TEN Tennessee Titans · K· #6

Joey Slye

Age: 30
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 228 lbs
College: Virginia Tech
Drafted: Not drafted
Experience: 8th NFL season

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Overall grade

26th of 31 kickers

Well below typical

below average; 50 is average

Grades updated Mon, Oct 12, 3:02 AM ETRechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Joey grades below average among kickers so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the kickers in the league.

Field goal percentage83%13th of 31small sample
Field goals over expected−4.9 pts19th of 31small sample
EPA per kickoff−0.5331st of 33small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying kickers. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among kickers after each week, and every game behind it.

Season rank climbed: 32nd to 40th percentile since Wk 3.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

Field goals over expected game by game
Week	Opponent	That game	tries	Season rank after
1	vs NYJ	+10.3 pts	1	–
2	vs PHI	+5.1 pts	2	–
3	vs NYG	−56.7 pts	1	32nd pct
4	vs BAL	+4.0 pts	1	33rd pct
5	vs HOU	+2.9 pts	1	40th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 1 tries can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every kicker with at least 6 field goal tries. Right on the strip is better.

Field goals over expected

Below typical

−4.9 pts

19th of 31 kickers · bottom 42%

−15.3 ptsworse to better+14.1 pts

His field goal percentage compared with what the distances he kicked from predict. +10 means he makes 10 more of every 100 kicks than an average kicker from those same spots.

The box score: Field goal percentage rewards the kicker whose coach only sends him out from 30 yards.

Does it show up in winning? Across 52 games league-wide, teams won 59% of the time when their kicker was in the best third on field goals over expected, and 44% when he was in the worst third.

Field goal percentage

Above typical

83%

13th of 31 kickers · top 42%

71%worse to better100%

Field goals made over tries. It is the box score number, shown for comparison; it depends heavily on where he is asked to kick from.

The box score: This is the box score number.

Does it show up in winning? Across 52 games league-wide, teams won 59% of the time when their kicker was in the best third on field goal percentage, and 44% when he was in the worst third.

EPA per kickoff

Among the weakest

−0.53

31st of 33 kickers · bottom 10%

−0.52worse to better+0.01

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. Measured from the kicking team's side, so a higher number means his kickoffs leave the opponent with a worse start.

The box score: Touchbacks are counted, but not what the kick was worth.

Does it show up in winning? Across 79 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per kickoff from a kicker has not lined up much with his team winning (64% wins in the best third, 65% in the worst).

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the kickers around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Average try distance

Style

39.0 yds

Kicks from close in, more than most kickers. A typical one is 41.4 yds.

36.8 ydslow to high44.5 yds

The average length of his field goal tries. It shows how far his coaches trust him, which is a role, not a grade.

Tries from 50+

Style

17%

Rarely kicks from long range, more than most kickers. A typical one is 25%.

11%low to high45%

The share of his field goal tries from 50 yards or more.

Kickoff touchbacks

Style

50%

Kicks it out of the end zone, and more so than almost any of the kickers. A typical one is 15%.

8%low to high30%

The share of his kickoffs that are touchbacks.

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Joey Slye game by game
Game	Result	FGA	FGM	XPA	XPM	FG over exp.	Kickoff EPA
Wk 1 vs NYJ	L 10–23	1	1	1	1	+10.3 pts	−0.69
Wk 2 vs PHI	L 20–24	2	2	2	2	+5.1 pts	−0.52
Wk 3 vs NYG	L 7–12	1	0	1	1	−56.7 pts	−0.33
Wk 4 vs BAL	L 18–24	1	1	1	1	+4.0 pts	−0.67
Wk 5 vs HOU	L 3–26	1	1	0	0	+2.9 pts	−0.20

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among kickers. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Joey Slye box score totals
Stat	Total	Rank
Field goal tries	6	30th of 31
Field goals made	5	28th of 31
Extra point tries	5	31st of 31
Extra points made	5	30th of 31

Players with a similar profile

The kickers whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

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Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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