KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Seahawks walked out of Arrowhead Stadium with a 9-9 tie, a much sharper showing from Jalen Milroe, and one more ugly Jason Myers miss that’s sure to linger.
The final snap of Seattle’s preseason came down to a 52-yard field goal try for Myers, and the veteran pushed it badly right on the last play Friday night. The miss sealed the tie against the Chiefs and added another chapter to a preseason that has not gone smoothly for the Seahawks kicker.
Myers has now missed five kicks in three preseason games this month. He also missed an extra point Friday, his second straight game with a missed PAT.
Earlier in the preseason, he was wide right on a 44-yard field goal at Tennessee last weekend and on a 45-yarder Aug. 15 against Dallas at Lumen Field. Every one of his missed field goals this preseason has gone right.
Still, Myers and the Seahawks aren’t treating it like a crisis.
“I’m just working on it. I’m continuing to. I always do that, make or miss.
“I’ll keep getting the work in, watching film. Just keep getting after it.”
Later, as he headed out of the visiting locker room and toward the buses, Myers kept the message simple when asked whether there was a technical explanation for the misses.
“Yeah,” he said, “just happens sometimes. Just have to keep workin’.
“That’s what I’ll do.”
The rough preseason stands in sharp contrast to what Myers did last regular season. He did not miss an extra point in 48 tries over 17 games, and he missed only seven of 48 field-goal attempts. He also came through in a huge way in Super Bowl 60 in February, drilling five field goals in five attempts and leaving plenty of people thinking he should have been the game’s MVP.
On Friday, though, Seattle’s final chance belonged to Myers after Milroe put the offense in position. The quarterback went 16 for 16 for 223 yards with one touchdown and no turnovers in a performance that looked far more polished than what the Seahawks had shown earlier in the preseason. Milroe drove Seattle to the Kansas City 30-yard line with 1:14 left in the tie game.
From there, the Seahawks took the conservative route. Coach Mike Macdonald had offensive coordinator Brian Fleuery lean on the run game, and Seattle handed the ball to undrafted rookie Justin Jones twice up the middle for a net of minus-2 yards. The Seahawks then let the clock drain to 2 seconds before calling timeout and sending Myers out for the try.
The kick never had a chance of sneaking inside the right upright. Myers and holder Michael Dickson stood there watching it sail away.
Afterward, Macdonald said he never seriously considered forcing the issue for a touchdown.
“Going for a touchdown wasn’t part of the calculus,” Macdonald said.
“We downshifted into, like, 4-minute mode. We gotta figure out a way to keep the ball moving forward there.”
Even with the miss, Macdonald made it clear the team isn’t losing faith in Myers as the season opener approaches in 12 days against New England at Lumen Field.
“We trust ‘J-My,’” Macdonald said.
“We’ve got to give him a better kick (spot, closer than the 52 yards there), frankly. We’ll improve there.
“But we definitely want him to get the last shot on that one.”
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