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.
How many of the players with the most recent 10-touchdown (non-passing) season by NFL team can you name in five minutes?
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.
All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.
Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson nearly set the new NFL record with a would-be 67-yard field goal in Week 6 against the Green Bay Packers. Two months later, the fifth-year veteran now officially has a 60-yarder to his name.
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.
Joe Flacco has clearly given his new teammates hope that the Bengals could remain in the playoff hunt until Joe Burrow is cleared to return.
Now that most of the NFL's Week 6 schedule is complete, it is time to look at some of the biggest winners and losers from around the league.
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.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
William Wagner has won the Bengals long snapper job according to Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports. Wagner signed with the team as an undrafted free agent in May.
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.
Cincinnati is looking for a bounce-back season out of Evan McPherson this fall after the kicker ranked 37th leaguewide with a 72.7% field goal hit rate this most recent campaign.
A trio of Bengals got together for a fun golf video with the Good Good YouTube channel ahead of 2025 training camp. Kicker Evan McPherson, guard Cody Ford, quarterback Payton Thorne, and cornerback Dax Hill all met up with the Good Good team at Stonelick Hills Golf Club near Cincinnati for a two-man nine-hole scramble.
Evan McPherson is looking for a bounce-back season. Evan McPherson took the world, or at least throughout the Tri-State Area, by storm when he helped the Cincinnati Bengals reach the Super Bowl in 2021, his rookie season.
CINCINNATI – The conversation began with Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson explaining why half of his teammates were trying to distract him from making a 52-yard field goal to end Friday’s training camp practice.
CINCINNATI – An odd scene developed at training camp Friday as Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson lined up for a practice-ending field goal attempt.
CINCINNATI – Episode 3 of the Netflix Series “Quarterback” features the best opening montage yet, with the Bengals’ Joe Burrow, Lions’ Jared Goff and Falcons’ Kirk Cousin’s detailing the complex mental puzzle players at the position have to solve in the few seconds between the huddle and the snap.
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.
Bengals conversations with Evan McPherson have produced a deal ahead of the kicker’s contract year.
The Cincinnati Bengals are in the process of checking one of their relatively easy (and relatively cheap) extension decisions off the list.
The Bengals front office has been busy and will likely continue to be busy throughout the calendar year.
The NFL adopted new kickoff rules this offseason in which teams will kick the ball off from their 35-yard line.
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.
McPherson drilled all four of his field-goal attempts in the game, converting from 38, 45, 52 and 54 yards in addition to an extra point.
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