CrazyCowboy
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Punter Mat McBriar has really helped with the field position battle. That 70 plus yarder out of bonds kick was a thing of beauty!
It was hard watching him fumble around that punt against the beagles, but, put that aside and McBriar has been AWESOME--I am thinking shades of Ray Guy!
PRO: The Cowboys opened up the punting job during the 2004 training camp and invited free agent Mat McBriar to battle for the spot. McBriar won the job and steadily improved throughout his rookie season, finishing the year with the highest gross average by a Cowboys punter in four years (42.4). His second season in Dallas was more of the same as he continued to provide the club a consistently strong leg in the kicking game, posting a 37.1 net average in year two, the best by a Dallas punter in over 10 years. McBriar's upside is tremendous considering the fact that he just began kicking in the United States six years ago after playing football in Australia prior to college. He originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with the Denver Broncos in 2003, but was traded to Seattle during training camp. He punted in one preseason game for the Seahawks before being released prior to the start of the 2003 season.
It was hard watching him fumble around that punt against the beagles, but, put that aside and McBriar has been AWESOME--I am thinking shades of Ray Guy!
PRO: The Cowboys opened up the punting job during the 2004 training camp and invited free agent Mat McBriar to battle for the spot. McBriar won the job and steadily improved throughout his rookie season, finishing the year with the highest gross average by a Cowboys punter in four years (42.4). His second season in Dallas was more of the same as he continued to provide the club a consistently strong leg in the kicking game, posting a 37.1 net average in year two, the best by a Dallas punter in over 10 years. McBriar's upside is tremendous considering the fact that he just began kicking in the United States six years ago after playing football in Australia prior to college. He originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with the Denver Broncos in 2003, but was traded to Seattle during training camp. He punted in one preseason game for the Seahawks before being released prior to the start of the 2003 season.
