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Watch: Jets K Braden Mann hilariously botches opening kickoff

By Adam Gretz | Last updated 11/6/22

New York Jets kicker Braden Mann did not have a great start to Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills.

Mann produced one of the worst opening kickoffs you might ever see in an NFL game as his approach to the ball was interrupted by a slip, and then followed by a botched kick that ended up giving Buffalo excellent field position to start the game.

Not how you want to start a football game:

Jets kicker Braden Mann slipped on the opening kickoff and gave the Bills great field position pic.twitter.com/BvaJdZt0A9
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 6, 2022

The Bills offense is good enough without getting that sort of field position help to start the game. It looked like the Jets might be facing an early deficit when Josh Allen connected with Stefon Diggs for a huge play deep into Jets territory. But the good news for the Jets is their defense came through and bailed out Mann's kick when Jordan Whitehead picked off Allen to keep Buffalo off of the scoreboard.

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