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The incompetence of NFL place-kickers costing teams games

Week 4's kicking woes looked eerily similar to the great replacement referee epidemic in 2012. Only this time, there is no superior cavalry on its way.

The extra point had become too easy, the NFL said. Kickers are too automatic, it's a wasted play. So they moved it back 13 yards. And what do you know? They started missing them.

NFL kickers missed four extra points in Week 4 through Sunday night, but what was more alarming was the amount of field goals they missed with the game on the line.

The 18 combined Week 4 misses through Sunday night is the second most since 2012.