Folk To Audition with Jets
by David_Wyatt on Feb 17, 2010 3:12 PM EST
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PrintNY 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.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
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Please, no. NO.
He is inconsistent and cannot make the clutch kick. SEVERE downgrade from Feely.
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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.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
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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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.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
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.
"Martin is psychical" - In reference to Matt Martin being called up to the Islanders.
Giving him a look couldn’t hurt, but he’s half the kicker Feely is.
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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.
Feely is money
This would be like re-signing Nugent. But without the leg. What’s the point?
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