Cowboys kicker

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Cowboys kicker Brett Maher makes 2 FGs after PAT block in loss (ESPN)

After missing four extra-point attempts against Tampa Bay, Dallas kicker Brett Maher had another point-after try blocked Sunday at San Francisco, ...

That led to an exchange of words between Fassel, Cowboys long-snapper [Jake McQuaide](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14676/jake-mcquaide) (who is on injured reserve), Dallas punter [Bryan Anger](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14950/bryan-anger) (who is also the holder) and the Niners. Maher made 14 of his 18 tries with Anger and long-snapper [Matt Overton](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13186/matt-overton), and Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones briefly spoke to Maher, as well. And in the fourth, he hit a 43-yard field goal, trimming the Cowboys' deficit to 16-12. [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/nfl/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-buccaneers), Maher missed four PAT attempts, the most in one game since 1932. Only two kickers in the Super Bowl era have failed on nine extra points in a season: Tom Dempsey (1976) and Fred Cox (1974). And if it hadn't been blocked, the kick was likely to miss left.

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Brett Maher kicking struggles: Jerry Jones says Cowboys ... (CBSSports.com)

Speaking after the Cowboys' latest playoff loss, a 19-12 defeat against the San Francisco 49ers, Jones said he was proud of Maher for bouncing back from four ...

To put it kindly, this is highly unusual, although Maher then went on to [make his next three attempts](https://twitter.com/timkawakami/status/1617288967409504256). Even if the Niners weren't able to get a hand on that kick, it looked like the attempt was going to go wide left regardless. [CeeDee Lamb](/nfl/players/2865251/ceedee-lamb/). He then attempted a 43-yarder with Dallas trailing, 16-9, with about 11 minutes to play, and that too was good. Oh, and he did struggle to make the kicks as well. A little drama in Cowboys-49ers pregame: Niners apparently took offense to Cowboys kicker Brett Maher warming up on side of field, stepping in middle of his operation to interrupt drill. (He did convert the extra point on Dallas' fifth touchdown.) Maher had gone 50 of 53 on extra points during the regular season, as well as 29 of 32 on field goals. On each of the Cowboys' first four touchdowns last week versus the Buccaneers in the wild-card round, Maher missed the extra point. And apparently, he had a rough go of it during warmups. "I talked to him individually after the game, just told him, 'Hey let that go, we're going to need it' I just played like s--- a week ago, so that happens. He pushed the first two kicks wide to the right, then pulled the third one wide to the left.

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Cowboys kicker misses 5th playoff PAT, makes 2 FGs (WOKV)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — (AP) — Dallas kicker Brett Maher missed his fifth extra point of the postseason when his first attempt against San Francisco was ...

He was 50 of 53 on PATs before the playoffs. There had been a dustup pregame when Maher was warming up. “That was the thought process. Leaned into my prep work and was able to hit a couple of big kicks for us here coming down the stretch.” Roy Gerela missed six tries in 43 attempts in the 1970s for Houston and Pittsburgh. “I’m proud for him.”

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Dallas Cowboys kicker regains some confidence during playoff loss ... (Texas Public Radio)

Jan 16, 2023; Tampa, Florida, USA; Dallas Cowboys place kicker Brett Maher (19) reacts after missing a point after touchdown kick in the first half during the ...

If you're leaning too far left, you have a tendency to dip your left shoulder, and it makes you pull the ball to the left," he said. A football player's office just happens to be a field. "Routine in a sense of maybe you get three warmup kicks before you go out on the field every time," he said. You have to go out there with confidence every single time." "You just have to go out there. Athletes can get back on track with the help of a licensed sports psychologist. "Look how bad Brady looked the other night. And so, we have to get them to stop thinking too much about how to execute that action." Franklin said he overheard diners at a restaurant criticizing the 33-year-old Dallas kicker and he felt compelled to say something to them. When you drop your right shoulder, you kick the ball to the right, and then he over compensated. [ expect to be a close game](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-vs-cowboys-prediction-odds-line-spread-start-time-2023-nfl-playoff-picks-from-model-on-16-6-run/) after [a historically bad game ](https://www.aol.com/sports/cowboys-brett-maher-misses-3-023951679.html)against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, missing four extra points. He had an extra point kick blocked in the first half that many pundits said he would have missed anyway.

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Greg Abbott Blasted for 'I Can Kick as Good' as Cowboys Kicker ... (Newsweek)

The Texas governor is paralyzed from the waist down after a tree cracked and fell on him in 1984.

Brett Maher hit 29-of-32 field goals this season (90.6 %) before his postseason woes on extra points. But it's fun and refreshing to see that our governor has a sense of humor." Proving that lone star on the Texas flag is a satisfaction rating," Not the sharpest knife in the drawer by a long shot. "That's the way to be a good fan! Cowboys kicker Brett Maher had a mind-boggling, and NFL record, four-consecutive missed extra-point attempts last Monday in a wild card win at Tampa Bay.

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Greg Abbott mocks Dallas Cowboys kicker on Twitter (mySanAntonio.com)

On Sunday night, Gov. Greg Abbott thought he would troll Cowboys fans on Twitter, and the responses were equally scathing.

[after a 1984 accident](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/05/18/why-texas-gov-greg-abbott-uses-a-wheelchair/) where a tree weakened by a storm fell on him and injured his spine, paralyzing him. [Dallas Cowboys' kicker Brett Maher](https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-17735537.php) struggled yet again [in another playoff game,](https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/dallas-cowboys-kicker-17722559.php) Texas [Gov. Greg Abbott](https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/tiktok-texas-abbott-ban-17638445.php) decided to take to Twitter to troll Cowboys fans.

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49ers kicker hits trick shots while Cowboys' needs pep talk (SFGate)

Dallas Cowboys kicker Brett Maher was struggling in warmups, while the 49ers' Robbie Gould was clearly relaxed.

[49ers](https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/). Maher was “shaky,” [according to Clarence Hill](https://twitter.com/clarencehilljr/status/1617285057793904640) of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, although Hill later said Maher settled down. Another Dallas writer wryly described Maher’s warmup kicks as “ [exciting](https://twitter.com/MacEngelProf/status/1617285683256897537).”

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Abbott's tweet trolls Dallas Cowboys kicker (CW33 NewsFix)

AUSTIN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Dallas Cowboys kicker Brett Maher got kicked when he was down from the most unlikely of people: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

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