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The Pittsburgh Steelers are planning to try out kickers after Josh Scobee missed two fourth quarter-field goals in Thursday night’s overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

Former Washington Redskins kicker Kai Forbath will try out in Pittsburgh, according to CSNMidAtlantic.com. Forbath is the only kicker who has been identified by name as a candidate, but the Steelers are expected to try out others.

Forbath had been in Washington since 2012 but was cut after missing a field goal in Week 1 this season.

Scobee missed two field-goal tries Thursday night — pulling both wide left — in the last 2:24 of the fourth quarter from 49 and 41 yards. Then in overtime, the Steelers drove to the Baltimore 33-yard line on their second possession but head coach Mike Tomlin decided against trying a game-winning field-goal attempt by Scobee on fourth-and-1 with what would have been a 50-yard kick.

Quarterback Michael Vick threw incomplete on fourth down to give the ball back to the Ravens, who erased a 13-point, second-half deficit.

Scobee’s counterpart, Justin Tucker, made his third field goal of the game, a 52-yarder with 5:08 remaining in overtime, to give the Ravens their first win of the season, 23-20 over the Steelers.

Scobee said after the game that he would have welcomed the chance at redemption.

“Oh yeah, absolutely,” Scobee said. “I wanted to redeem myself, but I didn’t get it. I understand it. I just have to move on.”

Tomlin was asked whether he will explore the possibility of enlisting a new kicker.

“We have to turn the stones over,” Tomlin said Thursday night. “We have to find ways to win games. Obviously, that’s an element of it. It was an element of the outcome tonight.”

In four games since he was signed to replace Shaun Suisham, who is out for the year with a torn ACL, Scobee has missed four of his 10 field-goal attempts.

“I feel like I let the team down,” Scobee said. “It’s a bad feeling. It was a hard fought game on both sides. I wish I had been able to come through, but it just wasn’t my night.”