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The Dallas Cowboys plan to stick with starting kicker Brett Maher in their divisional round playoff game at the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, head coach Mike McCarthy said Tuesday.
Maher missed four extra-point attempts in the Cowboys’ wild-card round win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. He finally hit his fifth try in the fourth quarter of the Cowboys’ 31-14 victory.
It was the first time in NFL history — since at least 1948 — that a kicker had missed four extra-point attempts in the same regular season or playoff game.
Maher had missed just three extra-point attempts throughout the 2022 regular season. His struggles quickly went viral on social media, especially after Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott was seen visibly frustrated on the sidelines after Maher’s third miss.
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But Prescott voiced support for his teammate after the game, as did McCarthy and Cowboys special teams coach John Fassell.
“I’m Money Maher’s biggest fan,” Prescott said Monday. “I told him after the game, ‘Hey, let that go, we’re going to need [you].’ I played like s— a week ago. Knowing what that guy’s done, the resiliency he’s shown throughout his career, personally, [I have] no doubt that he’ll come back next week and be perfect and help us win.”
Dallas Cowboys’ Brett Maher had the yips on Monday
After Monday’s NFL playoff game, Ben Verlander said that the Cowboys’ Brett Maher had the yips after he missed four extra-points.
ESPN reported that the Cowboys might bring in another kicker to compete with Maher in practice, but the 33-year-old veteran from Nebraska is widely anticipated to remain in his role.
The Cowboys and 49ers are scheduled to kick off from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. at 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday on FOX and the FOX Sports App.
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