One yard short. That’s the difference between an all-time NFL record and a painful division loss.
New Orleans knocked off Carolina 27-24, but not before a bit of kicking drama. Joey Slye, a second-year kicker for Carolina out of Virginia Tech, set up from 65 yards out for a kick that would have tied the Panthers’ game against the Saints at 27 apiece.
In the Superdome, in the middle of the field, everything was perfectly primed for Slye to set a new NFL record, and ...
So close!
The longest field goal in NFL history belongs to Matt Prater, who drilled a 64-yarder in Denver while a member of the Broncos back in 2013.