Cowboys Kicker

[Otters27]

In Sports Psychology we call it the yips

[big joe 1212]

He’s gonna be sitting with the luggage on the flight home

[Seattle Slew]

In Sports Psychology we call it the yips

He was done after the second miss. Third was total shank, last one was his best one and still missed.

[cincinnatikid513]

yah hes messed up cant believe they keep trotting him out there

[d2bets]

Can they switch kickers between games? Maybe call Gronk, I hear he's been practicing.

[stake1]

He’s gonna be sitting with the luggage on the flight home

I say they leave him at the airport

[cincinnatikid513]

any good free agent kickers

[flyingillini]

I hope we see 6 misses in a row!

[sweethook]

should pay him more , lots more

[iwantcougars]

if he had the under, he just won

[pavyracer]

It always amazes me when they kick the ball as hard as they can on short FGs when all is needed is a moderate force kick. There is no reason to blast the ball unless you are doing a 55 yard plus or more FG. And especially on XPs when the other team is not even trying to block it like a FG.

[pologq]

dak was ready to pummel his ass after the 3rd miss

[hehfest]

if he had the under, he just won

I bet he was shittin' his pants when Brady got that onside-kick to get the back door over......like woah!

[luvtogamble]

don't know what happened to him as he is 95% kicker from 40 to 55 out this year. he did miss his only extra point last week vs washington.

all I know is he cost me over 4,00.00 as had the over and a lot of parlays with only leg left. should have hedged sever of them

[pablo222]

It always amazes me when they kick the ball as hard as they can on short FGs when all is needed is a moderate force kick. There is no reason to blast the ball unless you are doing a 55 yard plus or more FG. And especially on XPs when the other team is not even trying to block it like a FG.

It has to do with repetition and consistency. Same routine, same steps, everything the same on every kick.

I think it was the third miss, it looked like he tried to take something off of it and shanked it.

[GunShard]

Cowboys field goal kicker are going to cost the Cowboys the playoffs.

[LT Profits]

Considering Maher went 9 for 11 on field goals over 50 yards this year, Dallas should have taken 4 intentional penalties to make the PAT 50 yards,

[jjgold]

Guys its just called choking and mental issues

[pologq]

Guys its just called choking and mental issues

he looks like he posts on SBR. this is him after realizing his extra points and bet points both mean jack shit.

[d2bets]

Anybody can have a bad day, I guess. When others are off, it's not as obvious. Massive pressure on him next game. If he does again his career may be over. No position is more "what have you done for me lately" than a kicker.

[Seattle Slew]

If I was Dallas, I would sign a second kicker and drop a player. If this guy shanks a kick in the first quarter, you can't use him the rest of the game.

[Seattle Slew]

Anybody can have a bad day, I guess. When others are off, it's not as obvious. Massive pressure on him next game. If he does again his career may be over. No position is more "what have you done for me lately" than a kicker.

Blair Walsh was an great kicker for Minnesota until he choked that playoff game. Guy was done after that, and out of the league in a couple years.

Thing was, he made 4 great kicks in the freezing cold in that Seattle playoff game to put them in position to win it.

[stevenash]

In Sports Psychology we call it the yips

In real life we call that the unemployment line.

[pologq]

If I was Dallas, I would sign a second kicker and drop a player. If this guy shanks a kick in the first quarter, you can't use him the rest of the game.

i agree. i don't see how you go into the next game with just him as your kicker. and if he doesn't like it, fcuk em. cowboys were lucky the bucs were inept where those points did not matter.

[JIBBBY]

Time to start going for the 2 point conversions.

Hard to move forward with him I would think. You can't miss 4 extra point FG's in a single playoff game. That's absurd!

He's got mental problems and the Cowboys are shit canned if they stick with this kicker. That's my take!

[budwiser]

surprised more teams don't go for 2. every extra point is an event now. good for rating$$

big ca$h everyone

[budwiser]

ohio state relied on a kicker against georgia. they had the game won. i don't understand why when it gets to the 30 yard line it's time to shut down the offense and depend on a kicker who has the weight of the world on his shoulders. especially in college. but even in pro. shout out to my main man and good pal scott norwood for the most famous kick of all time

[pavyracer]

I think they will keep him. Most likely Dalls will be down early by 2-3 TDs to SF and they will be chasing so no need to kick FGs. His kickoffs were all pretty good as none of them got returned.

[pavyracer]

ohio state relied on a kicker against georgia. they had the game won. i don't understand why when it gets to the 30 yard line it's time to shut down the offense and depend on a kicker who has the weight of the world on his shoulders. especially in college. but even in pro. shout out to my main man and good pal scott norwood for the most famous kick of all time

I don't think they had time to run their offense in less than a minute to score a TD in Ohio St game. This is why they kicked a FG.

[budwiser]

[Thefix13]

i agree. i don't see how you go into the next game with just him as your kicker. and if he doesn't like it, fcuk em. cowboys were lucky the bucs were inept where those points did not matter.

A choke job like that should be a career ender. What team should be happy to bring in a guy like that knowing that he can mess up 4 in a row? When the Cowboys get eliminated then the death threats will come, they just lucky they didn't need him because the Bucs were that awful.

[budwiser]

I don't think they had time to run their offense in less than a minute to score a TD in Ohio St game. This is why they kicked a FG.

they had 20 plus seconds, they could have gotten more yards, remember the clock stops on 1st down in college. and they could have thrown the ball further downfield on passes. they were torching georgia to start the drive

but, what do i know jmo

[Thefix13]

Hhahahah so messed up

[pavyracer]

It has to do with repetition and consistency. Same routine, same steps, everything the same on every kick.

I think it was the third miss, it looked like he tried to take something off of it and shanked it.

If you ever come to Atlanta go to the College Football HOF. You can kick FGs over there. I made a 30 yard FG multiple times wearing jeans, old tennis shoes and with no warm up. And I didn't play HS football. A FG is the equivalent of a goal kick in soccer. Anyone who has played soccer their whole lives knows how to do that. You take a few steps back and kick the ball with your big toe between the bottom third or bottom quarter of the ball and it magically lifts up and goes through the upright. If you kick it too hard it slices and hooks like when you swing an iron in golf with more force that is required. If you kick it too hich on the ball it becomes an onsite kick and doesn't lift up.

[Dr. Fager]

If I was Dallas, I would sign a second kicker and drop a player. If this guy shanks a kick in the first quarter, you can't use him the rest of the game.

Dallas did carry a second kicker last year for short kicks, PAT'S, so they may do so again.