Super Bowl 59: Cameron Dicker's Insights & Predictions

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00:00Live from Media Row, Super Bowl 59,

00:02Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.

00:05I got a kicker here today I need to talk to.

00:07Look at it, look at the background, beautiful.

00:09It's Cameron Dickerts at charge.

00:10I mean, how do you feel right there?

00:12How do you feel?

00:1357 yarder right there, right?

00:1457 yarder, yep, that's the, I mean it feels good

00:17when you make those, yeah.

00:18Absolutely, now let's get to it.

00:19Let's have some fun because NFL kickers I love.

00:22I had Blake Grupio on just a couple days ago,

00:23New Orleans Saints kicker.

00:24I always like to get in the mind of a kicker

00:26because you are out there alone.

00:29What is the process?

00:30Like, I'm 37 yarder, 47 yarder, any of them.

00:33Like, what's the process?

00:33Yeah, it's all the same.

00:34You know, I run on the field,

00:36kind of approach it from behind, run out there, run up,

00:39and then take your same steps you do every time.

00:42Get your spot, take your steps,

00:44and when you give the nod, it's go time.

00:46You kind of have the same breath, kind of,

00:47and then nod, and then we'll go

00:49in whatever cadence we're going.

00:50It's just time to rock and roll.

00:51It's unbelievable.

00:52Now, also, do you have a kicking coach with the Chargers?

00:56So, our assistant special teams coordinator,

00:59Chris Gold, we call him Beep,

01:01he is like a wizard.

01:03He does all of that for us,

01:05and so that's his primary role is like with specialists,

01:08but then as well, he's been an awesome guy

01:11for everybody in our special teams units overall,

01:14so he's like, he's been such a big help in my kicking game

01:17and just helping kind of correct things

01:19throughout the season when things come up.

01:20Now, how do you handle this too?

01:21Because, like, being a kicker in the NFL,

01:23you're a great athlete already,

01:25but some people say, like,

01:26oh, it's just a kicking position.

01:27We don't need them until we need them.

01:29Like, being in the locker room and that pressure on you

01:32because the gains come down to you in every aspect.

01:36How do you handle that?

01:37I think it's exciting.

01:38I mean, it's the reason why you get into this, right?

01:40I think the guys who typically do really well

01:42and have long careers are guys who are,

01:44view it kind of the same way, where they're pumped.

01:47I mean, there's a reason why I'm a kicker.

01:49I want to do this.

01:50This stuff I live for, so it's game-winning field goals.

01:52It's like, the pressure's off me.

01:53I'm there to enjoy and just, like, go do my best.

01:56And I always like to ask this too,

01:57because you've been around the NFL.

01:59You kick in a dome, which you probably have to love.

02:01Are there places that you've been around the NFL

02:03that you say, boy, I can't get a gauge on this place?

02:08Not crazy.

02:10I haven't had anywhere where it's, like, really surprised me.

02:13Our practice facility is honestly, like, the worst.

02:16It's like, I hate kicking there, and they know it.

02:20Like, I'm very open about it with everybody.

02:24We're right by the ocean, and the wind just howls

02:27in the same direction the entire time.

02:28So I always have a right-to-left wind kick going one way.

02:32So I kick Wednesdays and Thursdays.

02:34So Wednesday, I kick one direction, right-to-left wind.

02:37Thursdays, I kick left-to-right wind.

02:39And I'm just like, this is crazy.

02:41Then you get to game day, and you're like,

02:42oh, I can actually aim straight, so it's wild.

02:45Now, let me ask you this question too,

02:46because I always love the background, too.

02:48We know you went to Texas.

02:50We know you're in the NFL now.

02:51What happened in high school?

02:52Were you always a kicker?

02:53Did you play soccer?

02:54Was it football?

02:55Soccer's been my primary sport growing up, right?

02:57So I've only played soccer pretty much forever,

02:59then moved to the United States in 2011.

03:01Where were you before that?

03:02Shanghai, China.

03:03Wow, what?

03:04For 11 years.

03:05Family, supply chain management.

03:06My mom started her travel business out there.

03:08And you speak English.

03:09Used to be fluent.

03:10I've lost a bunch of it.

03:11So, like, it used to be like, it was almost,

03:14it was like my first language,

03:15and now it's just gone pretty much.

03:17Okay.

03:18But I still lie about it on resumes.

03:20I mean, of course, I'm playing it.

03:20Why wouldn't you?

03:21Yeah, of course I do it.

03:22Kicker that can talk all those languages.

03:24And speak Chinese.

03:25It's unreal.

03:26I mean, that's an extra book.

03:27Want me to be your agent?

03:28Exactly.

03:28We'll go ahead and get a contract and do that.

03:29Yup, amen.

03:31But then, just kind of growing up doing that,

03:33and then football, everybody plays football in Texas.

03:36So I was like, I'll play.

03:37I was an O-lineman.

03:38I was like, this sport sucks.

03:40I'm not an O-lineman.

03:41So then went to kicking, and I was like,

03:43hey, coach, I'm just gonna kick.

03:45This is it.

03:46And then kicked throughout high school

03:47and played soccer the whole way through.

03:48Yeah, being in Los Angeles, obviously a great city there.

03:51Harbaugh's your head coach.

