Jerry Jones reveals Cowboys’ plan to repair the kicking drawback
Anxious in regards to the Cowboys’ kicking woes in 2023? Jerry Jones has a foolproof plan to deal with that difficulty.
The Dallas Cowboys kicker woes have been on full show all through the 2022 postseason, and the franchise has made it abundantly clear that it’s on the lookout for a brand new dependable kicker for the long run.
Within the Jerry Jones period, Dallas has solely chosen two kickers, Nick Folks in 2007 and David Buehler in 2011. Neither kicker made an enduring impression on the group, and the Cowboys weren’t about to waste draft capital for one more hyped-up participant on the place.
Jones as soon as stated he believed the youthful kickers have been, the less chance they had of getting the yips. So that will counsel the Cowboys can be sniffing round for a kicker within the draft, proper? Not fairly.
After draft weekend, Jones has since walked again his feedback and advised the media that he plans on scouting extra “veteran” kickers.
Jerry Jones plans on getting the Cowboys a veteran kicker
The Cowboys’ kicker made historical past for the unsuitable causes this previous postseason — the 33-year-old Brett Maher, who spent a season at New Orleans earlier than beginning his second stint in Dallas in 2022, made simply one in all his six extra-point makes an attempt within the playoffs.
Maher turned the primary kicker in NFL historical past to overlook 4 extra-point makes an attempt in a recreation within the Wild Card spherical towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Fortunately the Cowboys nonetheless got here away with a win, nevertheless it was apparent that the group couldn’t depend on Maher’s leg anymore.
Dallas was content material to let Maher develop into a free agent this offseason and stays on the prowl for an older kicker. Of the opposite free agent choices, the Cowboys might take a flyer on Mason Crosby, Ryan Succop, or Robbie Gould.
Signing a reliable kicker gained’t clear up all the Cowboys’ issues in 2023, but Dallas will likely be ready to fall asleep higher every evening realizing the group no less than has some extent of stability within the particular groups division.
