that fool sucks he kicks everything wide right ever since last year he fuckin sucks. Hopefully gramatica doesnt suck also
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news.cfm?id=2BA779A2-0550-76DF-143D05EDE8EE6EC9
IRVING, Texas - The Cowboys are one of the hottest teams in the NFL. They've got the league's highest-rated quarterback and their defense is playing at the top of its game, too. But the Cowboys have won four of their last five games with one of the league's coldest kickers. So cold, the Cowboys were forced to finally make a change. The Cowboys signed Martin Gramatica on Monday and released Mike Vanderjagt, who was just 13-of-18 on field goal attempts this season. By cutting Vanderjagt now, the Cowboys will absorb about $1.6 million remaining of his $2.5 million signing bonus he received last March. The Cowboys originally signed Vanderjagt to a three-year deal worth $5.4 million. Gramatica, once one of the NFL's best field-goal kickers who made the Pro Bowl in 2001, spent five years with the Buccaneers before being released in 2004 when his field-goal accuracy dipped dramatically. He was actually signed by the Colts, who had Vanderjagt for field goals and used Gramatica strictly for kickoff purposes. But the Colts released Gramatica in 2005, and he spent the entire season out of football before signing with the Patriots this past April. He was released at the end of training camp and signed with the Colts again to temporarily relieve an injured Adam Vinatieri. The Cowboys have struggled to find consistency at kicker, a position they thought would be shored up this year when they signed Vanderjagt, who entered the season as the NFL's most accurate field-goal kicker in league history. While Vanderjagt still leads all kickers with an .864 career percentage, his perception of being a money kicker started to change. Vanderjagt has made 13-of-18 field goals this season for a .722 percentage, which ranks 29th out of 33 NFL kickers this year with at least 10 attempts. Vanderjagt has already missed five field goals this year, two less than his combined missed in the last three seasons. Four of those five misses have clanged off the right upright, and his other miss just missed the right upright as well. And while the Cowboys had given Vanderjagt the benefit of the doubt, mainly because of his track record, they apparently felt they couldn't wait any longer for his inconsistencies to end, especially with five games left on the schedule and the team sitting in first place in the NFC East, a game ahead of the Giants. Gramatica will become the seventh different kicker to play in a regular-season game since Bill Parcells took over as head coach in 2003. Billy Cundiff spent the first two seasons with the club before a quad injury in training camp last year forced the Cowboys to release him with an injury settlement. The club went through both Jose Cortez and Shaun Suisham before re-signing Cundiff for six games before they released him with one game left on the schedule. Suisham returned for the final game but the Cowboys signed Vanderjagt in the off-season, giving the veteran a three-year deal worth $5.4 million that included the $2.5 million signing bonus. But Vanderjagt was far from the kicker he was in Indianapolis for the previous eight seasons. A nagging groin injury forced him to limited action in training camp and the preseason games. After missing two game-winning kicks against the Vikings in preseason that ended in a tie, Vanderjagt was not active for the regular-season opener in Jacksonville. The Cowboys went with Suisham, who also missed key 36-yard attempt in the third quarter, and then kept both Suisham and Vanderjagt active for the following game against the Redskins. But since then, Vanderjagt has been the only active kicker for the Cowboys, handling both field goals and kickoffs, which have improved in the last few games, including a touchback Thursday against the Bucs. But it still came down to field goals, and missing two against the Colts on Nov. 23, ultimately sealed his fate here in Dallas.
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news.cfm?id=2BA779A2-0550-76DF-143D05EDE8EE6EC9
IRVING, Texas - The Cowboys are one of the hottest teams in the NFL. They've got the league's highest-rated quarterback and their defense is playing at the top of its game, too. But the Cowboys have won four of their last five games with one of the league's coldest kickers. So cold, the Cowboys were forced to finally make a change. The Cowboys signed Martin Gramatica on Monday and released Mike Vanderjagt, who was just 13-of-18 on field goal attempts this season. By cutting Vanderjagt now, the Cowboys will absorb about $1.6 million remaining of his $2.5 million signing bonus he received last March. The Cowboys originally signed Vanderjagt to a three-year deal worth $5.4 million. Gramatica, once one of the NFL's best field-goal kickers who made the Pro Bowl in 2001, spent five years with the Buccaneers before being released in 2004 when his field-goal accuracy dipped dramatically. He was actually signed by the Colts, who had Vanderjagt for field goals and used Gramatica strictly for kickoff purposes. But the Colts released Gramatica in 2005, and he spent the entire season out of football before signing with the Patriots this past April. He was released at the end of training camp and signed with the Colts again to temporarily relieve an injured Adam Vinatieri. The Cowboys have struggled to find consistency at kicker, a position they thought would be shored up this year when they signed Vanderjagt, who entered the season as the NFL's most accurate field-goal kicker in league history. While Vanderjagt still leads all kickers with an .864 career percentage, his perception of being a money kicker started to change. Vanderjagt has made 13-of-18 field goals this season for a .722 percentage, which ranks 29th out of 33 NFL kickers this year with at least 10 attempts. Vanderjagt has already missed five field goals this year, two less than his combined missed in the last three seasons. Four of those five misses have clanged off the right upright, and his other miss just missed the right upright as well. And while the Cowboys had given Vanderjagt the benefit of the doubt, mainly because of his track record, they apparently felt they couldn't wait any longer for his inconsistencies to end, especially with five games left on the schedule and the team sitting in first place in the NFC East, a game ahead of the Giants. Gramatica will become the seventh different kicker to play in a regular-season game since Bill Parcells took over as head coach in 2003. Billy Cundiff spent the first two seasons with the club before a quad injury in training camp last year forced the Cowboys to release him with an injury settlement. The club went through both Jose Cortez and Shaun Suisham before re-signing Cundiff for six games before they released him with one game left on the schedule. Suisham returned for the final game but the Cowboys signed Vanderjagt in the off-season, giving the veteran a three-year deal worth $5.4 million that included the $2.5 million signing bonus. But Vanderjagt was far from the kicker he was in Indianapolis for the previous eight seasons. A nagging groin injury forced him to limited action in training camp and the preseason games. After missing two game-winning kicks against the Vikings in preseason that ended in a tie, Vanderjagt was not active for the regular-season opener in Jacksonville. The Cowboys went with Suisham, who also missed key 36-yard attempt in the third quarter, and then kept both Suisham and Vanderjagt active for the following game against the Redskins. But since then, Vanderjagt has been the only active kicker for the Cowboys, handling both field goals and kickoffs, which have improved in the last few games, including a touchback Thursday against the Bucs. But it still came down to field goals, and missing two against the Colts on Nov. 23, ultimately sealed his fate here in Dallas.
