Putting Up Numbers· NFL

Cameron Dicker’s field goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed kickers, Cameron Dicker was 1.3 field goals under at home and 1.1 field goals over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 0.3 and 2.8, a difference of 2.4.

3 games at home is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

field goals a game over expected

A −2.4 difference in field goals over expected at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 6 times in 100.

A −2.4 difference in field goals at home vs away is unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 3 times in 100.

The games

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Cameron Dicker’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultfield goalsExpected
Sep 13, 2026vsARIL01.7
Sep 20, 2026vsLVL01.5
Sep 27, 2026@BUFL31.0
Oct 4, 2026@SEAL31.1
Oct 11, 2026vsDENL11.8
Oct 18, 2026@KCL22.1
Nov 1, 2026@LAL32.4

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed kickers in its other 2026 games, minus 0.1 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for kickers that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s kickers’ field goals in his games, 100%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 93% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.