Washington Commanders kicker Zane Gonzalez was just another replacement before sending his team to the divisional round of the playoffs with his game-winning heroics against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
Zane Gonzalez made the biggest kick of his career on Sunday night, doinking in the boot that gave Washington its first playoff victory since the 2005 season, but not before he went through his routine.
Gonzalez's 37-yard field goal propelled the Commanders past the Buccaneers and into the Divisional Round against the Lions.
They also made unexpected headlines for the way kicker Zane Gonzalez handled himself in the moments prior to his walk-off game-winning field goal, with the NBC broadcast and social media alike joking about Gonzalez's seemingly ritualistic adjustments of his hair,
The Commanders beat the Buccaneers on a late field goal by Zane Gonzalez, whose pre-kick ritual had some wondering what was going on in his head.
Zane Gonzalez has long struggled in his battle with OCD. Since he was a freshman at Arizona State, he has been public about coping with it. Tonight, the world was introduced to his tick of him constantly fixing his hair… all that matters is the doink that sends the Commanders… pic.twitter.com/sdO7r890zi
Washington Commanders kicker Zane Gonzales' OCD has come to light following his late-game heroics on Sunday night.
Zane Gonzalez's doink off the upright and in sent the Commanders to the divisional round. Here's how it looked and sounded.
Zane Gonzalez was a hero, doinking in the game-winning field goal as time expired to send the Washington Commanders past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the divisional round of the 2024 NFL playoffs.
It turned out the answer was that he was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD. And his wife, Lizzy took note and responded on TikTok with a video defending him from all the haters.
Many NFL fans were introduced to Zane Gonzalez during the Wild Card Round of the playoffs on Sunday night. The 29-year-old kicker for the Washington