ndlongest vs rdlongest    Jason Elam  tie  Tom Dempsey  tie  Matt Bryant    Steve Cox  tie   Morten Anderson  tie  Although Bryants is third on the list in terms of length it travelled the second greatest distance If it were referred to as the thirdlongest that would say that one of the yarders would have to be referred to as secondlongest in regards to the other yarder  yards cant be second to  yards in terms of numeric ascension Because the official records are measured in simple terms of yardage not including additional feet or inches to the tally it cant be regarded as the thirdlongest field goal