Cincinnati landed an AFC Player of the Month for the first time in over a year on Thursday. The NFL announced that Evan McPherson is the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month after his fantastic opening three games of the season.
Evan McPherson picked up AFC Special Teams Player of the Week in the opening game of the 2026 season. McPherson banged home four field goals and all his extra points in the 33-27 win over Tampa Bay in Week 1.
Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson is closing in on franchise history, and he could achieve it Sunday afternoon in Houston. After going 4 for 4 in
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The Cincinnati Bengals’ 2021 NFL Draft class saw Ja’Marr Chase and Evan McPherson join the party right before their Super Bowl run. The rest of the class was not nearly as impactful.
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The Bengals' ace place kicker added another player of the week award following the Ravens contest. Evan McPherson booted an NFL season-high six field goals last Thursday night and picked up his fourth career AFC Special Teams Player of the Week award for the consistent showing.
Zac Taylor had plenty to say after Thursday's 32-14 win over the Ravens, including praise for Bengals kicker Evan McPherson and his six field goals on Thursday night to power a 32-14 division win.
CINCINNATI – Evan McPherson had one of the best rookie seasons by a kicker in NFL history, but he admitted the 63-yard, franchise-record field goal he kicked in the Cincinnati Bengals’ loss Sunday was one he probably wouldn’t have made in 2021.
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The Bengals are big-time losers this season, but Evan McPherson has bounced back to be a winner. The elite kicker has returned to form in a huge way this season, cemented by his Bengals-record 63-yard field goal in today's 26-20 loss to New England.
CINCINNATI – After Sunday’s 47-42 loss to the Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals kicker said he thought he had struck the ball fairly well – “A 7 out of 10,” he said – on his missed field goal try in the fourth quarter.
CINCINNATI – Somewhat lost in the euphoria of Ja’Marr Chase’s franchise-record performance, Tee Higgins’ hook slide and Joe Flacco’s Ponce de Leon impersonation Thursday night was the continued growth of both Evan McPherson’s clutch gene and his redemption arc.
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Evan McPherson just barely missed out on setting an all-time NFL record on Sunday. The Cincinnati Bengals kicker McPherson had a kick for the ages during his team’s Week 6 showdown against the Green Bay Packers … albeit one that did not count.
Evan McPherson is carrying plenty of confidence into the 2025 season after seemingly fixing his 2024 issues this preseason. The Bengals' placekicker went 12/12 in total on kicks across the three games, including three field goals (two from 50-plus yards). He's trying to bounce back from a career-low 72.7% field goal hit rate last season.
The worst part about Evan McPherson's 2024 season was he didn't even get to redeem himself in the end. A groin injury took him out of the final five games of the year, locking in the worst statistical season he's had with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Of the many problems plaguing the Cincinnati Bengals, Evan McPherson's inaccuracy from deep is perhaps the most nerve-wracking. Long gone feel the days of McPherson being automatic from 50 yards or more to advance the Bengals to the promise land.
It appears as though the Cincinnati Bengals officially have a kicker problem. Evan McPherson, once dubbed "Money Mac" for his clutch kicking, has had his struggles all season, and those struggles came to a head in Week 11 on Sunday Night Football against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Two reasons stood out for why the Cincinnati Bengals rewarded kicker Evan McPherson with a three-year, $16.5 million contract this offseason. He's proven to make kicks when it matters, and splitting the uprights from 50+ yards away is no problem.
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Cooper Kupp -- who earned Super Bowl MVP honors -- finished the game with eight receptions for 92 yards and two touchdowns.
McPherson has become a household name in NFL circles the past two weeks, with game-winning kicks against both the Titans in the divisional round and in overtime against the Chiefs to send the Bengals to the Super Bowl.
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