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Folk To Audition with Jets

NY Post's Giants blogger Paul Schwartz reveals that both New York teams will bring in former Cowboys kicker Nick Folk for a try out at some point this week.

Folk who was drafted in round 6 of the 2007 NFL draft out of Arizona was cut this year by the Cowboys after he missed 7 of his final 11 kicks including a 24 yard chip shot against the New Orleans Saints. The 2007 pro bowler made just 18 of 28 kicks in 2009 for a FG % of just 64%.

It was quite the fall from grace after he completed 90.9% of his field goal attempts in 2008, and 83.9% during his rookie campaign. However for some reason he seemed to get a severe case of the jitters in 2009.

Folk recorded 4 touchbacks in 2007, but has failed to register a single one over the last two years. He was replaced for kick-off duty by David Buehler.

With Jay Feely being a unrestricted free agent, it is hardly surprising to see the Jets just doing their due diligence, especially with a 25 year old kicker who has been shown to be reliable in the past.

Folk will also audition with the Giants while he is in town.

Bottom line for me, he was replaced on kick-offs for a reason, and he missed 7-11 to end his Cowboy career. I doubt he's the Jets kicker next year, and I for one hope that he isn't, not much into downgrading, which is what this would be.

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I always liked Folk.

I was shocked what happened to him this year. He was always a decent kickoff guy too. They replaced him with Bueller because he was a monster and pretty much a touchback machine. That said, I like Feely, and I feel like the best thing is just to bring him back.

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by nrmax88 on Feb 17, 2010 5:16 PM EST reply actions  

Please, no. NO.

He is inconsistent and cannot make the clutch kick. SEVERE downgrade from Feely.

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by Matt Birch on Feb 17, 2010 5:53 PM EST reply actions  

Just how kickers are though.

It’s why the change teams so much. Folk was money in the bank for 2 years, just had a bad stretch last season. Not saying I prefer him over Feely, I don’t, but you are overreacting. He was automatic for 40 games, and had a bad 6 weeks. Before those 6 weeks, he was about as consistent as can be. We have a kicker, so we don’t need him, but if we needed a kicker I’d be all over that.

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by nrmax88 on Feb 17, 2010 6:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Kickers are a different beast bro

This is not “well Pace had a slow start this season, his numbers were down, we expect him to put up big numbers next year”.

He’s a kicker. When you lose your confidence, you lose your job. Sometimes permanently. Kickers are replaced more than any other position.

If you cant make clutch kicks, you dont get the job. Its that simple

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by Matt Birch on Feb 17, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions  

That's what I just said.

A ton of kickers in the league had real shitty years at one point, and lost their jobs. Including Jay Feely, who is now automatic.

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by nrmax88 on Feb 18, 2010 3:18 AM EST up reply actions  

Way too much risk on a guy that went 4-11, I think it’s just a case of bringing him in to just see what he has. I fully expect Jay to be back next year, and I sure as hell hope he is.

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by David_Wyatt on Feb 17, 2010 5:55 PM EST reply actions  

I'll never understand kickers

How come it seems like a kicker can never come back from a bad season? I mean where’s Mike Vanderjagt today? And he’s gotten plenty of chances to show that he can still kick, and continues to fail.

It seems like one bad season will kill a kickers career, no matter how many second chances they get.

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by WebBard on Feb 17, 2010 7:15 PM EST reply actions  

do you really think rex ryan would get rid of a kicker (jay feeley) that hits like a line backer? look up how many tackles or assists jay has compared to nick, jay aint goin no where

by realsouthace on Feb 17, 2010 7:27 PM EST reply actions  

Giving him a look couldn’t hurt, but he’s half the kicker Feely is.

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by John B on Feb 17, 2010 7:45 PM EST reply actions  

I think it really is just exploring every option , due diligence. Got to fully expect Jay back next season because I can’t really see a good reason why he wouldn’t be.

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by David_Wyatt on Feb 17, 2010 7:51 PM EST up reply actions  

i said yes to nick folk

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by BCR1 on Feb 17, 2010 10:46 PM EST reply actions  

???

Curtis "my favorite" Martin - 1 of the best!

by jcgamble on Feb 18, 2010 9:32 AM EST reply actions  

Field goal kicking is ridiculously inconsistent

So getting a new kicker based on that is kind of silly, especially if your current kicker has hit over 80% of his tries over the last couple of seasons. The only reason why I’d get anyone over Feely is if they had a stronger leg for kickoffs, which Folk doesn’t anyway.

So like yeah, no.

by Exystence on Feb 18, 2010 10:01 AM EST reply actions  

Feely is money

This would be like re-signing Nugent. But without the leg. What’s the point?

by nationalist88 on Feb 18, 2010 11:59 PM EST reply actions  

I don’t think there really is one, I think the point might be to see as many kickers as we can, if Feely were to go down for any reason, get injured etc, we would know who to call.

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by David_Wyatt on Feb 19, 2010 9:36 AM EST up reply actions  

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