It won’t show up in the stats.
However, Tampa Bay Buccaneers punter Jake Camarda may have saved his team’s NFC South championship with a brilliant play.
The snap to the punter was bad and Camarda had to scramble. He ran left and somehow kicked the ball with his right foot — his punting leg — down to the 1-yard line.
The play was negated by a penalty for illegal man downfield but had Camarda either fallen on the ball or lost it, Carolina would have been in a position to pull off a miracle win.
Bucs punter Jake Camarda saves a potential disaster of a punt!
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Camarda got a better snap on the next play and drilled it to the Carolina 8.
A last-ditch drive by the Panthers came up short and Tom Brady was back in the playoffs.
