Several weeks ago, when Chris Boswell missed a game due to injury, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was pretty open after the game in saying that he passed over an opportunity to attempt a long field goal because he didn’t want to put that pressure on Matthew Wright.
Wright is the practice squad kicker who was making his NFL debut after being elevated from the practice squad to kick in place of Boswell for the game. It would not be the first time that Tomlin would decide to pass up a long field goal attempt without his primary kicker.