After Daniel Carlson missed three field-goal attempts in the 19-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Nov. 29, the Las Vegas Raiders’ 19-NFL team didn’t cut Carlson or try out kickers during the past week.

Raiders coach Antonio Pierce said he hadn’t lost any confidence in his current kicker and had been playing for a game-winning field goal on the final snap against Kansas City when Las Vegas fumbled away a snap on third-and-3 at the Chiefs 32-yard line with 11 seconds to play.

“I don’t know the exact number, but I know there were over 10 or 15 straight field goals that he had made going into that one,” Pierce said on Wednesday. “And listen, we got another opportunity this week, and I’m going to go out there and throw him out there again. It’s a lot of trust. Look, we do that every Friday and guys yell at him. We do all this stuff to make it a competition and get underneath his skin, and he doesn’t flinch. And listen, if we can win a game kicking five, six field goals, we’ll do that with Daniel. That’s the confidence that we have in him. He’s made some big kicks here as a Raider, and that’ll continue, so one game is not going to define him or define us.”

Carlson had made 18 consecutive field goals when he came up short on a 56-yard attempt in the second quarter on a cold afternoon in Kansas City. The former Auburn standout told Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he allowed the kick to cascade into two more misses from 55 and 58 yards.

“You try to separate each kick as much as possible,” Carlson said. “The last kick shouldn’t affect the next one, but unfortunately that’s a lot of what I did. It was the first I’ve ever left short in my career, and so I think I stashed that away thinking if I get another long one, I have to kick it harder. Sure enough, I got two more long ones, and it’s one of those things where I’m trying to kick one that’s not my own ball. …

“In hindsight, I would have rather just kicked my kick three times, and if they’re short, at least they’re in the middle and short. Be stubborn about it. But that was the first time I ever left a kick short, and I think it’s a learning experience for me in terms of the ball isn’t traveling well. It’s cold: How do I handle it? So you have to learn and move forward.”

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During his seven NFL seasons, Carlson has made 196-of-224 field-goal attempts, including the playoffs. Six of his 28 misses have come in two of his 108 games.

In the second game of his NFL career, Carlson missed field-goal attempts of 48, 49 and 35 yards in the Minnesota Vikings’ 29-29 tie with the Green Bay Packers on Sept. 16, 2018. The 35-yard miss came on the final snap of overtime. Even though the Vikings had used a fifth-round selection in the 2018 NFL Draft to obtain Carlson, Minnesota waived the kicker the next day.

“When you have a little success and experience, it helps to be able to look back and know you’ve done it before and you can do it again,” Carlson said. “As a rookie, it’s like, ‘Maybe I’m not cut out for this.’ That’s just part of learning. Not that I handled it poorly, but you learn how to deal with adversity. You’re a little more mature and you see there’s light at the end of the tunnel. There’s another game to get ready for. Back then, you’re wondering if it’s your last chance. But it all worked out for me.”

Six weeks after the Vikings released Carlson, he became the Raiders kicker. Carlson tied for the NFL scoring lead in 2020 and 2021, and he made first-team All-Pro in 2022, when he broke the league record for the most field goals of 50-yards-or-longer in one season.

On an eight-game losing streak, Las Vegas plays the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at noon CST Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.