The world record for an NFL field goal is 64 yards, but place kickers have sent the ball far further in practice. Is a 90-yard kick possible? To find out, WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez explores the physics of long kicks and gets a lesson from pro kicker Harrison Butker.
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Why It’s Almost Impossible to Kick a 90-Yard Field Goal | WIRED
Woah did not see him coming!
13:00 how much fuel for American football being more for losers
If it ever happens, it’ll be a last second game winner against my Giants.
Why It’s Almost Impossible to Kick a 90-Yard Field Goal?
It’s too far.
Whos here now that cam little made a 68 yarder
ME
Not me
@Barefootkickeryuh huh
here after cam little 68
As of when I am watching this someone kicked an 68 yard field goal a day or two ago. So I was confused when he said 64 the saw how long ago it was posted.
almost? Show me an 80-yarder
guy just kicked a 70 yrd feild goal
6:30 that’s not a robot but a mechanism
The longest practice field goal I ever kicked was 82 but it was wind aided and would have made a field goal and was straight.
LOL im watching this in 2025 and it cracks me up about how they are so excited about a 64 yarder. Cam Little already kicked a 68 and 70 yarder!
I could almost kick a one-yard field goal if it didn’t have to go through the uprights…………
Cam Little… 68 yards. Who’s next?
cam little!!
Cam Little: “And I took that personally.”
Check your facts, Dempsey kicked one 64 yds in the 70s
lol this mfer said “watching film”
“we could not afford to pay the nfl for that footage”
is such a US dystopian thing to say. It is not a sport. It is a money printing machine for some rich people.
It’s 70 yards now because cam little broke the record