Kickers and punters have never been more dangerous in the NFL with long field goals becoming routine and booming punts getting off with regularity.

None of that matters, though, if the kicks are getting blocked.

And that's been happening at a staggering pace in the first month of the season. There have been 16 blocked kicks — on punts, field goals and extra points — for the second-most through four weeks since at least 1991. The only season with more came in 2014, when there were 19 blocks in the first four weeks.

But it's not just the number of blocks, but the impact they have had on games . That was very evident this past week.

It started with the Philadelphia Eagles , who opened their game at Tampa Bay by getting a punt block by Cameron Latu that Sydney Brown returned 35 yards f

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