I am a die hard Dallas fan and I thought at the Redskins game when Vanderjagt had the GW fied goal blocked, plus he shot himself in the foot against the Colts with the 2 misses and on Turkey day with that 22yarder sahving the uprights. I said even before his release that he should be released and Cowboys cut their losses with him and move on.
I don't think M. Grammmatica is any better to be honest, than Vanderjagt as Dallas should have picked up Shaun Suisham who was kicking well for Dallas this year as he was competing with Vanderjagt, but we all know the only reason they kept Vanderslack was the cashola they were paying him, even though Suisham had better kickoff depth. Looking at Grammatica he hasnt kicked a whole entire season in about 3 years.
Your opinions, thanks
2006-11-28 01:14:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Ok. Vanderchoke is going to be remembered as one of the best kickers in NFL history. That's a given. However, he was not doing the job in big "D". There is only one scenario (that I can think of) where he should have been kept on the roster....If Bledsoe was still QB. Fortunately, for us silver and blue fans that is no longer the case. Remember it's ROMO TIME!! Romo gets us down the field and will continue to get us in great scoring position. Whether that be a TD or FG. So we do not need a kicker who can boot a 55 yd FG. We (most of the time) will need a 25-45 yd kick. According to NFL.COM he is 138-180 (76%) in FG's from 20 yds to 50 yds. Not too shabby. If all goes well for Da Boys then we should not need too many more game winning FG's. Hope this answer was helpful!!
2006-11-28 05:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by mojoman1994 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was one of the highest paid kickers in the league, and came with the title of "Most Accurate Kicker in NFL History" only to make 13/17 (something around there). Not to mention that he missed a bunch of games because he came into preseason camp out of shape.
The NFL does not have guarenteed contracts, so dumping him means they dump his salary, which was one of the highest among kicker. He was getting paid too much and doing too little. Grammatica doesn't have the leg he used to, but at this point it can't be much worse than what Vanderjagt was doing, just alot cheaper.
2006-11-28 09:40:44 · answer #2 · answered by Ronnie Gardocki 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vanderjagt was just plain bad
2006-11-28 09:30:23 · answer #3 · answered by waynestr 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they cant get much worse than vanderjagt...he's missed about 8 kicks and some very important kicks at that....
2006-11-28 10:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by Win the West!!!! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the cowboys had to do something, vanderjagt was doing so poorly i was actually starting to feel sorry for him.
2006-11-28 09:41:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
if i was a kicker in the NFL i would never go to a bill parcells coached team
i wouldnt want to get fired for having 1 bad week, which parcells consistently does year after year
2006-11-28 09:19:03 · answer #6 · answered by thuglife 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
anything is better than what they have. They could have done better on the market but they had to do something
2006-11-28 09:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by rcaines1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
DALLAS WILL NEED A KICKER.
2006-11-28 10:16:14 · answer #8 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He can't be any worse.
2006-11-28 12:22:02 · answer #9 · answered by Dah veed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