NFL Kickers better than ever

In the OLD days, there were a few kickers who played other positions. Yale Lary, Danny White, even Pat Summerall. No doubt there are others. Nowadays, it seems that the kickers practice separately, which means that the holder is the punter rather than the backup QB. It’s harder to do a fake FG without a viable offensive threat back there. What about using Taysom Hill as the holder and watching opposing ST coordinators heads explode? :eek: Hayball’s fake punt was great! (y)
That was mostly due to roster sizes. It was 33 in the 50's and 40 from 1964- 74. Teams really couldn't afford to
save a roster spot for a specialist. Starters in that era also played on special teams.

https://www.hogshaven.com/2020/5/4/21245563/a-brief-history-of-roster-sizes-in-the-nfl