Buffalo Bills kicker deletes social media over threats after missing game-tying field goal in playoffs

Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass reportedly deleted his social media accounts after he was alleged to have received online threats for missing a game-tying field goal against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Bass' X and Instagram accounts were nowhere to be found following the divisional playoff game during which the NFL kicker missed a field goal wide right, while his team was losing 27-24 at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.

Bass reportedly deleted his accounts, NBC News reported, after the player received threatening remarks for missing the kick.

The alleged abuse prompted a local cat adoption group to raise money on behalf of Bass, coming to his defense in a Facebook post.

"WE STAND WITH TYLER BASS. DON’T BULLY OUR FRIEND[.] We just heard the terrible news that Tyler Bass is receiving threats after yesterday’s game and our phones are ringing off the hook from people who want to donate $22 to Ten Lives Club in Tyler’s name," the Ten Lives Club reportedly wrote on Facebook.

"Tyler doesn’t deserve any of the hate he’s receiving. He’s an excellent football player and an even better person who took the time to help our organization and rescue cats last year. Leave our friend alone," the group added.

Sports writer Joe Pompliano noted that the group soon raised a record-setting amount in the 48 hours following the field goal attempt.

"After missing a game-tying kick on Sunday, Bills kicker Tyler Bass deactivated his social media accounts. But fans have responded by donating over $100,000 to Ten Lives Club — a cat adoption center near Buffalo. It's the most money they've ever raised in a 48-hour period," Pompliano wrote on X.

The Buffalo team has unfortunately had an epic history when it comes to missed field goals.

Kicker Scott Norwood missed the "shot heard round the world" during the 1991 Super Bowl against the New York Giants. The Bills lost that game 20-19.

That missed kick was further immortalized in the Jim Carrey comedy "Ace Ventura." While the storyline was focused on a fictional Miami Dolphins kicker (while using the likeness of a real player), the plot was based on the missed Norwood field goal and even referred to as the "kick heard 'round the world" in the film.

The Bills went on to lose the next three Super Bowls, marking an infamous four straight Super Bowl losses that no team has replicated. No team has even lost three in a row; however, the Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings have both lost back-to-back championship games.

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