03:52Give me a little bit of the background

03:53in the building there with Harbaugh,

03:54because we know he's quirky,

03:55but we know he gets the most out of his players.

03:57Oh, yeah.

03:58I mean, he, the best way I explain it

04:00is he is your friend's weird dad

04:03who's so loving and awesome

04:05that everybody loves to be around.

04:07And it brings that energy

04:08of just connecting everybody together

04:10and having so much fun.

04:12And so it's the most fun I've ever had

04:13playing football this year.

04:15And they brought in a great group of guys

04:17to make the group fun and enjoyable.

04:21The way he loves on you and loves like Jesus loves

04:24is just such a huge thing

04:25that makes you want to play for him

04:27and go play for everybody else.

04:27And that trust and accountability is so big.

04:29Now, also being a kicker,

04:30you tend to move around at times.

04:32And I did see there 2022 with the Philadelphia Eagles

04:35who are in the Super Bowl this year.

04:37What was your time like in Philadelphia?

04:38I loved it.

04:39I mean, the guys were awesome.

04:41Being in Texas, everybody hates the Eagles

04:43because the Cowboys.

04:44It's true.

04:45I gotta say, I'm the opposite now.

04:47I am just big Eagles guy.

04:48I think they're an incredible organization

04:50and that their coaches have been awesome for me.

04:53And so it was really cool when I left them

04:55and I went to the Chargers

04:56and had the game-winning field goal,

04:57like Nick Sirianni texted me.

04:59And he texted me and was like,

05:00hey, congrats on the kick.

05:01Like, it's really awesome to see you doing well.

05:02That's great.

05:03So like, forget that from a head coach.

05:04It's like, it's a pretty cool

05:05and it shows what the organization's like.

05:07So rooting interest in the Super Bowl.

05:09Can we edge you towards the Eagles?

05:10I'm an Eagles fan.

05:11You don't even need to edge me.

05:12I'm a hundred percent towards the Eagles.

05:14So there's no bone in me that wants to see the Chiefs win.

05:16I'm over that.

05:17That's awful.

05:19If I ask you this question,

05:20Cameron Dicker's lining up in the Super Bowl, 27-27.

05:24Would you prefer the 28-yarder

05:26or do you want the 48-yarder?

05:28I mean, the 48-yarder is more fun for sure.

05:31I mean, you want to have those fun ones.

05:33It's always great when you have short kicks, right?

05:35Like it's, you're like, ah, thanks.

05:37And then you're kind of like

05:38the offense stalled out down there.

05:39And you're like, I'll take these.

05:41But the big kicks are always fun

05:43and it's always more memorable.

05:44Let me ask you a question too,

05:45because I always wonder this.

05:47The look to the sideline.

05:48Do you tell the coach what I'm good from from today?

05:51How does that actually go about?

05:52So pre-game we'll kind of go over there

05:54after we do all of our kicking

05:55and usually you talk to your special teams coach

05:57and you say, hey, we're going here.

05:59So I'll usually tell them, okay, I feel comfortable here.

06:04If you want to go end to half, end of game scenario,

06:06we'll extend it an extra five yards typically, maybe more.

06:09And then it's like, you throw your body under it

06:12and you can make it if everything goes well.

06:14But that's more of like, I know if I don't make it

06:17from here, that's a hundred percent on me.

06:18Now, does icing the kicker work?

06:20Does it work?

06:21I don't think so.

06:22I mean, I've had, I don't know if it's ever worked.

06:26Has it ever worked on you?

06:27I don't know.

06:28I don't know.

06:28Probably not then,

06:29because you probably would have remembered it

06:30right off the bat.

06:31I mean, we kind of iced myself this year.

06:34So like it worked when we did it to me.

06:36I missed the kick because it was like a super weird scenario

06:39against the Raiders.

06:40I was literally sitting on the bench,

06:42just vibing last game of the year.

06:44We punted the ball.

06:45There was a flag on the punt

06:48and they took the 15 yard penalty

06:50for us where he punted it from.

06:52So all of a sudden we're in field goal range.

06:54And so I'm sitting on the bench

06:55and our coach is yelling field goal, field goal.

06:57And I just ran from the bench onto the field.

06:59And I was like, what is happening?

07:00Three, two, one, we're live at that point.

07:02Who decided this was a good idea?

07:04And it was like a 55 yard field goal.

07:06And I was like, what are we doing?

07:07And so ran out there and missed the kick.

07:09And I was just like, I don't even care.

07:10Like that was just wild.

07:11Forget about it and let it rip there.

07:12It's great talking to you too,

07:13because we are in New Orleans.

07:15Any promotions that you have

07:16or social media you want to give out there?

07:18No, just stick with the kicker on social media.

07:20Just trying to hopefully start a foundation here soon.

07:23So working to-

07:25The best, the best, you know.

07:27Nickname.

07:27I know, it worked out for me.

07:29Yeah, so it worked out.

07:31It's been incredible and it's always fun to play with.

07:33That's Cameron Dicker down the right side here

07:35on the floor, media row at the Superbowl.

07:37Cameron Dicker.

07:38Hey man, more kicks straight down the arrow for you.

07:40Let's go.

07:41There you go.

07:41Thanks guys.

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