TAMPA, Fla. -- Call it the 'Nightmare on Dale Mabry.' The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' kicking woes are back and now haunting them on primetime television. Veteran kicker Nick Folk missed three field goals on Thursday Night Football -- kicks that would have been the difference in a 19-14 loss to the New England Patriots.
Folk missed kicks from 56, 49 and 31 yards offering no help to an offense that couldn't convert on third down until the third quarter or complete a deep pass until the fourth. The last Bucs kicker to miss three field goals in a game was Kyle Brindza in Sept.