Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass reportedly deleted his social media accounts after receiving threats online after missing a game-tying field goal against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Bass's X and Instagram account after an NFL kicker misses a field goal to the right during a divisional playoff game with his team losing 27-24 at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. was nowhere to be found.
Bass reportedly deleted his account. NBC News It was reported that the player received threatening comments after missing the kick.
Following the abuse allegations, a local cat adoption group raised money on Bass' behalf and defended him in a Facebook post.
“We stand with Tyler Bass. Please don't bully our friend.”[.] I just heard the terrible news that Tyler Bass was receiving threats after yesterday's game and the phone continues to ring with people wanting to donate $22 to the Ten Lives Club in Tyler's name. Lives Club wrote on Facebook.
The organization said: “Tyler does not deserve the hate he is receiving. He is a good football player and an even better person who took the time to support our organization and rescue cats over the last year. Please leave my friends alone,” he added.
Sportswriter Joe Pompliano noted that the group quickly raised a record-setting amount of money within 48 hours of the field goal attempt.
“After missing the game-tying kick on Sunday, Bills kicker Tyler Bass deactivated his social media accounts. But in response, fans sent 10 copies to Ten Lives Club, a cat adoption center near Buffalo. They donated over $10,000, the largest amount they've ever raised, in less than 48 hours,” Pompliano wrote. X.
Unfortunately, Buffalo teams have an epic history when it comes to missed field goals.
Kicker Scott Norwood is out.Gunshots were heard all over the worldIn the 1991 Super Bowl against the New York Giants, the Bills lost the game 20-19.
That miskick was further immortalized in the Jim Carrey comedy “Ace Ventura.” The storyline focused on the fictional Miami he Dolphins kicker, like a real player), the plot was as follows Based on Norwood's missed field goal. It's even called “The Kick Heard Around the World” in the movie.
The Bills went on to lose the next three Super Bowls, snapping an infamous four-game Super Bowl losing streak that no team was able to repeat. No team has even lost three games in a row. However, both the Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings have lost back-to-back championship games.
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