ARIZONA -- Arizona Cardinals kicker Matt Prater has made NFL history. With his extra point in the first quarter of Week 3 against the Detroit Lions, Prater became the only active NFL player with 18,000 points Prater - 40 years young - has been booting kicks since 2006. He's previously earned All-Pro honors and has made the Pro Bowl twice.

The explosion of long kicks has been led by Houston's Kaʻimi Fairbairn, who has six field goals of 50 yards or more through the first two weeks. That number is the NFL record for the most field goals of 50 yards or longer in a two-game span.

In Week One, across the NFL, kickers went a cumulative 21-for-23 on field goals of 50 yards or longer. That’s an absurd success rate of 91.3 percent, and it changes the way coaches strategize about what it means to be in field goal range.