San Francisco 49ers kicker Chase McLaughlin made three of his four field goal attempts during his team’s 27-24 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks Monday night, but his one miss looms large, as it would have won the game in overtime.
Filling in for the injured Robbie Gould, McLaughlin hit from 47 yards away at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime, but badly missed from the same distance in overtime. The ball ended up in the locker room tunnel, which is generally not where missed field goals are supposed to go.
After the miss, ESPN’s Monday Night Fooball play-by-play announcer Joe Tessitore said the “moment was too big” for McLaughlin.