Jay Feely offers explanation on why NFL kickers are having a bad week

It started on Thursday, with the Pittsburgh Steelers' Josh Scobee missing twice, and the week hasn't gotten any better for the NFL's kicking fraternity.

Through the first nine games of Week 4, kickers have missed 11 field goals, from as short as 29 yards, and have also missed four extra points. Some of the mistakes had major impacts on their teams' fortunes – such as with Scobee and Jacksonville's Jason Myers, who missed potential game-winners both at the end of regulation and in overtime – while others did not.

The list of misses:

Josh Scobee, PIT: 2-for-4, misses from 49 yards (wide left) and 41 yards (wide left). Pittsburgh lost to Baltimore, 23-20 in overtime

Nick Folk, NYJ: 2-for-3, missed from 40 yards (wide left). Jets beats Miami, 27-14

Nick Novak, HOU: 0-for-1, missed from 53 yards (short). Houston lost to Atlanta, 48-21

Dan Carpenter, BUF: 0-for-1, missed from 30 yards (wide left). Buffalo lost to the Giants, 24-10

Mike Nugent, CIN: 0-for-1, missed from 44 yards (hit upright). Cincinnati beat Kansas City, 36-21

Jason Myers, JAX: 2-for-4, missed from 53 yards (wide right) and 48 yards (wide left). Jacksonville lost to Indianapolis, 16-13 in overtime

Kyle Brindza, TB: 1-for-3, missed from 29 yards (hit upright) and 43 yards (wide left). Tampa Bay lost to Carolina, 37-23

Caleb Sturgis, PHI: 0-for-1, missed from 33 yards (wide left). Philadelphia lost to Washington, 23-20

Brindza, Sturgis, Atlanta's Matt Bryant, the Giants' Josh Brown and Chicago's Robbie Gould each missed an extra point. That makes for 18 PATs misses this season from the new 33-yard distance.

Retired kicker Jay Feely offered an explanation for why he believes kickers are struggling:

But it wasn't all bad news: Gould made a 49-yarder with two seconds to play to give Chicago a win over Oakland, its first of the season.

And Kansas City's Cairo Santos provided all of the Chiefs' points in their 36-21 loss to the Bengals, making all seven of his field goal tries, from 22, 40, 51, 34, 40, 29 and 51 yards.