Brett Maher

Brett Maher picked a bad night to have the yips. Maher, the Dallas Cowboys' kicker, had a good regular season. He was 50-of-53 on extra-point attempts and ...

Talk about a bad case of the yips. Brett Maher missed the point-after try after Dallas' first touchdown of the night against the Buccaneers on Monday.

After the Cowboys scored their third touchdown of the first half against the Buccaneers, Maher missed a third PAT kick. Peyton Manning on ESPN's ManningCast asked after the third miss why the Cowboys were even kicking the PATs at that point. When the Cowboys scored a fourth touchdown early in the third quarter, Maher doinked the kick off the right upright and wide. He did, at last, succeed on his fifth PAT attempt after a touchdown in the fourth quarter. He also missed his lone PAT attempt in Week 18 against the Commanders, making it four straight misses from 33 yards. He missed another on the team's second touchdown.

The Dallas Cowboys played nearly perfect football during the first half of Monday night's playoff game in Tampa Bay, well, except for one player.

The Cowboys destroyed the Buccaneers thanks in large part to a historically big game from Dak Prescott, who set a franchise record by totaling five touchdowns. Since the extra point was moved to 33 yards back in 2015, some kickers have struggled, but they almost never struggle like Maher did on Monday night. The Cowboys kicker struggled on extra points at times during the regular season, but it never got this bad. Although he couldn't hit from short range on Monday, Maher has come up clutch multiple times over the year and he's had no problem hitting long kicks for the Cowboys. However, that streak ended in the fourth quarter Monday when Maher finally made an extra point, which elicited a loud cheer from the crowd at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The Dallas Cowboys played a nearly perfect game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, well, except for one player.

Despite Dallas' huge lead, Maher's missed extra points are a huge story.

Finally, Maher was given a fifth chance and made the most of it. Many were surprised when Mike McCarthy ran Maher back out for another extra point attempt after Dallas scored in the third quarter. Maher missed four straight extra point attempts: The first two pushed wide right, the third pulled to the left and the fourth hit the right post.

Brett Maher missed four extra points in the Cowboys' 31-14 wild-card win over the Buccaneers, becoming the first kicker to miss four PATs in a ...

McCarthy seemed to give him a bit of a vote of confidence, though. "He understands that, so we need to get back on it this week and get him ready to go. It proved to be the right call for Maher, as Though the game ended with a blowout result in Dallas' favor, there was a collective sigh of relief when Maher connected on his fifth extra-point try after missing his first four attempts. He missed three this past year, converting 50 of a league-high 53 attempts. "Obviously I've been shown the video of me, and that's just emotion.

It set a modern-era NFL record for PAT misses in a single game and was the only thing that went wrong for the Cowboys in a 31-14 shellacking of the Buccaneers.

He missed his third wide left. He missed his fourth off the top of the right upright. He missed his second wide right.

Dallas kicker Brett Maher missed four straight extra points in Monday's wild-card game, becoming the first player in the NFL to miss that many in a game ...

"We need Brett. We need him to focus in. We need him. Definitely didn't do my part tonight," Maher said. We need to get back on it this week and get him ready to go," coach Mike McCarthy said. Maher finally converted on his fifth attempt in the fourth quarter.

After the Cowboys and the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded punts in each of the first four drives to start their NFC wild-card game, the Cowboys scored ...

Dallas beat the Tom Brady-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-14 in the NFC Wild Card round, the Cowboys' first playoff road win since 1992!

Similar to teams pumping in crowd noise to prepare players for a loud and raucous crowd, the Cowboys should be recording — now — a deafening, sing-song “Maaaaa- ...

Because he definitely will be hearing it every time he kicks in Santa Clara on Sunday. And here’s one thing that the Cowboys definitely should do. Make him kick extra points and field goals, over and over and over again.

Brett Maher is a veteran who has had 14 stints with 10 different teams across the NFL and CFL.

In 2014, Maher had lost out on his chance at being Winnipeg’s kicker after the Blue Bombers opted to choose Hajrullahu. In 2018, Maher returned to Dallas for his second go-round, lasting until well into the 2019 season when the team released him. His first stint with Dallas lasted about three weeks before he was released before the season started. Maher, who might show up for next Sunday’s game against the 49ers, but might not, has likely played for a team near you. Heading into Wild Card weekend, BetMGM ranked Maher as the second-best kicker to put money on. Cowboys QB Dak Prescott was so frustrated on the sidelines after the third miss that he threw his helmet down in disgust.