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Cameron Dicker, aka “Dicker the Kicker,” is staying with the Los Angeles Chargers. The team announced Friday that it has agreed to a major multi-year contract extension with Dicker. It’s a win-win for both Dicker and the Chargers: a guarantee of his presence and locking down one of the top young kickers in the league for the foreseeable future.
Chargers’ Smart Move and Reward For Dicker
This new deal does present Cameron Dicker with financial security and further confirms his stay with the team. While his job security has seemed strong to date, this extension makes it all but concrete. It’s a well-deserved reward for a player who has proved his worth time and time again.
This is a smart move on the part of the Chargers, who seem to finally be locking in a talent that so quickly became one of the best young kickers in the NFL. This is especially crucial for a team like the Chargers, which has struggled for years in trying to find consistency with their kicking game.
Dicker made his presence felt from the moment he arrived with the Chargers midway through the 2022 season. The performance Dicker has put up since he joined the Chargers is out of this world. He has converted 50 of his 53 field goals to account for 94.3% in 27 games. Adding those to his field goals earlier in his career with the Eagles, Dicker has an impressive career total of 52 out of 55 attempts, giving him a 94.5 percent success rate. That represents the best field goal percentage in NFL history among all kickers who have ever attempted at least 50 kicks.
Long Kicks and Perfect Extra Points
The greatness of Dicker isn’t all about hitting short field goals. He set a franchise record last year by making seven field goals from 50 yards or more. Add to that, he has never missed an extra point in his career as he is perfect on all 59 attempts. That makes him the best kicker on extra points since the NFL moved the kick in 2015.
On the field, Dicker is known for his calm and composed demeanor. Chargers Special Teams Coordinator Ryan Ficken has credited Dicker with taking a veteran-like approach to the game. Ficken said Dicker has remained confident and consistent—key for a kicker—and that composure under pressure is part of why the Chargers value him so highly.
This decision with Dicker pretty clearly had a strategic element in the light of the Chargers. They joined a long list of teams that had been forced to take on their kicking woes, and the reliability of Dicker presents a significant upgrade from what they are used to. The positive result of this signing is that the Chargers have guaranteed that they will have a good and reliable special teams unit for quite some time.
In Conclusion
This Cameron Dicker extension is a win-win in both ways for the player and the team. Dicker is one of the best young kickers in the NFL, thanks to his performance on the field and his calm attitude. This gives the Chargers some semblance of stability, adding a reliable kicker into the mix going into many seasons ahead. As the season draws closer and closer, they can be assured that the special teams will not falter with Dicker in the mix.
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