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Austin Seibert takes in his second missed extra point against the Dallas Cowboys.Photograph: Peter Casey/USA Today Sports
If you’re under the impression that NFL special teams this season have been especially wonky, you are completely and utterly correct.
Still, as weird as it special teams had been through the first 11 weeks of the season, nothing could quite compare to what happened on Sunday. Kicker misses and miscues have been legion, but Sunday saw far more blunders than usual.
Most prominent of all was Austin Seibert of the Washington Commanders. The seven-year veteran came into Sunday perfect on extra-points, and 25 of 27 on his field goal attempts, this season.
And then came the utter disaster Seibert put himself in against the Dallas Cowboys in a 34-26 Commanders loss. With 48 seconds left in the first quarter, Seibert missed a 51-yard field goal. No surprise there, as his only two misses this season had come from 50 or more yards. Then, after Jayden Daniels scored a touchdown on a 17-yard run with 9:59 left in the third quarter, Seibert missed his first extra-point attempt of the season. It didn’t seem a huge deal: Washington still led 9-3 against a Dallas team who have been woeful all season.
Seibert suffered another blow when his kickoff was returned 99 yards for a touchdown by KaVontae Turpin to give the Cowboys a 27-17 lead late in the fourth. That was bad news for a Commanders team in the playoff hunt, but the touchdown had much more to do with Turpin’s skills than Seibert’s deficiencies. Seibert even booted a 51-yard field goal with 1:40 left to narrow the deficit to seven points and give the Commanders a faint whiff of hope. And there’s always hope against these Cowboys. First, Dallas recovered Seibert’s onside kick but were forced to punt. Then, with 33 seconds left, Daniels hit Terry McLaurin on a miraculous 86-yard touchdown in which Dallas, as has become routine this season, forgot how to tackle.
The score was 27-26 and all Seibert had…
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Author : The Guardian
Publish date : 2024-11-25 08:10:00
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