RELEASED Cowboys release K Tristan Vizcaino

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I can't believe we are going to lose a game or 2 because we don't have an NFL caliber kicker on the team.

There are 7 billion people on this planet. Nobody can convince me Aubrey is better then 6,999,999,968 people.
I too am surprised how little emphasis the Cowboys seem to have in the K position. You would think they would have learned from this:
  • The margin of victory in the NFL is 3 points, putting a premium on the quality your team’s K.
  • The Cowboys lost 3 games in 2021 by 3 points or less. In each game our K Greg Zuerleine missed 1-2 FGs that could have tied or won the game. In 2022 we saw Brett Maher go through 2 games in the playoffs where making an XP, much less a FG was not a given
This team has gone years without really getting serious about a quality K.
 

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Oxnard is a bad place to kick. At least it is where they have their field.
 

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Smart to just cut bait. Time to start turning over rocks, checking MLS rosters, looking at retreads, etc.

Back to the drawing board. WHT did Maher have to get the yips? Smh
 

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I too am surprised how little emphasis the Cowboys seem to have in the K position. You would think they would have learned from this:
  • The margin of victory in the NFL is 3 points, putting a premium on the quality your team’s K.
  • The Cowboys lost 3 games in 2021 by 3 points or less. In each game our K Greg Zuerleine missed 1-2 FGs that could have tied or won the game. In 2022 we saw Brett Maher go through 2 games in the playoffs where making an XP, much less a FG was not a given
This team has gone years without really getting serious about a quality K.
Greg the leg wasn't healthy that year. Oxnard is a bad place to kick. Maher had a good year last year. That field at Tampa was awful. They also had some issues with the snaps.
 

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Sorry, but that’s a very poor excuse. Kickers have to deal with all kinds of conditions. If he’s struggling in training camp during a competition, he’s in real trouble. It won’t be just AT&T he’ll be kicking at. Viscaino looks like he’s not going to be around very long.
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These older guys miss XP, everyone misses a 2-3 a year since they the moved it back. Is it still a chip shot FG yes but you still need to put a little leg and lift into it. Ideally you want a guy that make FG in the mid to upper 80% and makes XP in the 95+% range.
 

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I can't believe we are going to lose a game or 2 because we don't have an NFL caliber kicker on the team.

There are 7 billion people on this planet. Nobody can convince me Aubrey is better then 6,999,999,968 people.
Oh...I can. That's how stupid this front office is...I mean look what they have done in the last year...
Force out the guy that was scraping together the number 1 offense in the league...but KM was the scapegoat....go figure.

Now...this same front office can't find a kicker...because our special teams coach is a fraud...and has ZERO clue how to teach a guy how to kick.
 

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Don't sweat it. We'll still get the 1 seed at 16-1 or 15-2.
Stop the press , This is the most positive Risen has been ( of course the sarcasm meter is taken out )

Jokes apart, the team mgmnt is messing with kicker situation stupidly instead of signing a proven veteran .
 

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Why is it so hard to find a kicker. Every college team, XFL team, USFL team Canadian football team, etc, has a kicker. The Cowboys can't find the best one from all those teams and sign him? What ever happened to that Donkey that was kicking for Disney?
 

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I can't believe we are going to lose a game or 2 because we don't have an NFL caliber kicker on the team.

There are 7 billion people on this planet. Nobody can convince me Aubrey is better then 6,999,999,968 people.
World Population of 7 Billion was many yesterday's ago. It's around 8,045,311,447 now.
 

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There will be plenty of kickers on the street after cut down. I’m sure some will be much better than what we have
 

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Oxnard is a bad place to kick. At least it is where they have their field.
I’ve never heard anyone say that but you and it’s at least the second time. Lol Kicking in Oxnard never had any affect on Dan Bailey. Brett Maher had no problems kicking at Oxnard.
 

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Well, we really kicked this one out of the stadium.
 
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