ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Fans chanted Brandon Aubrey's last name as the Dallas Cowboys kicker lined up to beat the New York Giants in overtime after forcing the extra period with a 64-yard field goal on the final play of regulation.
“That's awesome,” quarterback Dak Prescott said after scrambling 14 yards to put the Cowboys in what would be considered chip-shot range for their overpowering kicker at 46 yards. “He’s a closer. We might need some music, his own special music to play, just like the closer.”
Aubrey, signed out of the USFL two years ago, has become one of the biggest game changers in the NFL, a kicker who is close to automatic from 50 yards and beyond and has the second-longest kick in NFL history, a yard behind Justin Tucker's 66-yarder.
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