Stephen A. Smith makes a case for Bill Belichick being more to blame for Tom Brady's departure from the Patriots. And then, poof, the points disappeared.Was Melvin Gordon short, did he score, or did he fumble? His strong right leg was also valuable to the team on kickoffs.Only Tom Brady (41), Adam Vinatieri (32) and Jerry Rice (29) have played in more career playoff games than the 28 of Gostkowski, whose 205 postseason points are second all-time to the 238 by Vinatieri.With his departure, the longest-tenured Patriots player is special-teamer Stephen A. explains who's to blame for Brady-Belichick breakup (1:41)

The Chicago Bears kicker just entered the city’s sports Hall of Shame with a double doink shocker that should have surprised nobody.Cody Parkey, welcome to the Chicago Hall of Shame. A play later it was 20-3, and the Ravens’ hopes were dashed.The Chargers sacked rookie Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson seven times as they carved out a 23-17 victory and will next face the second-seeded New England Patriots on the road.The Chargers’ Michael Badgley set a franchise record for field goals in a playoff game, kicking five.Los Angeles built a 23-3 lead in the fourth quarter before Jackson threw two touchdown passes to make it close.But given one final chance to complete the comeback, 21-year-old Jackson looked every bit like the youngest quarterback to start an NFL playoff game when he lost the ball on his third fumble of the game. And the replay review resulted in the officials determining there was no fumble at all, and the Chargers had the ball at the 1 all over again. A: NAME: TEAM: COLLEGE: Ahmed, Ramiz: Chicago Bears: Nevada: B: NAME: TEAM: COLLEGE: Badgley, Michael That didn't include the playoffs, where he was 31-for-36 on field goals and 79-for-83 on PATs. "I have had the privilege of coaching some of the best specialists in the NFL and Stephen Gostkowski is one of them," Belichick said. "Gostkowski, 36, was the Patriots' longest-tenured player once quarterback The Patriots, who have nearly $23 million in cap charges for players not on their roster (which includes $13.5 million for Brady), don't have another kicker on their roster.

The Chicago Bears were eliminated from the NFL playoffs in the cruelest way possible as kicker Cody Parkey missed the game-winning field goal in a 16-15 defeat against Philadelphia. "Stephen had many highlights over his 14 years as a Patriot and one of the most impressive was the way it began, when he succeeded the most accomplished kicker in NFL history. "Stephen is a great teammate who made outstanding contributions over a decade of championship football.

The refs already had blown the play dead, a fact missed in all the commotion. Veteran Gostkowski was 374-for-428 on field goals (87.4%) with the Patriots, and 653-for-664 on point-after attempts (98%). He made several crucial kicks his rookie year and established a top level of performance and consistency for years and years to come. Gostkowski, who is coming off left hip surgery that shortened his 2019 season to four games, has been the team's full-time kicker since 2006, when he replaced Adam Vinatieri. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosted the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosted the fifth.

Jackson threw for 194 yards with an interception as well as his seven sacks.The result locked in a Kansas City Chiefs-Indianapolis Colts match-up in the other AFC division game.