The Cincinnati Bengals made a somewhat surprising roster decision in the week leading up to their Week 5 matchup with the Baltimore Ravens as the team waived second-year punter Brad Robbins in favor of undrafted rookie Ryan Rehkow. Robbins was sidelined to start the season, and in the meantime, Rehkow established himself as a very promising punter. He led the league in several statistical punting categories heading into Week 5, and his stellar punting continued against the Ravens. However, Rehkow is still a rookie, and thus inexperienced by definition. He doesn't have a ton of experience punting professionally, or say, receiving and holding the snap for a game-winning field goal attempt. Unfortunately, that's the position he found himself in late in overtime of the battle between the Bengals and Baltimore. Faced with a fourth-and-seven with the score knotted at 38, the Bengals opted to attempt a potential game-winning field goal, which was shanked by kicker Evan McPherson. The Ravens went on to covert their
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