Brandon Aubrey hit a 64-yard field goal and Joey Slye was good from 63 on Friday night | NYGazet

For decades, 63 yards was the NFL field goal record, but in the modern NFL, 63-yard field goals are so ordinary that one happened in a preseason game on Friday — and it wasn't the longest field goal of the day.

A whole generation of football fans grew up knowing that Tom Dempsey’s 63-yard field goal in 1970 was not just the NFL record, but one of the most extraordinary feats in NFL history. But in the modern NFL, 63-yard field goals are so ordinary that one... [1725 chars]