{"id":71702,"date":"2019-08-28T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=71702"},"modified":"2019-08-28T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T21:09:09","slug":"stephen-hauschka-signs-extension-with-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/08\/28\/stephen-hauschka-signs-extension-with-buffalo-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Hauschka Signs Extension With Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> can continue banking on &#8220;Hauschmoney&#8221; as the team announced they signed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HausSt00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Hauschka<\/a><\/strong> to a two-year extension on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bills signed K Stephen Hauschka to a two-year contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1166787823619452929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Buffalo Bills Sign Kicker Stephen Hauschka to Extension<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super excited,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\/news\/bills-sign-stephen-hauschka-to-two-year-extension\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hauschka told the team&#8217;s official website<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve come to love this place. It\u2019s such a great place to work and raise a family. The culture and environment we get to work and play in every single day is amazing. We\u2019re going to turn this thing around and win a bunch of games here and I\u2019m excited to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hauschka initially joined the Bills during the 2017 off-season after spending the previous six seasons with the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>. He impressed mightily as converted 87.9 percent of his field goals during the regular season which was 11th-best in the league. He was also perfect on extra points, one of only six kickers in the league with at least 25 PATs to accomplish the feat. It played a part in Buffalo erasing their long playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, Hauschka went on an impressive streak of made kicks. He converted 17 field goals in a row which ranks as the second-longest such run in Bills franchise history behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/linderia01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rian Lindell<\/a> who made 18 straight back in 2007. And against the New England Patriots in Week Eight, he converted a 47-yard field goal to eclipse 1,000 points in his career. As a result, he&#8217;s now one of just 10 active NFL players with such a distinction.<\/p>\n<p>Hauschka&#8217;s backstory on how he eventually became a pro-caliber placekicker is quite interesting. He initially went to Division III Middlebury College and eventually transferred to N.C. State for his final year of eligibility. After going undrafted in 2008, he would sign with the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/vikings\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> who later released him. Over the next three seasons, he bounced around several teams including the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/ravens\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/falcons\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/lions\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Lions<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a>. He even won a UFL title with the Las Vegas Locomotives in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>But it was with the Seahawks where his career initially took off. His six seasons in Seattle included playing a part in the franchise&#8217;s lone Lombardi Trophy when they knocked off the Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII. Hauschka was perfect in the game, hitting two field goals and going 5\/5 on extra points.<\/p>\n<p>The Bills wrap up their 2019 preseason campaign on Thursday when they welcome the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/vikings\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> to New Era Field. 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