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Baker Mayfield may or may not have said that he planned to “f***” the Browns up on Sunday Regardless, he made his best effort to do so with a second-half rally, but came up excruciatingly short as a 58-yard field goal by Browns rookie kicker Cade York sank the Carolina Panthers in a 26-24 Cleveland win. Facing a Cleveland team absent starting quarterback Deshaun Watson for the season’s first 11 games, Carolina got off to a rough start against Mayfield’s former Browns. But Mayfield rallied the… Source link

Justin Tucker is now (rightfully) the NFL’s highest-paid kicker. The Baltimore Ravens gave Tucker a four-year, $24 million extension, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The team officially announced the deal as well without disclosing the contract terms. Tucker’s new contract also comes with $17.5 million in guaranteed money, which puts him, at worst, second in the NFL in career earnings for a kicker at $51.07 million — behind Sebastian Janikowski’s $53.28 million career earnings, per Source link

Undrafted free agent kicker Andrew Mevis hasn’t had a great start to his NFL career. Four days into his first training camp, Mevis was cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars after missing three field goals during the team’s Thursday warm-ups, according to ESPN’s Michael DiRocco. One of those field goals reportedly missed its mark so badly that it hit former Dallas Cowboys head coach Dave Campo in the shoulder, and the other two weren’t even close to the goalposts. Campo, 75, was an assistant coach… Source link

It’s always a bit tricky, figuring out when to draft a punter or kicker. Those positions are obviously valuable. Ask a team that has a shaky kicker or a subpar punter how much angst that causes. The Cleveland Browns were the first team to jump into the kicker/punter pool. And it wasn’t the much-hyped San Diego State punter Matt Araiza. The Browns took LSU kicker Cade York in the fourth round, with the 124th overall pick. ESPN said that’s the highest a kicker has gone in the draft since …… Source link

GlobeNewswire Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Reminds Investors That Class Action Lawsuits Have Been Filed Against Restaurant Brands International and CD Projekt and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder rights law firm, reminds investors that class actions have been commenced on behalf of stockholders of Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) and CD Projekt S.A. (Other OTC: OTGLY,… Source link

MMA Weekly Video: YouTuber Jake Paul attacks Conor McGregor teammate Dillon Danis on the street YouTube sensation Jake Paul continued to escalate his feud with Conor McGregor and his teammates on Tuesday with a drive-by attack on Dillon Danis. Danis is a teammate of McGregor’s, who fights for Bellator MMA. He was famously attacked by Khabib Nurmagomedov after the UFC lightweight champion submitted McGregor at UFC 229. Paul has two professional boxing victories to his credit, a win over a… Source link

Minnesota Vikings kicker Dan Bailey had a bad day. Well, that’s actually underselling it. Bailey had a historically bad day, the kind of day kickers see in their worst nightmares and hope will never, ever come true. The Vikings lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, and Bailey couldn’t make a kick. Not one in the entire game. Dan Bailey couldn’t make FGs and extra points It started in the first quarter when he missed an extra point. Then in the second quarter he missed a 36-yard field… Source link