The good news for Blair Walsh is that he’s not alone.
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In a unusual sort of way, this is good news to Peterson’s teammates. But he hooked the kick badly wide left, sucker-punching the Vikings and their fans with a 10-9 loss while setting off a wild celebration by the equally-stunned visitors. Hall of Famers and career record holders have all hooked or pushed or come up short in heartbreaking fashion. “A lot of those times, guys make those kicks. But stuff happens”, Redskins kicker Dustin Hopkins said. Defensive end Michael Bennett, who had to leave the game at one point because of a knee injury, only suffered a scrape and should be fine. “I’ve seen the best of the best miss kicks”. “I hate watching other guys miss, just because I’ve been there and I know how it feels”. “I had the first down, and my mentality is, trying to scratch for a few yards”. He has covered a Super Bowl, college bowl games, MLB, NBA and more. Buffalo hasn’t been back since.
Peterson won his third rushing title, had six 100-yard games, one 200-yard game, started all 17 games and heads into the offseason healthy and in need of no cleanup surgeries. Buffalo released Norwood after that season and he retired to his home state of Virginia. “And he missed it. There was a lot of believing and a lot of hope at that time when it was all but hopeless”.
Lynch did not play in the the Seahawks 10-9 win against the Minnesota Sunday, and now the Seahawks attention turns to Sunday’s game against the Panthers in a divisional round playoff game.
He hit the goal post with a potential go-ahead 47-yarder with 1:58 left, but got a second chance when Steelers rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw an interception on the next drive.
“And we came right back and got going, and got our score, and got the turnover and just flurried to the lead”. In their defense, the weather was completely against them.
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-Bennett left the game for one play in the fourth quarter after tweaking his right knee.
These poor Vikings fans with a bad vantage point thought Blair Walsh made his game-winning field goal – SBNation.com Poor fans had a bad view of the goalpost!
The postseason was never his strong suit, though, a trend that began when he missed a 40-yarder against the Jets in 2005.
Seattle’s first possession ended with punter Jon Ryan unable to handle a low snap and the Vikings took over and converted the miscue into a 22-yard Walsh field goal. A Vikings victory appeared inevitable as they drained clock inside the Seattle 15, but Walsh simply missed the victor after making all three of his earlier attempts. “You could try to put it out of your mind, you could play mind games all you wanted, but it wasn’t going anywhere”.
Much like fictional Miami Dolphins’ kicker Ray Finkel learned the importance of football placement during an infamous scene from the 1993 movie Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Walsh found himself in a similar situation.
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“It’s a chip shot, he’s gotta make it”, Zimmer said, insisting that his team had done enough for victory.
