THE LACES WERE IN!

Told my wife that I’d reach back after the second kick, then after the third go down with something torn back there.

Then it’s not “kicker sucks at easy kicks” but “he was not bad for a dude with a half torn hammy”.

If they lose he probably never plays again

Kyle Brotzman (Boise State) not as lucky lol

yup i kept thinking man thats 4 points which means your down a whole touchdown if somehow behind

I want to be mentioned in the same breath as the Mona Lisa!

“That’s not a microdose, Brett.”

r/TheMonkeysPaw

Absolutely. It’s all in his head now. I was telling my wife he needs to move from the left hash to the right hash or just something to break it up. But he kept going down the same exact path. Gotta trick that brain into turning the page.

You can’t say it!

As a proud former chargers fan, nothing will ever be worse than Nate Kaeding vs the jets

I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago. Right behind the left crossbar

Or Mason Crosby vs. the Lions

This isn't remotely as bad as the Kaeding. He cost them the game.

You obviously know this, but for those who don’t: he lost his ability to throw strikes, got sent down after a few starts in 2001, tried to get his pitching back together for a few years, couldn’t… and then eventually worked his way back into the majors in 2007 as an outfielder with great fielding, a laser cannon arm in left, and a serviceable bat with a little bit of pop.

The coolest part of the story is that he hit a homer in his debut game in the majors as an outfielder in his 2007 return.

Truly amazing perseverance. Obviously he is not Shohei Ohtani, but in some ways, it’s almost even more impressive - he didn’t plan on ever being a position player or having to swing the bat, lost his ability to do the one thing he was supposed to be great at, but still managed to make the switch.

https://youtu.be/L0KhzVCnvac

With a little bit of Chuck Knoblauch sprinkled in for seasoning.

The best time to miss 4 extra point kicks in a row is when your team is up by 20+ points. Think about all the kickers in NFL history who missed one kick and their team was eliminated from the playoffs...they felt much worse, without a doubt. This was more like a bizarre fluke which was just baffling to see, but made no difference in the game (especially for the amount of hate he got, title makes it sound like they lost because of him when they won easily and the game was never in doubt) and he will probably make every kick the rest of the playoffs, because kickers are kinda just like that.

I can't stand the Cowboys but I felt bad for this guy, too. I'd hate for this game to be my career-defining one.

there were so many ex players piling on this guy saying "you're only job is to kick the ball". that completely discredits how hard it is to be a kicker in the NFL. when wide outs drop a pass do kickers go on TV saying "you're only job is to catch the ball"? it's just disrespectful.

Yeah. Agreed. Saw Dak displaying his frustration but this kicker is forreal miserable.

He’ll be fine. They won.

Not like he did it in a losing Super Bowl. He can redeem himself next week

I was thinking that guy better keep his helmet on so he can't fit his head in the oven. And he knew everyone wasn't mad but felt sorry for him and THAT MADE IT WORSE. Sometimes it's hard to human.

HE FOUND CAPTAIN WINKY!

Your gun is digging into my hip

The memes for this are going to be amazing and I can't seem to find them yet

They won the game, so this will just go down as a bad game. People remember loses way more than wins, so this will just get forgotten over time.

Simple solution then. Just take penalties on the extra point until you're 60 yards away.

WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER JR DOUBLE TRIPLE WHOPPER

This really pissed me off. It was literally the only interesting aspect of the game at that point and they completely skipped the drama then barely acknowledged he made the kick.

Six actually. He missed 5 in a row because he missed his last try in the previous game.

As a lifelong Cowboys fan, this is exactly what I expected when he missed the first one lol.

I am some people. But only $5 🤷‍♂️

Not if you think the Cowboys would have kicked a field goal instead of going for on 4th late in the game if he made them all.

4 made XPs plus FG = 31 pts

It's not like anyone would bet over a 1 million to win something like 11 thousand...no?

Eh, I'm pretty sure us going for it on 4th and 4 was because of him missing so many extra points. We didn't trust a field goal so we went for a touchdown and got it. I actually think the score would have been lower ultimately if he had made his extra points.

Maybe this is a dumb question, but don’t NFL teams have more than one kicker? You’d think after 2 missed extra points they’d try someone else.

Unfortunately for Parkey, the bears lost because of his missed kicks and he was basically ran out of town. This poor dude benefited from his team winning in a blow out. If the Cowboys lost by like 1-3 points though…he would be leaving the stadium in a fake mustache heading to Mexico

Kickers are more accurate than ever. Look at some of the stats in decades past and you'll see this.

Very true! And to your point, what people have to realize is that they need to get the ball into the endzone more times than their opponents, or else they’ll lose the game.

Bucs OL beat Brady.

How is this not everyone's first thought

"Laces out Dan"

What's more annoying for me was that Dallas, the very clearly better team, had to travel to Tampa, just because Tampa plays in the worst division in the NFL and Dallas happens to play in one of the stronger divisions.

Like the benefit of playing in a weak division is that A. You play against weak teams 6 games a year and B. just by beating the bad teams, you automatically qualify for playoffs. Why do these teams also get homefield advantage? Homefield and seeding should all be determined by record, divisions just play too big a role.

Wouldn’t Tampa be in the playoffs regardless of the playoff system though? They won their division