The Arizona Cardinals fell to the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday Night Football for a variety of reasons - though the final kickoff from Chad Ryland has been heavily under the microscope.
The Seahawks' game-winning field goal on Thursday night was set up by a short kickoff from Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland, who failed to get the ball inside the landing zone, which gave Seattle the ball at the 40-yard line without taking any time off the clock.
Arizona Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland nailed both of his field goal attempts in Thursday night’s divisional collision with the Seattle Seahawks, including a 57-yarder late in the third quarter.
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The NFL has made significant changes to the kickoff rule over the past couple of years, and it played a major role in the outcome of this game.
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The Arizona Cardinals have a roster that could see some upgrades if they get active in the late stage of free agency this summer. Adding a former player could make plenty of sense for them in order to improve their special teams depth. Chad Ryland is currently the only rostered kicker for Arizona.
The Arizona Cardinals find themselves in a unique position with regard to one of the more crucial members of their squad: who will be their franchise kicker of the future?
The Arizona Cardinals face the San Francisco 49ers Sunday afternoon at State Farm Stadium to close out the season. They beat the Niners in Week 5 on the road 25-24 on a late field goal by Chad Ryland.
The Cardinals' playoff hopes are still alive. Chad Ryland nailed a 58-yard field goal on the final play of regulation in Charlotte and the Cardinals and Panthers are now going to overtime tied at 30.
It was a little over a year ago on Nov. 26 that Arizona Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland missed a 35-yard field goal with three seconds remaining that would have sent his team to overtime in a 10-7 loss to the Giants.
The Patriots had both place kickers in training camp this summer. The New England Patriots’ game against the Arizona Cardinals will be a reunion between Joey Slye and Chad Ryland.
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After kicker Chad Ryland earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for his play in the month of October, an Arizona Cardinals specialist has received weekly player of the week honors.
It was a Homecoming Day of sorts for the Cardinals Wow, what a fabulous three-phase performance from the Cardinals in their wire-to-wire 29-9 victory over the Bears in the sun and rain at State Farm Stadium on what felt like a Homecoming Day.
A well deserved honor for Arizona Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland. Ryland was just selected as the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month after replacing an injured Matt Prater and knocking home three game-winning field goals in four weeks.
Chad Ryland booted a 34-yard field goal with no time remaining to give the Arizona Cardinals a 28-27 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday afternoon at Miami Gardens, Fla.
Chad Ryland kicked a 32-yard field goal with no time remaining to give the Arizona Cardinals a 17-15 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night at Glendale, Ariz.
Despite beating the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday 34-13, Green Bay Packers kicker Brayden Narveson continued his woes, missing at least one kick for the fourth game this season.
The Arizona Cardinals elevated practice squad kicker Chad Ryland to the active roster ahead of their Week 6 battle against the Green Bay Packers. With Ryland being elevated, this likely means the Cardinals will be without kicker Matt Prater, who is questionable with a knee injury.
Chad Ryland, recently on the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad, kicked in place of the injured Matt Prater and made a 35-yard field goal with 1:37 left in a 24-23 comeback victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Cardinals announced that they have elevated K Chad Ryland and OT Charlie Heck for Week 5. Ryland, 24, started his career at Eastern Michigan before transferring to Maryland.
After cutting both Anders Carlson and Greg Joseph, the Packers have seen the kicker they ultimately chose — Narveson — miss four field goals thus far this season.
Not long after the Packers made their kicker decision, the Patriots had theirs ready.
The Patriots selected Chad Ryland in the fourth round of the 2023 draft as Nick Folk‘s successor. The latter was ultimately traded to the Titans in a sign of confidence for the rookie.
I'm definitely a "Do kicker and punter talk on your own time" sort. I understand the value of having good ones - hence my push for Nick Folk to remain on the roster even after drafting Chad Ryland - but spending a lot of time discussing it ain't my thing.
The New England Patriots used a fourth-round pick to take a kicker during the 2023 NFL Draft and he might already be a bust. The Red Sox can't start playing baseball soon enough.
The New England Patriots found some solace on Sunday Night Football as the team finally registered a win. Their fourth in the entire season. After 15 games, the team earned their much-needed fourth win.
Chad Ryland was in a pretty rough spot before he came on for the game-winning field goal in the New England Patriots’ upset win over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
"Merry Christmas to all ... and to all a good night." The New England Patriots rode the leg of rookie kicker Chad Ryland to a 26-23 victory over the Denver Broncos on Christmas Eve, giving the Pats their fourth win of the season.
The New England Patriots will release former Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Matthew Wright after rookie Chad Ryland responded to competition well against Pittsburgh, nailing three of three on extra points.
Sunday against the Giants, Patriots (2-9) rookie kicker Chad Ryland hooked a 35-yard field goal that would have tied the game and sent it to overtime. The Patriots lost the game 10-7.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The end of Sunday's game against the New York Giants was very hard for New England Patriots kicker Chad Ryland. The rookie had a chance to tie the game up with seconds remaining, forcing overtime.
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