Redskins cut K Shaun Suisham after chip shot miss vs Saints, sign Graham Gano from UFL

Redskins cut Suisham after latest miss, sign Gano

ASHBURN, Va. — The chip-shot miss against the New Orleans Saints has cost Washington Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham his job.

Suisham, the most accurate kicker in franchise history, was cut Tuesday by the Redskins, who replaced him with Graham Gano from the United Football League.

Suisham made his first 13 field goal attempts this season, but he had vital misses from 39 and 50 yards in the 7-6 loss to Dallas three games ago and was wide right Sunday on a 23-yarder that would have sealed a victory over the unbeaten Saints. New Orleans rallied to win 33-30 in overtime.

Suisham made 18 of 21 attempts this season and 81 of 101 since joining the Redskins in 2006. His 80.2 percent success rate is the best career mark for any Redskins kicker with more than a half-dozen attempts.

“We’ve let a good kicker go down the road,” coach Jim Zorn said on his weekly radio show on ESPN980. “Shaun has performed very well. I know he’ll just be upset. He should be, but yet there’s an accountability there. We’ll all end up being accountable for our season, no question about it.”

Gano kicked the winning field goal in overtime for the Las Vegas Locomotives in the first UFL title game last month. He is from Florida State and spent training camp with the Baltimore Ravens.