Mike Nugent
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"Michael Nugent" is an American football placekicker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State University, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and has also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.

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I didn't really do anything different than what I normally do, but I probably should have been more aware of the conditions.

There's no excuse for missing that kick. I want the offense to have confidence that if they can't make it all the way in, we're going to get three points out of it. And that's exactly the opposite of what I did for us.

Usually if you do slip.

It's definitely different when you move to a place where your family is a 10-hour drive from home, ... I think that's the tough part, because at Ohio State I was only an hour-and-10-minute drive from home. I just wished my parents lived closer.

Oh my gosh, a million times. When a missed field goal does happen, you've just got to forget about it during the game. You just want to move on. Afterward, you just kind of watch it and think what happened on that. Usually I know what happened when I miss a field goal.

He has such a great mindset and he puts it out to everybody, especially when you're a younger guy and with a lot of new people, ... Just the confidence he has in everybody, I think he shows that very consistently.

I think that once you get out on the field, everybody is on the same playing field, ... As long as everyone can go out and do their job, that kind of takes care of itself.

If you think about it, you lived next door or even with your teammates in college.

One of the things I've been concentrating on is not worrying about the past, ... Even if it's not my past.