PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers veteran kicker Chris Boswell displayed impeccable sportsmanship after Ravens' rookie Tyler Loop 's 44-yard missed field goal in Sunday night's win over Baltimore.
WTAE cameras captured Boswell consoling Loop after his season-ending miss. Boswell jogged over to Loop as soon as he missed the kick, offering words of encouragement.
On Friday, Boswell revealed what he said to the rookie kicker at his lowest moment.
"When we fail, it's in the public eye for everybody to see. I just wanted run over to him and let him know, a kick is a kick. Got to move past it," Boswell said.
"Anybody can go through it. I just kind of wanted to give him that from someone who's been there. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel type thing. He knows this, but it's up to him and he just got to move on and it's about the next kick."
Loop and his fiancée, Julia, received online harassment and death threats after he missed the 44-yard game-winner on Sunday night.
Steelers and Ravens fans have come together to show support for Loop.
In protest of his treatment, Steelers fans began donating $26.24 to the John S. Mullholland Family Foundation, a nod to the 26-24 final score. Ravens fans then joined the effort, donating $30 to signify Loop's total of made field goals this season and $33 for his jersey number.
The Washington, D.C., foundation is the favorite charity of Loop's.
The John S. Mullholland Family Foundation has received more than $42,000 in donations since Loop's missed kick, board chairman Brian Mulholland said Thursday.
The Washington, D.C., foundation is the favorite charity of Loop's.
Boswell, who's usually automatic, has dealt with his own adversity as of late. He missed a field goal against the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns and had an extra point partially blocked against the Ravens. The failed extra point made it a 26-24 game instead of 27-24. Loop's 44-yard missed field goal occurred on the following possession.
Boswell very well could have been on the other side of Sunday night's nail-biter.
Loop has been clutch this season, but he failed when it mattered the most on Sunday night in the Ravens' heartbreaking 26-24 loss to the Steelers.
Loop had not missed on a field goal attempt inside 50 yards all season until his 44-yard field goal went wide right on the last play of the game.
"For it to end like that sucks, and I want to do better," Loop said . "Unfortunately, the nature of the [kicker] job is you have makes, and those are awesome, and unfortunately, you have misses, and for that to happen tonight sucks."
There have been over 60,000 field-goal attempts in NFL history. Loop's miss on Sunday night is the only one of those attempts that came as time expired in the fourth quarter in the final week with both teams' playoff hopes resting solely on the result of his kick, according to OptaStats.
Loop said he just mishit the ball.
"It was a great situation, exactly what we wanted, and unfortunately, I just mishit the ball," Loop said. "We call it hitting it thin. It spins fast and goes off to the right.
"The second it made contact with my foot, I felt it lower. We talk about hitting on the fourth lace of the shoe. It felt a little lower down the foot and hit it thin."
Brendan Howe provided reporting from Pittsburgh.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Boswell Reveals What He Said to Ravens Kicker after Missed Kick
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