News: PFT: Dan Bailey back to kicking like Dan Bailey again

[Chocolate Lab]

Death. Taxes. Bailey.

I don't know why he wasn't afforded a bad season here. I felt like he earned a little more patience.

Because Cheap Steve wanted to save a buck.

 

[fifaguy]

Death. Taxes. Bailey.

I don't know why he wasn't afforded a bad season here. I felt like he earned a little more patience.

Funny how quick they were to replace the kicker, when they turn a blind eye to upgrading safety and the dline year after year.

 

[Hardline]

The salary cap was a bigger factor in cutting Bailey than his performance.

 

[Carson]

Because Cheap Steve wanted to save a buck.

At the time, Jerry made the right move.

High salary hit, inconsistent etc.

The Vikings lucked out on him. He was inconsistent last season. They also traded for another kicker in the preseason.

 

[LovinItAll]

Maher is money....inside the 30.

2/3 30-39, 0/1 40-49, and 2/4 50+. No doubt he has a big leg, but one might argue that there have been key misses that may have changed the outcome of 2 games.

I miss Bailey, too. It's unfortunate he had - for him - a bad campaign in 2017. Statistically, his bad year was better than Maher has been this year.

 

[EST_1986]

He’s got nothing on Brett Maybe

 

[vlad]

But we kept Rico on the active roster, and you know Gregory. A shame they sugar ir him and let him work through it to see if he could return to form.

 

[Galian Beast]

@xwalker what's your take on this?

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Im sorry but Bailey was done.

He was less accurate as the season went along and in the playoffs. Also, he became a crutch to where Garrett wouldnt go for it on 4th and 1 to settle for Bailey. At least with Maher, we would go for it, problem is the playcalling.

The guy wasn't all that healthy. We still don't go for it much. Now we settle for 60 yard FG's which I think is the only reason we picked up Maher. We stick with scrubs for years but we can't be loyal to Bailey for one year. After all the games he won for us.

 

[romothesavior]

I would've placed Bailey on IR that season instead of just cutting him. Give him time to rest and get rid of Maher ASAP. Maher is the anti bailey. He's erratic, unpredictable, and completely unreliable.

Agreed. We were way too hasty in cutting him.

 

[Jake]

Go back a couple years and you'll see no one here was begging to keep Dan Bailey, especially after he blew a 21 yarder vs Seattle that ended hopes for 2017.

He and his 75% success rate were "done", among other things...but let's rewrite history now.

 

[ultron]

Good for Dan but what does this have to do with us

 

[Lutonio]

I haven't watched the team's last three games and said to myself "We would have that game if only we had a better kicker."

Again, the Cowboys have bigger problems than kicker right now.

 

[CWR]

Give me Money Maher anyday

Chics dig the long ball.

 

[Galian Beast]

Go back a couple years and you'll see no one here was begging to keep Dan Bailey, especially after he blew a 21 yarder vs Seattle that ended hopes for 2017.

He and his 75% success rate were "done", among other things...but let's rewrite history now.

https://cowboyszone.com/threads/brett-maher-now-8-of-9.416352/page-3#post-8506965

 

[blueblood70]

ridiculous threads, Hindsight sure is 20- 20 lmao.. so we should have stuck with a kicker who lost it, was injured and took 18months to get back to normal? he had huge contract and it was the correct move..

Im with others Maher will force the OC and HC to call more aggressive plays on that side of the 50 vs FG after FG..sure I hope Maher cleans it up but remember maher was like 11-1 his first 12 Fgs was he not..? hes made some big ones to set up some he missed later but never would those had mattered if he doesnt kick a 50 and 62 earlier..

sure its inconsistent and worrisome but 16-20 other teams have similar kicker and not many kickers on the open market who are better..

 

[Galian Beast]

Go back a couple years and you'll see no one here was begging to keep Dan Bailey, especially after he blew a 21 yarder vs Seattle that ended hopes for 2017.

He and his 75% success rate were "done", among other things...but let's rewrite history now.

https://cowboyszone.com/threads/cowboys-cut-bailey-and-keep-maher.413328/

This was not a universally popular decision.

 

[Galian Beast]

ridiculous threads, Hindsight sure is 20- 20 lmao.. so we should have stuck with a kicker who lost it, was injured and took 18months to get back to normal? he had huge contract and it was the correct move..

Im with others Maher will force the OC and HC to call more aggressive plays on that side of the 50 vs FG after FG..sure I hope Maher cleans it up but remember maher was like 11-1 his first 12 Fgs was he not..? hes made some big ones to set up some he missed later but never would those had mattered if he doesnt kick a 50 and 62 earlier..

sure its inconsistent and worrisome but 16-20 other teams have similar kicker and not many kickers on the open market who are better..

This isn't hindsight. A lot of people didn't agree with keeping maher over bailey.

 

[blueblood70]

This isn't hindsight. A lot of people didn't agree with keeping maher over bailey.

not true... its hindsight because he was trash for 18months and maher had good season that year he replaced Baily.. so its for sure looking in the past and its stupid..

it was the 100% correct move to let Baily go at that moment..

 

[Galian Beast]

not true... its hindsight because he was trash for 18months and maher had good season that year he replaced Baily.. so its for sure looking in the past and its stupid..

it was the 100% correct move to let Baily go at that moment..

I don't think you know what hindsight means.

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noun: hindsight

1. understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed.

People said that given up on the greatest kicker in NFL history because he was struggling through injuries for a kicker who wasn't even great in the CFL was a mistake. The results are not hindsight.