Twitter: Our aspiring FG kicker went 4 out of 11 today

[links18]

Who the heck scounted Garibay? Because that's a fail....

 

[zrinkill]

I was excited about the kid ....... hope he pulls it together before he loses his chance.

 

[OGCowboy]

Orale....With a TD every trip down....
We don’t need no stinkin’ FG kicker....

 

[JoeKing]

These guys are not pro-quality kickers. Cut bait now and have the pro scouting department find us a kicker.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

just awful

What in the name of Hades has happened to Garibay? Gotta be mental with him. I had also assumed (yes) he had the job. Well that Lirim guy is outkicking him... He has usually kicked well previously but never really given a chance by Dallas to stick. They wanted their fave to keep his job even with his troubles. The Peg Leg. Garibay better step it up or he will be dropkicked outta here in no time. Get the team hypnotherapist on his arse.

 

[blueblood70]

just awful

both kickers are struggling ODD Mr Leg is looking awfully good right now LOL just saying grass is brown on the other side..

 

[blueblood70]

These guys are not pro-quality kickers. Cut bait now and have the pro scouting department find us a kicker.

right because elite kickers grow on trees and are available 24-7 at 1-800 dial an elite kicker? Greg wasn't as bad as fans wanted to make him..not great but made tough kicks late in games.

you whined for change, you got it..lmao.

 

[gimmesix]

You just never really know about kickers, but for the record, I've been a skeptic that Garibay would prove to be a keeper... and at the same time, I've been kinda optimistic about Lirim ever since he had his first go with us.

I was touting Garibay based on what I'd read about him. Of course, I wanted York, but I felt Garibay was a good consolation prize. I'm not sure what happened to him. I know the wind has been an issue, but Hallelujah has handled it a lot better.

 

[CTcowboy203]

He’s gotta go

 

[Echo9]

What's Rafael Septien up to?

I don't think you want to know.

 

[Hawkeye19]

How is this FO sitting on their hands in this situation? Churn the roster. Bring in street FAs, make a trade. Do something. Anything but nothing lol

 

[Runwildboys]

How is this FO sitting on their hands in this situation? Churn the roster. Bring in street FAs, make a trade. Do something. Anything but nothing lol

It's not like kickers need to develop cohesion with the team. Their job is the same on any team. If the guys on our squad don't get it together during preseason, they can sign someone new at any time, no rush.

 

[Hawkeye19]

It's not like kickers need to develop cohesion with the team. Their job is the same on any team. If the guys on our squad don't get it together during preseason, they can sign someone new at any time, no rush.

According to Stephen Jones “talent acquisition is a 365 day activity”. Well— looks like they need to acquire some damn talent lol.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Maybe he's not a practice kicker.. He's a game time kicker...

 

[Big_D]

Honestly at this point just start giving Lirim all the work. The job is his.

 

[MapleLeaf]

Here is some perspective on Zuerlein just in case everyone forgot why he is no longer a Cowboy.

In 2021 we trotted Greg out (83) times to kick either a FG or a PAT. He missed a dozen of those kicks. Approximately 15%. That's not necessarily terrible numbers until you dig a bit deeper.

In analyzing ranges of kicks and where the misses occurred we see that 9 of his 12 misses happened in the 35-47 yard range. 3 were FGs, but 6 were extra points.

I think Jonathan gets another week, and if the trend doesn't change then maybe he needs to head up to Canada or another league to get his mental game settled down in game competition.

Fassel should set a metric in front of the two kickers in camp. Best FG% from 45 and under stays. Other person leaves.

If Zuerlein win the job with the Jets, then Pineiro might be an option for us if one of our two kickers don't work out.

 

[TheCoolFan]

They should have given Zuerlein one more year to see if he could sort out his XP misses. Other than the XPs, he was pretty good from FGs (still Top-5 kicker in FG% in Cowboys history...look it up!)

It could get much worse than him...one of these kickers might be horrible from regular FGs and XPs

 

[KJJ]

Our kicker situation is going to rear its ugly head during the season and you can almost count on it. I wasn’t nearly as down on Greg Zuerlein as many fans here were. I certainly wasn’t thrilled with him but he was coming off an injury and he did make a couple of really big kicks for us in pressure situations last season. So far the two kickers we bought to camp look like a couple of real stiffs! They can’t even handle pressure in practice. We may very well go through several kickers during the season.

 

[Pass2Run]

just awful

Neither of them will cut it.

Just bring back the loser from last year if this is all we have.

 

[goshann]

They should have given Zuerlein one more year to see if he could sort out his XP misses. Other than the XPs, he was pretty good from FGs (still Top-5 kicker in FG% in Cowboys history...look it up!)

It could get much worse than him...one of these kickers might be horrible from regular FGs and XPs

They wanted him back. Just released hi to redo his contract but he got claimed and signed with jets