Amid all the hooting and hollering about the brilliance of quarterback Lamar Jackson, the return of running back Ezekiel Elliott and the homecoming of receiver DeSean Jackson, several players made news in Week 1 at a less heralded position: kicker. And that news was not always good.

Adam Vinatieri, the grand old man of the N.F.L. at age 46, missed an extra point and field-goal attempts of 29 and 46 yards for the Colts in a 30-24 loss to the Chargers. Last season, Vinatieri missed just four field-goal attempts, all of 30 yards or more, and only three of 47 extra points.

The 7 potential points exceeded the Colts’ margin of defeat, and Vinatieri noticed. “The only thing I’ve got to say is the guys played really, really well, and I 100 percent let them down,” he told The Athletic. “That loss is on me, nobody else.”

There is no rush for the old man to retire just yet. “He’s the one guy I’m not worried about,” Coach Frank Reich said. “We have the greatest kicker of all time. He didn’t have a good day.”