You woke up on the right side of the bed, you’re going to be fine. “Every guy in here is amazing and very charismatic in just telling me it’s not the end of the day. Having the camaraderie of the team and how they just lift me up, I’m going to keep pushing and get back to work on Monday. “Obviously, I’ve got to make my kicks at the end of the day but it’s a team sport. “Almost every guy that I talked to coming in here said, ‘Keep your head up,'” Ammendola said postgame. The show of support after such a terrible ending wasn’t lost on Ammendola, either. We should have had the ball and been able to score. “At the end of the (expletive) day, it’s not one (expletive) guy,” Pugh said postgame, interrupting Ammendola’s media scrum. No one more than offensive lineman Justin Pugh, who told Ammendola to keep his head up following another frustrating home loss. That was before the Cardinals picked him up with Prater ailing this week.ĭespite missing the game-tying field goal, Ammendola’s new teammates made sure to pick up the kicker instead of letting him fester with the feeling of losing the game. 25, when as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs he missed an extra point and then a 34-yarder, this time with his team ahead 17-13 and nine minutes left, in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts. The final 20-17 score was the same as Ammendola’s last game played on Sept. It’s a bad feeling, but you just have to keep pushing. “At the end of the day, we all have ups and downs. “It’s like anything, you just have to go out there and keep working and try to take the most of the opportunity,” the kicker said postgame. The snap was there, the hold was fine but as the football sailed toward the middle of the uprights, it took a nasty golf slice, missing wide right and sealing the team’s fate at home in the defeat. One team famous for using the next man up mantra is the New England Patriots. Teams with a next man up mentality play as if any player on the roster will be starting the next week. Ammendola was the Cardinals’ last chance at forcing overtime behind a 43-yard field goal. The term next man up in football is used to describe a team mentality in which any player can be seamlessly replaced by a backup. Quarterback Kyler Murray’s scrambled and slide that left a yard to go followed by a spike to stop the clock set up Ammendola with his team down 20-17 with just 22 seconds left in regulation. It’s the guys who are next up, they need to understand that their number might be called and they need to be ready to help this team win, said center Michael. Cardinals' 2-touchdown comeback falls short vs. Washington Football Team defensive tackle Jonathan Allen (93) warms up before an NFL football game against the Washington Football Team, Sunday, Dec.
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