I was watching that game with disappointment since the Titans are Nashville’s team. I didn’t realize it was Evan McPherson’s kick. That makes it a little easier to take. I wasn’t really that disappointed, anyway. NFL just isn’t college.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Crye-Leike, Realtors 964 Main St Nashville, TN 37206 Mobile: 615-972-4239 Office: 615-650-7447 bar...@realtracs.com > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Helen Huntley <hhsga...@gmail.com> > Subject: [gatornews] Gator Evan McPherson energizes playoff run for Bengals > Date: January 27, 2022 at 5:17:38 PM CST > To: "gatorn...@googlegroups.com" <gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: gatornews+own...@googlegroups.com > > Former Florida kicker Evan McPherson’s ‘called shot’ energizes playoff run > for Bengals > In three years with the Gators, McPherson made 51 of 60 field-goal attempts > (85 percent), including 5-of-8 from 50-plus yards. > > <https://www.tampabay.com/sports/gators/2022/01/26/ex-florida-kicker-evan-mcphersons-called-shot-energizes-playoff-run-for-bengals/#>Listen > 03:32 > 2 > > > > Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson celebrates his game-winning field > goal against the Tennessee Titans after an NFL division round playoff game > last Saturday. [ MARK ZALESKI | AP ] > By Associated Press <https://www.tampabay.com/author/associated-press> > Published Yesterday > CINCINNATI — Evan McPherson stared down the most important kick of his life > and drilled it on Saturday, putting the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC title > game for the first time in 33 years. > > But first, the 22-year-old rookie called his shot. > > “So he was talking to (backup quarterback Brandon Allen) when he was going > out to kick,” quarterback Joe Burrow related with a chuckle. “He gave a > little warmup swing and he said, ‘I guess we’re going to the AFC > championship’ — before he went out to kick.” > > McPherson’s 52-yarder as time ran out Saturday was his fourth field goal of > the day without a miss in Cincinnati’s 19-16 win over Tennessee. He is > 8-for-8 in two playoff games. > > “He has ice in his veins,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor marveled. > > The kick also was the fourth game-winner of the season for the guy teammates > call “Shooter.” > > “This is my job,” McPherson said. “This is what I do for a living. So it’s my > job to stay cool, calm, collected in moments like those. And I’m just so > happy that my team put me in the position to succeed and give me the > opportunity to win the game.” > > The Bengals were counting on that mental toughness and accuracy when they > used a fifth-round pick (149th overall) to take him in the NFL draft last > spring. > > In three years at Florida, McPherson made 51 of 60 field-goal attempts (85 > percent), including 5-of-8 from 50-plus yards. He missed just one of 150 > extra-point attempts. > > Cincinnati was seeking some stability and range after cutting Randy Bullock > in midseason in 2020 and finishing with Austin Seibert, who lost the job to > McPherson in 2021. > > “It was a position for us, I don’t know if you want to call it unsettled but > we were kind of middle-ground maybe at that spot,” Cincinnati special teams > coach Darrin Simmons said. “We wanted to up the ante a little bit, knowing we > had a quarterback that was probably going to get us in position to score a > lot of points. You know, having a good solid kicker, somebody you can count > on in tight spots like this is a huge, huge deal for us.” > > Burrow knows steely-eyed confidence when he sees it. > > “We knew exactly what we had as soon as he walked into the building in camp > and we just saw how he carried himself,” Burrow said. “Obviously everyone at > this level can kick through the uprights, but it’s how you handle yourself in > the locker room that shows us that you have the confidence to go out there > and make a kick like this and perform the way he did in a game like this. We > knew exactly what kind of guy we had in camp.” > > Including the playoffs, McPherson has made 36 of 41 field-goal attempts (87.8 > percent), including 11 of 13 from 50-plus yards, while converting 49 of 51 > PATs. > > Two of the field-goal misses came in a wild 25-22 overtime loss to the > Packers in Week 5. A 57-yard attempt in the fourth quarter hit the right > upright. A 49-yard kick in overtime floated just left in a swirling wind. > > He rebounded from his worst day as a pro to make 23-of-25 the rest of the > regular season. > > McPherson is getting plenty of attention after his called shot and no-doubt > kick put the Bengals in the AFC championship game Sunday in Kansas City. > > He wasn’t born when Cincinnati last won a conference title — only two players > on the current roster were alive then — but McPherson is able to appreciate > the significance when he sees what’s happening in the championship-starved > city. > > “It’s really special just that our team is kind of creating our own legacy,” > he said. “And I think this Bengal team will be remembered forever. And just > the excitement that we brought to the city of Cincinnati, I think is awesome. > And I mean, the city’s on fire.” > > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatornews/CAPY6WJOWMLqy1vMd%2B3i8dH5FFo9ifYzB0YF%3D_dPZ7AheSP-FTA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatornews/CAPY6WJOWMLqy1vMd%2B3i8dH5FFo9ifYzB0YF%3D_dPZ7AheSP-FTA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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