Making a field goal during a football game is hard. Don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise.
The pressure alone makes it tough and opposing players trying to block a kick only adds to the difficulty.
Remember this the next time you blame the kicker for your teams loss. Despite all this, somehow, the best NFL kickers make it look easy.
Throughout the years, there have been some incredible legs to blast pigskins through the uprights.
A few of them have even made the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's definitely not the most glamorous job in the world, but it can do more than just pay the bills if you're one of the best at it.
As for the longest field goal in NFL history, that used to belong to former Denver Broncos kicker Matt Prater, who boomed a 64-yarder back in 2013.
That changed during the 2021 season when the Baltimore Ravens and Detroit Lions met at Ford Field, and Justin Tucker etched his name in the record books.
The Longest Field Goal in NFL History: Justin Tucker's Record 66-Yard Bomb
With three seconds left in the fourth quarter and his team down 16-17, Ravens kicker Justin Tucker lined up an ambitious field goal attempt.
He took a few steps and swung his leg with as much power as he could.
The booming 66-yard field goal off the bottom of the crossbar and into the net. Just like that,
Tucker not only won the game for his team at Ford Field but set the record for longest field goal in NFL history.
Tucker broke a record that stood for nearly eight years. There's no question he's the kicking GOAT.