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Key Moment: Stephen Gostkowski missed FG gives Cardinals a shocking win 09.16.12 at 4:29 pm ET
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The key moment in Sunday’s 20-18 loss to the Cardinals came with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter, as Stephen Gostkowski missed a 42-yard field goal following an improbable Ryan Williams fumble with 1:01 left in the game that gave the Patriots a chance to win a game they didn’t deserve.

The Patriots were seemingly finished at the time of the fumble, out of timeouts and in need of a football miracle,a miracle that appeared to be granted as Brandon Spikes forced the fumble on Williams and Vince Wilfork recovered at the Arizona 30.

Following a Danny Woodhead rush for a TD that was wiped out by a Rob Gronkowski holding call, Tom Brady took a knee and then spiked the ball on the next two plays to set up Gostkowksi, who had made all four field goals, including two of more than 50 yards. But he was unable to convert on a fifth, missing wide left and giving the Cardinals a shocking victory at Gillette Stadium.

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  • glenn88

    You don’t know the caliber of your kicker until you ask them to hit game winners.  Gost has never been asked (look at the record and you will see he has never been asked to win a game).   Was asked today and the football became a golf ball. 
    Pats coaching staff should have thought of this and not taken a knee with 40 seconds on the clock.  Know the kicker’s history and realize this is his first game winner.  Try to get him a <35 yard kick.    

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