Top 10 Most Brutal Missed Field Goals in the NFL Playoffs

Ah yes, good ol' "Wide Right." The Bills trailed the Giants by a mere point with just eight seconds left on the clock. For the Bills, their Super Bowl victory ultimately came down to the accuracy of kicker Scott Norwood. Just 47 yards stood between them and the Lombardi trophy. One missed field goal kick later, and Norwood would become synonymous with the phrase "wide right."

All they had to do was make that kick, and the Bills would have had the victory. It sucks to get that close and fall that short.

The Vikings had the underdog Falcons skating on thin ice late in the NFC title game at the Metrodome. They were up 27-20 with just over two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter when Anderson, who was perfect 35-for-35 on field goal attempts during the regular season, lined up for a 38-yard field goal attempt. Unfortunately, he had a critical miss that gave the Falcons life. They proceeded to tie it up in the final minute and force overtime, in which Atlanta won 30-27 on Morten Andersen's 38-yard attempt.

If I remember correctly, that Vikings team was 15-1 and a favorite that year. They absolutely choked against Atlanta, who ended up not coming close to the Broncos.

The Ravens were down 23-20 to the Patriots in Foxborough when Cundiff missed a game-tying field goal with 15 seconds remaining, sending New England to Super Bowl XLVI. The 32-yard attempt came two plays after the Ravens' Lee Evans dropped a go-ahead touchdown pass when Sterling Moore knocked the ball from the receiver's hands. However, the next season, the Ravens gained some vengeance by beating the Patriots in an AFC title game rematch before winning Super Bowl XLVII.

Yeah, the kick was so bad that it was laughable. The Patriots went on to fall again to the G-Men.

The Chiefs were the AFC's top playoff seed in 1995 but were upset by the Colts, 10-7, at Arrowhead Stadium. Elliott missed three field goals in the loss, including one from 42 yards out with 42 seconds left in the game. And that's where the Chiefs' playoff curse at Arrowhead was born. To this day, they have not won a game at Arrowhead since.

In this game, the Vikings were trailing the Seahawks at home 10-9 when they lined up for the game-winning kick with 26 seconds remaining. It should have been an easy chip shot. However, Walsh's 27-yard attempt went wide left. What's even crazier to me is that Walsh had scored all of the Vikings' points in the game, even making kicks from 43 and 47 yards out earlier in the game.

Cold, brutal game, and Blair Walsh could have been the hero. Instead, he fell short as Seattle went on to lose to the Panthers, who went to the Super Bowl.

The Bears came in as the heavily favored team against the Eagles, who barely snuck into the playoffs, clinging desperately to their Cinderella story with Nick Foles. The Eagles were up with 10 seconds remaining, but the Bears had a chance. Unfortunately, Parkey's 43-yard game-winning field goal struck the upright and then bounced off the crossbar before falling into the end zone. The miss, which was apparently tipped by an Eagles player, sealed a 16-15 win for the 6th seed Eagles at Soldier Field and ended the Bears' bounce-back season.

The Colts had a season that started 13-0 but ended in disappointment to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who were the AFC's No. 6 seed. They were down 21-18 to the Steelers when Vanderjagt, famous for being called the "idiot kicker" by Peyton Manning a couple of years prior, lined up for a 46-yard field goal with 21 seconds remaining. He missed horribly and earned a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty, ending the Colts' season in a disappointing defeat.

The Jets fell victim to an unfortunate field goal miss of their own against the Pittsburgh Steelers. With the score tied 17-17 and four seconds remaining in regulation, Brien missed from 43 yards out. The game went to overtime, where the Steelers pulled out a 20-17 win when their kicker, Jeff Reed, connected on a 33-yarder. What's funny is this was right after benefiting from Nate Kaeding's miss. Good old Karma strikes again.

With the score knotted at 17 apiece in overtime, the Chargers drove to the New York Jets' 22-yard line to set Kaeding up for a 40-yard field goal, but his kick went wide right. The Jets won the game on the following drive on Doug Brien's 28-yard field goal.