Support kicker as I'm pretty sure it's PRIMARY.--Ortizesp (talk) 18:26, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong disagree that this is the primary topic for "kicker". It's probably more common than other individual uses but not the overwhelming likelihood necessary for a primary topic.  WP scatter  t/c 17:17, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:NATURALDIS: Parenthetical disambiguation is the least preferred option (emphasis added):  This is like a football sack being titled quarterback sack.—Bagumba (talk) 01:06, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Note that Kicker (gridiron football) already works fine as a redirect per R from predictable disambiguation and as a WP:PRECISE title without position.—Bagumba (talk) 10:53, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Bagumba. Placekicker is still recognizable to all, so NATURALDIS applies. From a glance at the dab page, this might be the primary topic. Srnec (talk) 02:26, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:NATDIS, overriding WP:COMMONNAME. Suggest redirecting suggested destination to this page instead.  WP scatter  t/c 17:15, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per wp natural Red   Slash  03:37, 21 June 2023 (UTC)