Dallas Cowboys seem uninterested in free agent field goal kickers

[cowboyjoe]

Dallas Cowboys seem uninterested in free agent field goal kickers
March 2, 3:01 PMDallas Cowboys ExaminerDan TelvockPrevious
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Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips believes that kicker David Buehler can be a reliable field goal kicker.

Does this concern anyone else other than me?

The Cowboys may draft a field goal kicker late, but there does not seem to be any interesting in finding out through the free agent market.

I cannot tell you how important it is to have a solid field goal kicker for a playoff caliber team. Unless Buehler starts belting 50-yard field goals in the preseason, there is absolutely no reason for any coach to hand him the task. He didn't beat out Nick Folk in a duo before Folk was released. That piece of evidence should be enough to persuade the coaching staff that they need to find someone who is solid and has a record of winning close games.

What worries me even more is Jerry Jones made similar comments to the press before Phillips.

Sure, Buehler did well in the combines last year, and he was huge on kick off for the Cowboys in his rookie year. He does have a strong leg and Fanhouse, maybe jokingly, said he is the world's strongest kicker.

But where's the proof he can handle field goals?

 

[Doomsday101]

they signed Connor Hughes so we will have 2 FG in camp

 

[cowboyjoe]

they signed Connor Hughes so we will have 2 FG in camp

yeah but are either one of them a proven field goal kicker, thats the point;

 

[Doomsday101]

yeah but are either one of them a proven field goal kicker, thats the point;

not sure you will find one. Those who have quality kickers are not letting them go and the ones who were let go was due to poor play so how much confidence would you have in them? Draft? Leigh Tiffin or Hunter Lawrence

 

[Four]

Sure, Buehler did well in the combines last year, and he was huge on kick off for the Cowboys in his rookie year. He does have a strong leg and Fanhouse, maybe jokingly, said he is the world's strongest kicker.

hope this guy doesn't have a family...

 

[Hostile]

Where have I heard this before?

 

[Big Country]

Where's Morten Anderson these days?

 

[Hoofbite]

Where have I heard this before?

Don't go pulling a muscle now.

 

[Hostile]

Don't go pulling a muscle now.

I hate Kickers. I just hate them.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Training camp get here soon enough! Not only will we get to see how Ratliff is performing at DE, but we'll also get to see our highly drafted rookie kicker does. Oh, and it'll be interesting to see how Romo spreads the ball around to Austin, Williams, and Bolden.

2010 is gonna be EPIC!!!

 

[Hoofbite]

I hate Kickers. I just hate them.

Haha....

Were you get beaten with a kicking shoe as a child?

 

[Hostile]

Haha....

Were you get beaten with a kicking shoe as a child?

No, other stuff. I wish that was a joke.

 

[Bluefin]

We should all chip in and buy Hos something to play with in his backyard.

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[jobberone]

I'm not feeling all warm and fuzzy.

 

[Yeagermeister]

We should all chip in and buy Hos something to play with in his backyard.

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He was a FB....he'd just run in to it :laugh2:

 

[big dog cowboy]

I still wish we would have put Folk on IR.

Some day we will rue.........

 

[jcollins28]

David Buehler was at USC today kicking field goals.

 

[Hostile]

He was a FB....he'd just run in to it :laugh2:

You're supposed to.

Geesh, have to explain everything to you.

 

[pancakeman]

He didn't beat out Nick Folk in a duo before Folk was released.

Is this really what passes for journalism these days?

 

[UnoDallas]

He didn't beat out Nick Folk in a duo before Folk was released.

yea but I think kicking off an kicking feild goals

are two seperate things

I don't thing there was a cometion between the two

the only reasom they drafted Buehler was a back up plan for Folks surgery

give Buehler this spring an nevt fall he will be kickin them thru