ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills kicker Dan Carpenter cut his hair Monday night after deciding that six years was long enough to grow it out.
"It has nothing to do with football," Carpenter told reporters at his locker Tuesday without prompting. The veteran kicker had missed an extra point and a 50-yard field goal in Sunday's win over the Houston Texans.
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Carpenter began growing his hair in 2009 when he was in his second NFL season with the Miami Dolphins.