GREEN BAY, Wis. — Touchdowns are always nice, but clutch kickers are welcome security blankets for NFL offenses, especially in the playoffs.

Three of the four teams left in the postseason have seasoned veterans. And the fourth, Pittsburgh, has a kicker who booted a league playoff-record six field goals last week in Kansas City.

Talk about getting a leg up on the competition.

A few more notes and stats on the remaining playoff kickers:

CHRIS BOSWELL (Pittsburgh)

Playoff stats: 14 of 14 FGs, 4 of 5 PATs (four games).

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2016 regular season: 21 of 25 FGs, long of 49 yards; 36 of 36 on PATs.

Notable: Also booted six field goals in Week 15 against Cincinnati.

STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI (New England)

Playoff stats: 26 of 28 FGs, 64 of 65 PATs (20 games).

2016 regular season: 27 of 32 FGs, long of 53; 46 of 49 on PATs.

Notable: Five missed field goals in regular season were most since missing six in 2012

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MASON CROSBY (Green Bay)

Playoff stats: 26 of 28 FGs, 58 of 58 PATs (17 games).

2016 regular season: 26 of 30 FGs, long of 53; 44 of 47 PATs.

Notable: First in NFL history to make two 50-yard field goals in the final 2 minutes of a postseason game.

MATT BRYANT (Atlanta)

Playoff stats: 8 of 9 FGs, 21 of 21 PATs (seven games).

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2016 regular season: 34 of 37 FGs long of 59; 56 of 57 on PATs, both league highs.

Notable: Falcons’ all-time scoring leader with 892 points, having passed Morten Andersen’s mark of 806.

NOTES

CHARGERS: Gus Bradley, the former Jaguars coach, agreed to become the next defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.

CHIEFS: Tight end Travis Kelce was fined $12,500 for what the league defined as a “personal attack on an individual game official” and $9,115 for his unnecessary roughness penalty for shoving Pittsburgh cornerback Ross Cockrell, according to The Kansas City Star, for his actions in last Sunday’s game.

COLTS: Owner Jim Irsay announced that he fired General Manager Ryan Grigson after five seasons.


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