Seahawks Kicker Steven Hauschka Persuaded Pete Carroll Not to Kick Field Goal

January 22, 2014   ·   Kyle Newport   ·   Jump to comments

It's not often that kickers turn down the opportunity to attempt an important field goal in a big game, but that's exactly what Seattle Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka did in the NFC Championship Game.
Seattle was facing a key 4th-and-7 from the San Francisco 49ers' 35-yard line and trailed 17-13 early in the fourth quarter. It looked like kicking a field goal was the obvious choice, but after a timeout, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll opted to go for it.
For those wondering why Carroll didn't send Hauschka out to try to make it a one-point game with a 53-yard field goal, Newsday's Tom Rock reported that it was actually Hauschka's call not to kick it:
I didn't really want to kick it, to tell you the truth. It was into the wind . . . I didn't think it was the right decision and I let coach Carroll know that.
You have to be honest with yourself. It was the wind at that moment. Sometimes you can make that, but I felt the wind at that moment was int...

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