Cincinnati Bengals

Bengals release kicker Mike Nugent after his sixth missed extra point

Published Dec. 14, 2016 8:39 a.m. ET

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The Cincinnati Bengals apparently couldn’t take Mike Nugent’s extra-point misses anymore. The Bengals announced they cut the 34-year-old kicker on Tuesday, two days after he missed his sixth extra-point attempt in Cincy’s 23-10 win over the Browns.

Nugent has spent the past seven seasons with the Bengals and though his field-goal success rate (79.3 percent) is on par with his career average, his extra-point conversions are a career-worst this season, hitting just 79.3 percent of his attempts.

The Bengals signed Randy Bullock to take Nugent’s place.