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Jaguars' Cam Little after missed PAT, FG: 'This will be a test for me bouncing back.'
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Second-year kicker Cam Little experienced two unfortunate firsts during the Jaguars' 20-12 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday .
Little missed the first point-after attempt of his career and combined with his missed 50-yard field goal, it was the first time he missed two kicks in a game.
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"This is a good battle of adversity for me and my career," Little told The Times-Union. "You obviously have to move on from mistakes and learn how to make kicks after missing. I've never had to do that in my career so this will be a test for me bouncing back and being strong mentally."
Little missed only two field goals last year (out of 29 attempts), but already has three misses (in 13 attempts) through six games this year.
Does coach Liam Coen have a kicker problem?
"I still have a lot of trust and confidence in Cam," Coen said. "We just have to make some of these kicks."
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Little's missed extra point was wide left after receiver Brian Thomas Jr. opened the scoring with a 21-yard touchdown catch.
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"When it went off my foot, I thought it was going down the middle so to see it tail left, it was kind of frustrating and a shock because I had never missed an extra point," Little said. "You try to move on from that and make a correction, but obviously, the 50-yarder didn't go my way either."
Little was wide right on the field goal with 58 seconds left in the first half, a kick that would have cut Seattle's lead to one point. The Seahawks took advantage of the field position (started at their 40) to extend the lead to 13-6 on Jason Myers ' 53-yard field goal.
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"My plant foot slipped a little bit and I tried to come back around on (the football) and it didn't come back around," Little said. "(Long snapper) Ross (Matiscik) and (holder) Logan (Cooke) gave me the best chance to make it. I have to put the ball through the yellow things (uprights). I had a good week of preparation, too."
Coen correctly pointed out the offense didn't help Little on the play before when quarterback Trevor Lawrence was sacked for an 8-yard loss, turning a 42-yard attempt into the 50-yard try.
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"(Little) knows he has to make kicks and he's as hard on himself as anybody," Coen said.
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All three of Little's missed field goals have been wide right.
"It's something my whole career, I've had a tendency to miss right so it's frustrating that I keep missing that way," he said. "It's something I try to fix during the week and it's something I do a good job of fixing during the week. I just have to execute better."
During his time at Oklahoma, Little was 129-for-129 on extra points, and until Sunday he was 40-for-40 in the NFL.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jaguars kicker Cam Little vows to bounce back from two misses
