Dallas Cowboys kicker

The Dallas Cowboys backed kicker Brett Maher after he missed four of five extra point attempts in Monday night's win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a ...

[LAMAR JACKSON’S TEAMMATE WANTS HIM BACK IN BALTIMORE: ‘CAN’T LET A GUY LIKE HIM GO’](https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lamar-jacksons-teammate-wants-him-back-baltimore-cant-let-a-guy-like-him-go) We need him to focus in. "I mean I just played like s--- a week ago. "He understands that, so we need to get back on it this week and get him ready to go. We need him. "We need Brett," McCarthy said, per NFL.com.

A case of the yips appeared to grip the Cowboys kicker, who was the punchline of jokes Tuesday as fans replayed his four botched PATs - an NFL record.

Carney said he has been texting Maher for a few years in hopes of getting him to Carney’s training facility in the San Diego area. “Most of the kickers and punters are just good people, hard working people,’’ he said. “A receiver can drop two or three balls and a linebacker can miss two or three tackles. Gerald Foltz said Maher worked with his son and “showed him the ropes’’ with punting and holding. No way in the world. He and his wife, Jenna, met in high school and were dating when Maher walked on to the football team at Nebraska. “But a kicker can make 50 straight kicks as a pro and miss one and no one forgets it.’’ “He was wanting to come out because he likes working with young kids,’’ Foltz said. But in this case, Kohl said, he has a personal relationship with the kicker. The next day Brett was working with all those kids and while I was inside I kept hearing this sound. “He’s a high character guy.’’ Maher is a unique person.

On Tuesday morning in a meeting, the kicker was “distraught” after making inglorious history. Coaches agreed Maher's concerns Monday night were ...