The NFL scheduled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers versus the Dallas Cowboys for Monday Night Football on Wild Card weekend hoping for one thing historic. While the belief was that Tom Brady could be the individual making historical past, Cowboys kicker Brett Maher did the honors.
Maher missed 4 straight additional level makes an attempt: The first two pushed huge proper, the third pulled to the left and the fourth hit the precise submit. While it is probably not shocking that three straight misses had by no means occurred in NFL playoff historical past it is also the primary time it has ever occurred in NFL historical past.
Early within the third quarter, Maher added to his personal historical past with the fourth miss.
The Manning brothers couldn’t consider it when Maher missed the third additional level:
Dallas nonetheless had a strong 18-0 lead going into halftime however Dak Prescott was clearly upset following Maher’s third miss:
Many had been stunned when Mike McCarthy ran Maher again out for an additional additional level try after Dallas scored within the third quarter. This time, Maher hit the highest of the precise goalpost:
Maher had missed three additional factors all season together with his solely try in Week 18 versus the Washington Commanders. He additionally missed simply three discipline targets all yr.
He missed 5 straight additional factors between Week 18 and tonight’s Wild Card sport.
The misses have been so dangerous that Dallas is in peril of working out of kicking balls for future kicks:
Brett Maher’s additional factors have missed so badly that they went huge of the web and into the stands. The Cowboys are working out of kicking balls on the sideline, in response to @KristiCowboy
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) January 17, 2023
Finally, Maher was given a fifth likelihood and made probably the most of it. After a 4th down landing reception by CeeDee Lamb, Maher knocked additional level by the uprights to push the rating to 31-6.
If the Cowboys maintain on to their huge result in advance to the Divisional Round, Maher’s job could also be in jeopardy. Four factors might not change the result of in the present day’s sport however is unlikely to have the identical margin for error transferring ahead.