Seven Worst NFL Playoff Field Goal Misses Include Blair Walsh’s Shank (Videos)

There are plenty of ways to lose a playoff game, as the Cincinnati Bengals can attest.

But there’s nothing quite as brutal as bowing out on a miscue from your kicker.

The Minnesota Vikings found that out the hard way in Sunday’s NFC wild-card matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, as Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard chip shot that would have lifted the Vikes to their first postseason win in seven years.

If it’s any consolation for Walsh, he’s not the only NFL kicker who has blown it in a postseason contest. In fact, Walsh has company on his own team when it comes to playoff chokes from kickers.

So which postseason blunders were the worst of the worst? We’ve narrowed it to seven, including a non-playoff heartbreaker we just couldn’t leave off the list.