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He proceeded to hit into his fifth out… except Kerkering muffed the grounder.

To that point, his signature moment in October might have been muffing a routine fly ball in the decisive Game 5 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers last fall.

Grimm muffed two punts against the 49ers, withering turnovers that could not have come at a worse time for him.

He muffed a punt that set up the Saints in scoring position and later bobbled another before recovering it, prompting rookie Luke Grimm to take over punt return duties in the second half.

An errant snap or muffed catch can delay placement by one- or two-tenths of a second.