Twitter: Jerry: We're starting over at kicker

[Zordon]

 

[Jipper]

hallelujah?

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Maher will demand more than the minimum. Too rich…

 

[john van brocklin]

This is the smartest thing Jerry has said in quite some time !

 

[thunderpimp91]

Looks like we know where that 1st round pick is being spent.

 

[acr731]

Too bad we can't start over at GM

 

[TheCoolFan]

What am I gonna do with my Maher jersey

 

[GoCowboysGo]

Wow…he draws the line with….the kicker

 

[Chuck 54]

Starting over doesn’t mean it won’t be Maher.
The dude had a great year and never struggled until the refs messed with his holder right before the playoff game. He hit his final kicks vs SF. Unless someone beats him out, it’s silly to just cast him aside.

 

[DoctorChicken]

Good.

I still feel bad for Maher. Great season, those awesome 60+ yard field goals… and then his career is just absolutely obliterated over the course of a few minutes.

His career has to be over, right? Who else is going to sign the guy that missed 4 easy field goals in the playoffs?

 

[Pass2Run]

Now this was a wise move. You cannot trust Brett Maher, after his meltdown in the playoffs. If you did, you'd have that as a distraction on your mind the whole game. His meltdown already changed the outcome against the 9ers. Had he been on the money, like the regular season, there's a good chance they win that game.

 

[thunderpimp91]

Starting over doesn’t mean it won’t be Maher.
The dude had a great year and never struggled until the refs messed with his holder right before the playoff game. He hit his final kicks vs SF. Unless someone beats him out, it’s silly to just cast him aside.

Good point. We are quick to remember the disaster against Tamps, but also quick to forget how great Maher was the rest of the season. Nothing wrong with keeping all options on the table. It will be interesting to see what Maher's market looks like though. I can understand Jerry letting the guy walk if another team wants to pay him top 10 Kicker money.

 

[LucaBrasi]

Looking forward to them converting more than 1 of 6 xp next year if they qualify for the playoffs

 

[Toro9]

Yeah, draft one in the 6th or 7th. But they probably won't. Last drafted Cowboys kicker? David Bhueller(*sp) I think

 

[Zordon]

Can we admit now this was one of the all-time choke jobs in sports?

 

[gimmesix]

Starting over doesn’t mean it won’t be Maher.
The dude had a great year and never struggled until the refs messed with his holder right before the playoff game. He hit his final kicks vs SF. Unless someone beats him out, it’s silly to just cast him aside.

I guess it kind of depends. If starting over means signing a starter from some other team or drafting a kicker, then we probably wouldn't re-sign Maher to compete.

I agree that there's no reason to not bring him back. He's not going to get some megadeal after the playoff debacle, so you can re-sign him and bring in competition.

However, if Jones said they are starting over, I think that means that Maher is out.

 

[tyke1doe]

Looks like we know where that 1st round pick is being spent.

Well, Jerry's idol, Al Davis, took one in the first. So ...

 

[garyv]

What am I gonna do with my Maher jersey

EBAY

 

[Aven8]

Can we admit now this was one of the all-time choke jobs in sports?

Had we lost wow what would have been epic

 

[pansophy]

Can we admit now this was one of the all-time choke jobs in sports?

depends how much he depended on the holder putting a marker on the ground.