Twitter: Kicker competition update

[Risen Star]

 

[pacy]

Well, both suck.

 

[jazzcat22]

They need to bring in 2 more K's to compete.
They can release a WR, OL, DB, combination of 2, to keep it to the 90 man limit.

 

[okstateCowboy]

Good grief. They should at least kick the tires on Kai Forbath and see what he can do

 

[DeaconMoss]

 

[maryquality]

 

[Bobhaze]

“We like our guys”.

 

[maryquality]

So......when will other teams start cutting their extra kickers??

 

[Doomsday101]

Among the observations from Day 2, an update on the kicking competition. Brett Maher went 6-of-9 on field goal attempts, while Lirim Hajrullahu was just 4-of-9. Worth noting, though, is that both kickers were using the Chargers’ skinny uprights; several kicks from both men would have been good on a regulation goalpost.

 

[Maverick84]

Lin Elliott, come on down

is Doug Flutie available?

 

[BlueNSilver88]

Cowboys will miss the playoffs or lose a close heartbreaker game in them due to a missed makeable kick.

The Jones will then spend all off-season clamoring about how we are so close without doing anything to remedy.

 

[HungryLion]

In short: We are screwed.

 

[xwalker]

 

[bayeslife]

Non regulation, people

 

[dargonking999]

They need to bring in 2 more K's to compete.
They can release a WR, OL, DB, combination of 2, to keep it to the 90 man limit.

Why? Having different trash to look at ain't gonna change anything. Best bet is to hope we can get a kicker from another team who has an extra one

 

[DallasEast]

The tweet details and video lack context. Maher had three misses. Hajrullahu had five misses.

Did any attempts fall short? If so, that is not a field goal post problem. That is a leg strength and judgment problem.

This was skinny posts, which have uprights typically 8 1/2 feet wide. NFL field goal uprights are 18 1/2 feet wide. Context should be provided whether any kicks went WIDE left or right. If misses were off by less than FIVE feet on the outside of each upright, these would have still been good for an NFL regulation goal post.

Missed kicks may not look pretty using skinny posts. However, a bad skinny post kick is not necessarily a bad NFL field goal kick.

Tweets do not give enough information sometimes. Context.

 

[jazzcat22]

Why? Having different trash to look at ain't gonna change anything. Best bet is to hope we can get a kicker from another team who has an extra one

May find a gem somewhere. So keep all options open. Bring in a few more. If they do not work out, then hit the waiver wire.
As when they get released from other teams, it will not be for a few weeks anyway.

 

[DallasEast]

Non regulation, people

^ This.

 

[Doomsday101]

Not your typical goal post

 

[links18]

So......when will other teams start cutting their extra kickers??

They already have. Dicker the Kicker is on the loose.