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  • Andre Szmyt K | CLE

    Andre Szmyt: Let go by Cleveland

    The Browns cut Szmyt from the practice squad Tuesday.

    Szmyt was signed to the Browns' practice squad Dec. 24 to provide competition to Dustin Hopkins for kicking duties over the final two games of the regular season. Hopkins made his lone extra-point attempt during Cleveland's Week 17 loss to Miami, and it appears he will serve as the Browns' kicker for the regular-season finale against the Ravens on Saturday due to Szmyt being let go from the practice squad. Szmyt hasn't attempted a kick in an NFL regular-season game since signing with the Bears as an undrafted free agent out of Syracuse in April of 2023.

  • Packers' Brandon McManus: Limited to five points

    McManus made a 22-yard field goal and two extra points in Sunday's 27-25 loss to the Vikings.

    McManus made all his attempts for the seventh time in as many weeks, but the five points he finished with were the second fewest since that streak began. He and the Packers will close out the regular season against a Bears team that limited him to a season-low two points when the clubs last met in Week 11.

  • Greg Joseph K | LV

    Jets' Greg Joseph: Handling kicking duties in Week 18

    The Jets will sign Joseph off their practice squad Tuesday and have him handle kicking duties in Sunday's game against the Dolphins, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.

    Joseph signed with New York's practice squad last week and will get a quick call-up to the 53-man roster. He'll become the fifth different kicker of the season for the Jets and will replace Greg Zuerlein, who returned from an eight-week stint on injured reserve due to a left knee injury but didn't attempt any kicks in this past Sunday's 40-14 loss to the Bills. The Jets haven't yet announced whether Zuerlein will be cut loose, placed back on IR or be made inactive for Week 18, but he'll give way to Joseph in any case. The 30-year-old Joseph has previously made seven appearances this season between the Giants and Commanders, converting 15 of 18 field-goal tries and eight of eight extra-point attempts.

  • Raiders' Daniel Carlson: Racks up 13 points in win

    Carlson converted all four of his field-goal attempts and one of two extra-point tries in Sunday's 25-10 win over the Saints.

    Carlson contributed 13 total points before his XP attempt on the Raiders' final touchdown of the game was blocked in the fourth quarter. His otherwise impressive performance was highlighted by a 54-yard make, improving to seven of 11 on FG attempts from 50-plus yards this season. Carlson could have more chances to add to this tally if the Raiders offense stalls often against a stout Chargers defense in Week 18.

  • Jake Moody K | WAS

    49ers' Jake Moody: Misses three kicks Monday

    Moody went 4-for-5 on extra-point attempts but missed both of his field-goal tries during the 49ers' 40-34 loss to the Lions on Monday.

    Moody had a solid start to Monday night's game when he converted on his first three extra-point tries, but he missed right on a 51-yard field goal near the end of the first half. His 48-yard field-goal attempt early in the fourth quarter sailed left, and after missing his final extra-point try with less than a minute left to play, he capped things off with an onside-kick attempt that was blasted straight out of bounds. In the eight games since the 49ers' Week 9 bye, the 2023 third-round pick has gone 10-for-18 on field-goal attempts (including 3-for-7 and 1-for-5 on attempts from 40 to 49 yards and 50-plus yards, respectively) and 17-for-18 on extra-point tries. Moody will look to bounce back in the 49ers' regular-season finale against the Cardinals on Sunday.

  • Jake Bates K | DET

    Lions' Jake Bates: Connects on two FGAs in victory

    Bates made both of his field-goal attempts while going 2-for-4 on extra-point tries in Monday night's 40-34 win over the 49ers.

    Bates had a mixed performance in Week 17, connecting on a 57-yard field goal in the third quarter and a 42-yarder in the fourth quarter but also missing a pair of PATs in the contest. The extra-point misses were his first since he missed one in Week 3 versus the Cardinals, though they didn't impact the result in Monday's victory. The kicker has now gone 25-for-28 on field-goal tries while making 60 of 63 PATs over 16 games this season.

  • Jake Elliott K | PHI

    Eagles' Jake Elliott: Busy from close range

    Elliott made both of his field-goal tries and all five of his extra-point attempts in Sunday's 41-7 blowout win over the Cowboys.

    Elliott had a busy day, but he didn't have a particularly difficult one. Both of his field goals were shorter than a modern extra point, as he was good from 31 yards in the second quarter and from 26 yards in the third. On the year, Elliott is a combined 70-for-72 (97 percent) on extra points and field goals from inside 50 yards, but he's just 1-for-7 (14 percent) on kicks from 50 yards or more.

  • Buccaneers' Chase McLaughlin: Perfect on eight kicks Sunday

    McLaughlin converted field-goal attempts of 23 and 34 yards and connected on all six extra-point tries in the Buccaneers' 48-14 win over the Panthers on Sunday.

    The Buccaneers offense was impressively efficient throughout Sunday's lopsided victory, but McLaughlin was the beneficiary in the form of a couple of short field-goal tries on the rare occasions Baker Mayfield didn't cap off a possession with a touchdown pass. With his third straight perfect tally on field goals, McLaughlin is now sitting on a 93.3 percent success rate in that department for the season, just two-tenths of a percentage point behind last season's career-best figure heading into the Week 18 regular-season finale against the Saints.

  • Cowboys' Brandon Aubrey: Misses 61-yarder in loss

    Aubrey missed his only field-goal attempt and connected on his only extra-point try in Sunday's 41-7 loss to the Eagles.

    With the game well out of hand in the fourth quarter, coach Mike McCarthy let Aubrey attempt a 61-yard FG. The kick had plenty of distance, but it wound up hitting about halfway up the right upright and bouncing wide. Aubrey's 137 points ties him for second in scoring in the NFL with Ka'imi Fairbairn, well behind Chris Boswell's 153, heading into a Week 18 meeting with the Commanders.

  • Matthew Wright: Dropped by Tennessee

    The Titans waived Wright on Monday, Jim Wyatt of the team's official site reports.

    Wright impressed while serving as the Titans' top kicker in the Week 17 loss to the Jaguars, converting on all three of his field-goal attempts and his lone extra-point try while filling in for the injured Nick Folk (abdomen). Folk is likely to return and serve as Tennessee's starting kicker in the Week 18 matchup against the Colts after Wright was waived Monday.

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