To be sure, several kickers had really bad outings in Week 4. In Pittsburgh, Josh Scobee's two critical misses on Thursday night already cost him a job. Jacksonville's Jason Myers might be in similar trouble after his two late misses—three, if you count the miss negated by a Colts timeout—cost the Jaguars the chance to beat a Colts team missing its franchise quarterback. Philadelphia's Caleb Sturgis missed an extra point and a 33-yard field goal in what ended up being an embarrassing three-point loss to Washington. New Orleans' Zach Hocker clanged a 30-yard chip shot off the upright, despite having a fan's bright white belly to aim for, sending to overtime a game the Saints should have won in regulation. San Diego's Josh Lambo would have had an excruciating 39-yard miss at the end of regulation had the Browns not done a very Browns thing and jumped offside, granting the Chargers kicker another chance at the game-winning kick, which he converted at 34 yards.
The kick is up and…you know what, let's focus on it being up. It was way up there. — Photo by Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Now that kickers don't have these gimmies, they're apparently nervous wrecks who only get worse and worse over the course of a game. Then again, the stats aren't showing anything other than a one-week dip in efficacy, so either Feely is just gladly feeding into conjecture or kickers are just so awesome now that the new problem is offset by their towering prowess.
A male employee, described as an usher, at Lucas Oil stadium detained three female reporters who were trying to access the locker room following the Jaguars-Colts game. Yahoo Sports' Graham Watson, the Tulsa World's Katie McInerney and the Tuscaloosa News' Joey Chandler were stopped by a staffer for several minutes who sought confirmation that they were allowed in the locker room.This kind of thing happens more than you'd think. Security wanting extra confirmation women are actually media — Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli)October 5, 2015
Greg Hardy is just like Texas in that he has lots of guns and everyone has to prepare to be upset whenever he's in the news.
When you see your main dude and you know he's got your cigarettes. — Photo by Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports
If nothing else, the 2015 season is a success because a teammate likened Jay Cutler to Jesus. If Jesus had kids, would he name one after the dog? You don't know that he wouldn't. And he wouldn't vaccinate his kids either, mostly by dint of there being no vaccines when he was alive.It Was All The Toilet Paperis Jay Cutler too often criticized? Martellus: 'They threw rocks at Jesus, & Jesus was an excellent guy who did a lot of awesome stuff.'
— Patrick Finley (@patrickfinley)October 4, 2015
When the play call is good, and executed perfectly. — Photo by Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
A Sad Update, With Alex SmithIs this real? — hollywood mulloy (@fakemikemulloy)October 5, 2015
A Sadder Update, With Brandon WeedenAfter a zero TD game today, Alex Smith is 3-40-1 when the opponent scores 24 or more points.
— Clay Wendler (@ClayWendler)October 4, 2015
The Saddest Update, With Josh FreemanThe first-round pick of the Buccaneers in 2009 had his debut on Friday with the Brooklyn Bolts of the Fall Experimental Football League. The league name is frustratingly misleading, as the sport isn't being experimented with. Like, humans aren't even playing against wild animals or anything fun. It's just another prospective development league for the NFL to ignore. Anyway, Freeman fumbled five times and only passed for 32 yards on 16 attempts in a 29-6 loss.Fan of the WeekBrandon Weeden has lost 10 straight starts- longest active losing streak by any QB.
— Kevin Negandhi (@KNegandhiESPN)October 5, 2015