Zane Gonzalez was on the sideline taking off the cleat on his kicking foot while Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders’ offense were trying to get close enough for him to kick a field goal to send them to the Divisional round.
Gonzalez fidgeted with his sock. Something was wrong; it wasn’t situated in quite the way that he wanted for such a moment. By the time he got it right, Daniels took a knee at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 19-yard line, setting up a 37-yard attempt.
Chalk all that sock-wriggling as kicker superstitions if you want.