Folk to workout for giants and Jets

[The Realist]

They could IR him. Make something up. Say he's going back to have another procedure done on the hip. Give it the good old "Cleaning up scar tissue".

For the last time. Per Jerry after they cut Folk.....You can not fake IR. You can not just make something up. The NFL verifies injuries and if there are any infractions you could be subject to draft pick and monetary penalties.

Per Mickey, Folk never liked having two kickers on the roster and it effected him mentally.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

All this kicker love is disgusting... Dallas will find a new kicker!

Yeah, because we've had such success with them lately. Good kickers are a dime a dozen.

/sarcasm.


I agree with most in this thread. Not sure why we handled this the way we did. This is a guy, who, as a rookie (if memory serves) nailed two clutch back to back 53 yarders with the game on the line against Buffalo. He was a pro-bowler.

Why give up on him when we already knew his off season surgery could've been the reason his head wasn't on straight.

I don't agree with the whole "his confidence is shot" idea. The kid was mentally tough. After he kicked that first 53 yarder - in Buffalo no less, and it turned out the coach called time out, Folk told the team he didn't care and that he'd just make it again (paraphrasing, of course).

It makes zero sense to me that we release him outright when we have a gaping whole on the roster.

I hope this doesn't come back to bite us - but I'm afraid it likely will.

 

[Longboysfan]

I wonder how that new stadium will affect kickers in NY. If it is anything like the Meadowlands I'm not going to be to concerned with Folk becoming the best kicker in the league.

I will say - living in the Northern Jersey - the stadium is designed differently from the old one.

In that the upper deck is about 50 foot higher and is set as an oval on top - where the lights are positioned. The ols stadiun was not as high up and there were large gaps in the areas where the lights are positioned.

This could help cut the wind down in the stadium.

But time will tell.... It's coming soon.

 

[Doomsday101]

Nick Folk still deserves another shot at the job IMO.. His numbers are not too shabby..

2007* 23 DAL K 6 16 0 12 10 7 7 7 7 5 2 31 26 83.9% 53 53 100.0% 0
2008 24 DAL K 6 16 0 1 1 8 7 11 10 2 2 22 20 90.9% 42 42 100.0% 0
2009 25 DAL K 6 14 1 1 6 5 7 6 12 5 2 1 28 18 64.3% 36 36 100.0%

I agree. I think Nick is a very good FG kicker who just had a bad year. When looking at most current kickers in the league you will find the vast majority had bad years but were able to rebound.

 

[fweegy]

All this kicker love is disgusting... Dallas will find a new kicker!

Just like we always do eh? Jose Cortez, Mike Vanderjerk, etc........ The beat goes on.