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Cowboys release shaky Vanderjagt, sign Gramatica
ESPN ^ | 11/27/2006 | ESPN

Posted on 11/27/2006 3:15:02 PM PST by bkwells

Cowboys release shaky Vanderjagt, sign Gramatica

Mike Vanderjagt's short, but rocky tenure as the Cowboys' kicker is over.

ESPN's Ed Werder reports that Dallas has released Vanderjagt and signed Martin Gramatica to replace him.

The most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history, Vanderjagt, who signed a three-year contract worth nearly $6 million as an unrestricted free agent this spring, has converted only 13 of 18 field goals. That's only two fewer misses in 11 games than the nine-year veteran had in the past three seasons combined.

In his eight seasons with the Colts, a tenure sometimes marked by petulance and marred by a long-standing feud with quarterback Peyton Manning, he converted 87.5 percent of his field goal attempts.


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To: Jrabbit
The only thing that matters.....how does T.O. feel about this? If he's not happy...NOBODY can be happy.

I think T.O. has to be pretty happy about it. He just wants to win as bad as The Big Tuna does.

81 posted on 11/28/2006 12:01:25 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: JellyJam
Did you see him on Thanksgiving? He barely made that easy chip-shot FG ... then Romo joked with him on the way to the sideline and he was in no mood. He's clearly lost it.

That's precisely what I was thinking about. Even the announcers were incredulous.

82 posted on 11/28/2006 12:07:28 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: mainepatsfan

Kickers and relief pitchers. Is there any other position in sports that is so easy to get into their minds?


83 posted on 11/28/2006 1:47:24 AM PST by ABG(anybody but Gore) ("By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again" - Jack Bauer)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Good, Vanderchoke lost his mojo..no telling when or if he would ever find it again.

This other guy cant do much worse.


84 posted on 11/28/2006 5:01:10 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: dfwgator

LOL


85 posted on 11/28/2006 5:46:30 AM PST by ziggy_dlo (THE LAND OF THE FREE, FOUGHT FOR BY THE BRAVE!!!)
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To: Terpfen

Dante is done, the last to see it are the suckers who dumped a pile of money on that turn-over machine.


86 posted on 11/28/2006 10:09:00 AM PST by Diplomat
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To: Slump Tester

Tell that to Janikowski's face. I dare ya.


87 posted on 11/28/2006 10:11:43 AM PST by Sam's Army (Merry Sectarian Commercial Event and Happy New Euro-American Calendar Year!)
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To: Diplomat

He's far from done. Even if his mobility never becomes what it once was, fine, just stick him behind a good offensive line and let him throw the ball down the field.


88 posted on 11/28/2006 10:16:37 AM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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To: Jrabbit; BigSkyFreeper
The only thing that matters.....how does T.O. feel about this? If he's not happy...NOBODY can be happy.

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Terrell Owens isn't just sorry to see his pal Mike Vanderjagt go. He thinks the Dallas Cowboys made a mistake by releasing the wayward kicker.

"I don't see what he did wrong to warrant him being cut," Owens said Wednesday. "I hope it doesn't come back to haunt us. Whoever made that decision, I'm pretty sure they're hoping the same thing."

T.O. questions release of Vanderjagt

89 posted on 11/30/2006 5:19:15 PM PST by NittanyLion
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