New York Jets placekicker Sam Ficken knocked in a walk-off 44-yard field goal at MetLife Stadium for the win over the AFC East rival Miami Dolphins (via NFL).
Sam Ficken from 44 yards out for the WIN! @sficken1 #TakeFlight #MIAvsNYJ pic.twitter.com/PULjxdu2Os
— NFL (@NFL) December 8, 2019
Ficken, 26, bailed the Jets out of an awful second half that had only put up three points (via another Ficken field goal) after second-year quarterback Sam Darnold and the Jets' offense scored 16 points in the first half against Miami. The Jets had previously lost to the then-winless Dolphins in south Florida earlier this season.
With Ficken's game-winning kick, though, Jets fans went home happy, seeing their team avenge a bad loss in Week 9.
Ficken was an undrafted free agent and journeyman kicker who was New York's third placekicker of the season after failing to re-sign Pro-Bowler Jason Myers. Ficken was signed after tryouts for Adam Gase's club following the release of Kaare Vedvik and sudden retirement of Chandler Catanzaro in preseason.
Ficken's last-second heroics uplifting the Jets simultaneously overshadowed Dolphins kicker Jason Sanders, who was 7/8 on the day, scoring all 21 Miami points by himself for the franchise record.
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