After kicking the game-winning 52-yard field goal to send the Cincinnati Bengals to their first AFC Championship since the 1988 season, the legend of rookie kicker Evan McPherson continues to grow.
McPherson, who has made four game-winners in his first season as a professional, oozes confidence.
This was evident as he calmly drilled his 52-yarder to send the Bengals to the conference championship, and became even more apparent in the postgame press conference, where starting quarterback Joe Burrow recounted what McPherson said before taking the field for the kick.
“So he was talking to Brandon [Allen] before he was going out to kick.