On Sunday afternoon, within minutes of each other, two NFL players blocked field goal attempts, scooped up the ball and raced the other way for touchdowns.
On Sunday afternoon, within minutes of each other, two NFL players blocked field goal attempts, scooped up the ball and raced the other way for touchdowns.
When you’re Jordan Davis of the defending-champion Eagles, your heroics on the final play of the game turn an almost certain defeat to the Rams into a 33-26 victory.
When you’re Will McDonald IV and you suit up for the Jets, a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2010, when you were 11 years old, there’s still 1:49 left on the clock after your 50-yard return of your own blocked field goal.
Almost inevitably, Baker Mayfield would use that time to set up former Jets kicker Chase McLaughlin for a 36-yard field goal that gave the 3-0 Buccaneers a 29-27 victory over the 0-3 Jets at Raymond James Stadium.
Out of the two-minute warning with the Bucs leading 26-20, McLaughlin put his foot into a 43-yard attempt that barely got airborne.
