LANDOVER, Md. -- Caleb Sturgis had to prepare for a hurricane in his first week as the Philadelphia Eagles' kicker.

What he got was much worse.

Hurricane Joaquin veered out to the ocean before the Eagles' game Sunday at FedEx Field. The storm blew away any excuses Sturgis would have for missing an extra point and a 33-yard field-goal try. That was four lost points in a 23-20 Eagles loss to Washington.

"I missed," Sturgis said. "It was on me."

Sturgis was signed after winning an open audition for kickers last Monday. The Eagles had to place kicker Cody Parkey on injured reserve that day. Parkey tore a groin muscle before last Sunday's game against the New York Jets.

It won't be surprising if the team holds another audition this week. Coach Chip Kelly was noncommittal after the game.

"He was fine in practice," Kelly said. "There's a difference between practice and a game. You can't simulate anything in practice that's going to give you this environment. That's what I said the other day, that it's going to be a big unknown because he hasn't had the opportunity to kick for us in a game."

It was windy Sunday, but Sturgis said that wasn't a factor.

"It really wasn't that bad out there," Sturgis said. "I just went out there and missed and hurt the team. It's on me."

"He missed them," Kelly said. "It was a clean look, it was a clean snap and a clean hold from where I saw on the sideline. I haven't seen the film yet."

It won't look much different.