The most amazing part of Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey’s first year in the NFL isn’t that he very nearly had a perfect season of converting field goals. Week after week, he kept his streak intact—until Fox Sports announcer Kevin Burkhardt applied a jinx on Sunday.
In Dallas’s 38—10 rout of the Washington Commanders, Aubrey missed two field goals, one of which wasn’t his fault. Blame the Commanders’ special teams, and maybe blame Burkhardt, too.
In the first quarter, Aubrey was setting up for a 32-yard attempt when Burkhardt brought up how the former pro soccer player was having “historically the greatest season by a kicker ever.” Knowing the perceived power of superstitions and jinxes, Fox analyst Greg Olsen adamantly said, “I’m not talking about it. … We’re going to show [the kick], and we’re going to leave it be.”
