When it comes to NFL placekickers these days, 40 may be the new 25. Nick Folk , 40 years old and in his second incarnation as the Jets' kicker, has had the most accurate field goal instep in the league lately — he's converted an unconscious 96.4% of all his FG attempts since 2023. That includes 3 of 3 in the first two games this season, and that includes a pair of 51-yarders, against Pittsburgh and Buffalo, to extend his franchise record to 20 FGs of 50-plus yards.

And in another sense, 25 and up may well be the new 60, since field goals of at least 60 yards have become all the rage, some from the older guys like Chris Boswell, 34, who drilled his 60-yarder in the final two minutes for the Steelers' winning score over the Jets in the Sept. 7 opener.

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