For the second consecutive week, Brett Maher’s inaccuracies compounded the ineffectiveness of the Dallas Cowboys offense by missing kicks on the rare occassion they got into scoring range. In both the Thanksgiving loss to the Buffalo Bills and Thursday’s loss in Chicago, Maher missed kicks that would have changed the complexion of each game and if made, would’ve had a direct impact on the Cowboys late-game strategies when attempting futile comebacks.
After the Bills’ loss, Dallas brought in a handful of names to work out, but did not sign anyone, just to have Maher burn them again by missing his league-leading 10th field goal of the season. Maher is actually suffering through the worst kicker season in the last four years across the entire NFL. To try and salvage something out of a 6-7 season where they still miraculously lead the NFC East, Dallas is working out kickers once again, according to Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News. This time, there’s a more familiar name included with some skins on the wall.
Multiple sources tell @dmn_cowboys Cowboys will bring in kickers Kai Forbath and Tristan Vizcaino for workouts on Monday.
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) December 8, 2019
Same scenario as last week… with as bad as the Cowboys play, if they hit their field goals they would've had chances.
It makes NO sense how they've kept this dude around and that's the reason everyone should be fired above all else. https://t.co/l3AGDALHEb
— KD Drummond (@KDDrummondNFL) December 6, 2019
Kai Forbath is a career 85.8% kicker when it comes to field goals, but has struggled to find a permanent gig in the league. He kicked for New England in one game this season, making his only field goal but missing an extra point, leading to his release.
He missed eight extra points in 23 games for the Minnesota Vikings through 2016 and 2017.
Tristan Vizcaino, formerly of the Washington Huskies, spent some time with the Jets in the 2018 offseason and the Bengals in 2019, but has yet to appear in an NFL game. He does have a big leg, in addition to handling some punting duties in college, and that could be interesting to Dallas.
Said this yesterday, too: Washington K/P Tristan Vizcaino – in #Jets camp as a tryout – can really boom it. Here’s a 61-yarder: pic.twitter.com/Xnvj0AyxBm
— Dennis Waszak Jr. (@DWAZ73) May 5, 2018
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