It’s almost fitting that the final NFL game of Week 1 included a disastrous kicking performance, because that basically epitomized how badly kickers around the league performed during the opening week of the season.The final game of Week 1 was in Denver, Kyle Lewis Jersey where kicker had a nightmare game with three mi sed field goals and a mi sed extra point during Tenne see’s wild 16-14 win over the .Although Gostkowski eventually redeemed himself by hitting a game-winning field goal with under 30 seconds left to play, things got pretty ugly before that. Not sure if Stephen Gostkowski took his shoe off or if the Titans just took it from him so he can’t kick anymore John Breech (@johnbreech) Including his three mi ses, kickers around the league combined to mi s a total of 19 field goals in Week 1. If that sounds bad, that’s because it Braden Bishop Jersey is. Things got so ugly that there was only ONE game out of 16 where there weren’t any mi sed kicks (Packers-Vikings), so congratulations to and . In the 15 other Week 1 games, there was at least one mi sed field goal or extra point (There were a total of five mi sed extra points in Week 1). According to our research team here at CBS Sports, the 19 mi sed kicks were the most combined mi sed field goals in nearly a decade. The last time there were 19 errant field goals in the same week came all the way back in Week 10 of 2011, which is notable, because the 2011 season also marked the last time that kickers didn’t get a full offseason of practice (Nine years ago, half the offseason was canceled Gerson Bautista Jersey due to the NFL lockout).Kickers as a collective group don’t generally struggle this early in the season, and if you need proof just consider this: The last time there were at least 19 mi sed field goals during the opening week of the season came all the way back in 1982.According , the 71.6% conversion rate on field goals was the lowest Week 1 total since 1998, when kickers combined to hit just 71.4% of their kicks. The reason this is all notable is because if there’s one position in the NFL where you can lose your job Erik Swanson Jersey after one bad performance, it’s definitely kicker. The have already moved on from their kicker, , who mi sed a field goal and an extra point in Cleveland’s 38-6 opening week lo s to Baltimore (Note to the Browns: Seibert is not why you lost that game).Fortunately for Seibert, he wasn’t a free agent for long and that’s because the . Ironically enough, the Bengals and Browns will be playing each other on “Thursday Night Football” this week. However, Seibert won’t see the field unle s the Bengals decide to start him over , who is still with the team, despite having the ugliest mi s of Week 1. Bengals lose……. Randy Bullock shanks it. Talkin’ Football (@TalkinFootball_) Forty-Niners kicker actually predicted in early August that we might see kickers struggle early on this year and it appears that he was right. Gould thought Matt Festa Jersey that that kickers might not be prepared to handle. Teams around the league will now be hoping that things in the kicking department go much smoother in Week 2.