yards, completing 23 out of 27 attempts overall. During the NFC Championship game in Green Bay against the Packers, played in sub-zero temperatures, Tynes hit his first two field goal attempts, then missed two field goal attempts in the fourth quarter, the latter after a bad snap. In overtime he made the game-winning 47 yard field goal to win the game for the Giants, 23-20, as the team moved on to play in the Super Bowl with the win. Tynes earned his first career championship ring as the Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, ruining what would have been an unprecedented 19-0 season for the Patriots. 2008 Tynes was limited to only two games during the 2008 season due to a torn meniscus that was bothering him since training camp. He still made one field goal before undergoing season-ending knee surgery. During his absence, John Carney replaced him as the new kicker for the season. 2009 During the 2009 season, Tynes converted 27 field goals out of 32 opportunities. 2010 Playing 15 games of the 2010 regular season, Tynes made 19 field goals out of 23 opportunities. 2011 In 2011, Tynes converted 19 field goals out of 24 opportunities. During the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers, Tynes kicked another walk-off field goal in overtime to win the game, 20–17. Tynes got his second championship title as the Giants won Super Bowl XLVI against the Patriots. In the game, he converted one extra point and two field goals (a 38-yarder and a 33-yarder, both in the third quarter). 2012 In the 2012 season, Tynes made a career-high 33 field goals out of 39 opportunities. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2013) On July 17, 2013, the Buccaneers signed Tynes to a one-year contract worth $905,000 after Connor Barth suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon. He contracted MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in August 2013, after his toe failed to heal from surgery to remove an ingrown toenail. After spending the entire season on injured reserve, Tynes was released on March 11, 2014, and the infection effectively ended his NFL career. Tynes sued the Buccaneers in 2015 for $20 million, claiming that unsanitary conditions led to his MRSA infection. Other teammates, including Carl Nicks and Johnthan Banks, also contracted MRSA around the same time while with the Buccaneers, and while Nicks also found his career at an end, Banks