Matt Ammendola of the Jets is a rookie placekicker who never has attempted a regular-season NFL field goal or extra point.
But after Sunday’s games, he ranked eighth in the NFL in punting with a 48.5-yard average on six tries, and his 65-yarder was tied for the longest in the league in Week 1.
"It was a whirlwind," he said of his bizarre debut in the Jets’ opener in a Charlotte, a 19-14 loss to the Panthers.
It began when punter Braden Mann suffered a knee injury early in the game that coach Robert Saleh said will sideline him for at least four to six weeks.