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PITTSBURGH — Luckily for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chris Boswell’s misfired extra point attempt late against the Baltimore Ravens was more of a footnote than a headline.
With the dust settled on the Steelers’ 26-24 victory, one that his team can thank Tyler Loop for, the longtime Steelers kicker addressed the missed PAT, his only one this season. The box score credited the Ravens with a block on the play.
“Honestly in the moment, I don’t know (if it was blocked),” Boswell said Friday before practice at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “I don’t watch film, anyway, and everybody kinda cracks jokes about that, but how I hit it felt really good. Obviously it took the path that it did and they’re calling it a tip, but I mean, I have no idea.
“You can’t tell on film whether it’s tipped or it’s just a shank. At the end of the day, whether it’s a block or not, it’s on me. I’ve gotta put it in, and we’ll move past it.”
Boswell led the NFL with 41 field goal makes last season, earning a first-team Associated Press All-Pro nod. His five misses this regular season were the third-most in a single season during his 11-year career.
Boswell missed a 54-yard field goal try the week before against the Cleveland Browns. A 37-yarder on the road against the Detroit Lions, too.
“I’m on the bad end of some kicks right now and that’s just 11 years into it, I’m gonna be on the bad end of some kicks,” Boswell said. “But that never wavers in my confidence in myself or the snap or the hold or anything. It’s just, ‘Some go in, some don’t.’ And obviously you feel down about the ones that don’t, but you’ve gotta move on to the next one.”
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Chris Boswell Opens Up About Near-Disastrous PAT Miss vs. Ravens
