Cowboys To Sign Vanderjagt

[MoSpur]

How can you complain about getting this guy? He is a very good kicker. Anyone is better than Cortez.

[timvp]

Good signing. Although this is a DUI waiting to happen.

[TheAdmiral#50]

I guess I would have preferred Vinatieri, but Vandy is solid, no one on here can argue that. No kicker is ever going to make every kick out there but he will make the majority of them.

It would be nice if he weren't kind of a jerk, but , I really can't complain. This is definitely a big upgrade and potentially the best kicker in Dallas history.

[MoSpur]

That gif on Admiral#50 says it all. I remember that game.

[2centsworth]

Hmm, I haven't heard Peterson talked about as a possibility...

Unfortunately for Vanderjagt, people are just remembering his last kick. He's still the most accurate kicker ever at 87%. Here are his stats vs Vinatieri, including stats for what Yahoo considers kicks when the game is "close" and "close/late"...

Vanderjagt
Indoors 87.6 (127/145)
Outdoors 87.4 (90/103)

Vinatieri
Indoors 94.4 (34/36)
Outdoors 80.4 (229/285)

Vanderjagt
Close 89.1 (90/101)
Close/Late 89.5 (34/38)

Vinatieri
Close 80.0 (136/170)
Close/Late 78.4 (29/37)

He'll be fine...certainly better than the Cundiff / Cortez / Suisham (sp?) kicking combo from last season...

I remember 3 kicks specifically. The one against the Dolphins in the Playoffs to go to the AFC Championship game. The kick was from about 35 yards or so and he had only missed 1 or 2 kicks all year. Of course, he choked that one and cost the Colts a chance at the superbowl. Then I remember 2 years later when Tampa was king of the hill and Indy played them in a big Monday Night Game. 24yarder to break some kinda record and again he bangs it on the cross bar in one of the all time ugliest kicks. Then again last year for a chance at the superbowl, I knew before he kicked it he didn't have a chance and boy he didn't even come close.

Just my thoughts. I would have preferred Todd Peterson or Josh Brown of Seattle. My dream would have been Vinatierri.

My standard of clutchness is apparently different than those bogus stats above.

[batman2883]

The cowboys just won the superbowl folks im telling you

[Peter]

I would've preferred Vinateri, but that apparently was not an option.

The way to look at it is that Vanderjagt is lightyears ahead of what they had last season. He will make a ton of routine kicks over the course of a season that the Cowboys' kickers last season made an adventure.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I would've preferred Vinatieri (or Josh Brown).

My only concern with Vandy is on kickoffs.

[King]

Vandy wanted to kickoff, but evidently it was just a pissing match between him and Polian. He'll be fine on kickoffs.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Vandy wanted to kickoff, but evidently it was just a pissing match between him and Polian. He'll be fine on kickoffs.

I didn't know that...I just thought he was ty.

[RealEstateDude]

Vanderjagt didn't miss that kick, Peyton is just cursed!!!!!



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