5 free-agent kickers whose phones need to ring from 214 area code

Dallas is working out four kickers this week, but why stop there to help solve the camp woes? Here’s 5 more names who should get calls. | From @KDDrummondNFL

There’s no position more on an island than NFL kicker. Save for the aberration fake attempt, they rarely are involved in a play that strays from their modus operandi. They come into the game with two edicts, make placekicks and send kickoffs to a specific part of the field. Okay, there’s the occasional onside attempt, and with Bones Fassel as the special teams coordinator, the job of a Dallas Cowboys kicker does come with some extra verbiage in the “duties include but not limited to” section of the posting.

Still, they aren’t asked to block, run, catch and very rarely have to make a tackle.  All of this means that the kicker position is interchangeable. There’s no concern about team chemistry or real need to get in sync with the other 10 players on the field. The kicker does his job in isolation. He sets up, approaches the holder and boots the ball. The timing necessary to avoid a block is on him, therefore the Cowboys ridiculous kicking situation thus far in 2022 training camp can be easily fixed.

Just bring in more bodies to try out.