News: PFT: Mike McCarthy: Kickers have to start making kicks more consistently

KJJ

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Won’t be surprised if we change kickers multiple times during the season trying to find an answer.
 

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Funny how he didn't care last year or when they cut the guy who was making a of them before they signed the z man.
 

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McCarthy was not happy with the state of the Cowboys' kicking competition. Rookie Jonathan Garibay and veteran Lirim Hajrullahu are competing, but both of them are struggling with accuracy issues.

McCarthy stated that one of those two kickers has to "grab the rope" to win the kicker battle. Thus far, he feels that neither one has.

“These two are competing for a job,” McCarthy said, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “At some point they got to start getting comfortable and making kicks more consistently. That is just stating the facts. At the end of the day, the rope is here. Someone has to grab it.”


Kicking was a bit of an issue for the Dallas Cowboys last season. Former starter Greg Zuerlein missed six field goals and a career-high six extra point attempts.

Mike McCarthy Not Happy With 1 Cowboys Position Group (msn.com)
 

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McCarthy was not happy with the state of the Cowboys' kicking competition. Rookie Jonathan Garibay and veteran Lirim Hajrullahu are competing, but both of them are struggling with accuracy issues.

McCarthy stated that one of those two kickers has to "grab the rope" to win the kicker battle. Thus far, he feels that neither one has.

“These two are competing for a job,” McCarthy said, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “At some point they got to start getting comfortable and making kicks more consistently. That is just stating the facts. At the end of the day, the rope is here. Someone has to grab it.”


Kicking was a bit of an issue for the Dallas Cowboys last season. Former starter Greg Zuerlein missed six field goals and a career-high six extra point attempts.

Mike McCarthy Not Happy With 1 Cowboys Position Group (msn.com)
Maybe Jerry should invest some money into the position?
Both were undrafted free agents...........
Sometimes you find a diamond in the rough and sometimes you get what you paid for.
 

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IF THIS WAS JASON GARRETT we'd hear all kinds of praise of how great they are and respected as great players going forward lol
 

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I mean, a good amount of kickers are UDFA but it felt odd at how lax they were in trying to address the position. Don't need to spend big bucks and get another Vandermiss or Zursuck but they really put all their eggs into a recent UDFA and a former UDFA with no vet competition.
 

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80% of this board couldn't wait to get rid of Zuerlein. He was bad last year dont get me wrong, but be careful what you ask for. It took him about 15 minutes to find a new job for a reason. Very few reliable kickers around.
 

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Didnt I already see this thread? Is this deja vu? Am I in the matrix?
 

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I mean, a good amount of kickers are UDFA but it felt odd at how lax they were in trying to address the position. Don't need to spend big bucks and get another Vandermiss or Zursuck but they really put all their eggs into a recent UDFA and a former UDFA with no vet competition.
Well to be fair Hajrullahu is 32, has played in the NFL just last year and spent years in the CFL. He could be considered vet competition.
 

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I had hopes for Garibay. He was a decent college prospect and our only real hope for having a decent K this year. Hajrullahu isn't going to be any solution
 
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