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Sorry you are correct it is only 2 wins kicking cost the team. I thought in the baltimore game browns would have had a chance to tie it if Chase hadnt missed his early FG.
Week 15 against LV. Chase misses FG at end of first half 47 yarder. Browns lose by 2.
Week 16 GB. Browns kicker misses PAT of first TD drive, Second TD drive browns forced to go for it and dont get it. 2 points that would have been easily made. Instead of browns driving to try and come back from behind on final drive they are trying to come back to win. Browns lose by 2.
If you only look at the final score and the kicks that were missed, then sure.
We've been over this already. You're ignoring the context of how those missed kicks actually impacted the game.
The Browns were trailing the Raiders by 6 points with 3:45 to go in the 4th quarter. They went for and converted a touchdown on 4th and goal from the 5 yard line. There's absolutely 0.0% chance they go for a touchdown in that scenario if Chase had made his earlier kick and they were only trailing by 3 points instead of 6 points with 3:45 to go.
They would have kicked the game-tying field goal and the Raiders would have gone down and kicked the game-winning field goal regardless. The miss didn't impact the outcome of game because the Browns were actually forced to be more aggressive than they otherwise would have been.
Packers game, same thing. You're simply ignoring the context of how the game actually went.
Let's assume Naggar makes the XP on the first drive and then also makes the XP on the second drive. Even if both of those things happen, the Browns are still only tied at 24 instead of trailing by 2 on the final possession.
Considering they never got into a position to even attempt a go-ahead field goal on the final drive before Baker was intercepted, it's completely disingenuous to suggest that one missed XP cost them the game when they never actually got into a position to win it.