There’s no better way to make yourself a legend as a kicker than reliability in the postseason. Sure, you can make most of your kicks when the season isn’t do-or-die, and your team and fans think nothing of it. (Vikings fans and Bears fans, disregard.)
But make big kick after big kick where any miss might eventually mean an entire season goes down the drain? Where all eyes are on you and only you? That’s the kind of life where if you’re a kicker, you never have to buy a drink or a dinner in your home city again.
It’s a life that the ever-calm 49ers kicker Robbie Gould has always led.
After making two kicks in the first half of San Francisco’s Wild Card Game against the Cowboys, Gould’s nerves of steel once again came into focus. In 11 separate playoff appearances with the Bears, Giants, and 49ers, the 39-year-old kicker has never missed a field goal.
Gould has been impeccable, whether in the clutch or a routine early game kick.
18 attempts. 18 makes.
Robbie Gould has NEVER missed a postseason FG (18-18). pic.twitter.com/FEDQ8djEMh
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) January 16, 2022
Oh, and if that wasn’t enough: He’s never missed an extra point either (29-of-29).
Gould’s excellence might get lost in the shuffle of a wild finish between the Cowboys and Niners. But it shouldn’t. It’s clear that not only does this veteran kicker still have some juice left in his right leg, but he also continues to have the calmest mind under pressure.
