There are lots of factors that impact professional sports scores, and I won't devalue the influence of field conditions, pressure to perform, or a players' physical health on any given game day. That being said, there are two opportunities that can be practiced and perfected, and when you get paid what professional NFL and NBA players are paid, there's no excuse to have a mediocre accuracy: field goals shorter than 50 yards, and free throw shots at the basket.
This season in the NFL, there have been some miserable field goal kicks. When you have to do something that you have been practicing for months - probably years of your life - you should be able to do it well. In my fantasy team, I've had to pick up a new kicker three times, because people have been cut for under performing. Normally I'd be sympathetic to them, but each of them has missed multiple field goals in a game they lost, when scoring one of them would have won for their team.
Across the league this weekend(week 4), there were collectively 14 missed field goals! One announcer referred to it as "an epidemic, for which there is no known cure." For the love of extra points, get your act together!
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