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Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey misses from 70 yards

Bradnon Aubrey was not quite on line of long enough from 70

When you have nothing to lose, try anything and everything.

At the end of the first half of Sunday’s game with the Carolina Panthers, Dallas coach Mike McCarthy sent Brandon Aubrey out for a 70-yard field-goal attempt.

It didn’t work but at least the miss wasn’t returned for a touchdown.

Dallas led 10-7 at the break.

Cowboys take 64-yard field goal off board, wind up with nothing

The adage of never take points off the scoreboard bit Dallas coach Mike McCarthy

Brandon Aubrey made up for hitting the upright with a 40-yard field goal in the first half by kicking a 64-yard field goal in the third quarter of the Dallas Cowboys’ game with the Houston Texans at AT& Stadium on Monday.

Mike McCarthy decided to take the field goal off the board because Derek Barnett was called for a 15-yard head slap personal foul.

Jerry Jones probably wants to head-slap his coach after the drive wound up with nothing. A fourth-and-two pass went awry and Dallas headed to the fourth quarter down 20-10.

It has been that kind of season at AT&T Stadium.

Murder wasn’t the case that they gave him: Cowboys assassin heads to court

The Cowboys’ leading scorer will do his duty for America, before doing his duty for America’s team. | From @KDDrummondNFL

Word to Snoop Dogg. Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey appeared on Wednesday’s injury report with a unique designation. The Pro Bowl kicker who, more often than not, has been the source of the majority of Dallas’ points this season, was not with the team when they broke out of their bye-week huddle.

Instead, he was in a Tarrant County courthouse on Wednesday, reportedly serving as a juror despite the Dallas Cowboys’ best efforts to get him relieved of his civic duty. Per the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Aubrey is expected to miss the entire week of practice leading up to the team traveling west to take on the San Francisco 49ers in Week 8. His listing on the injury report? Not Injury Related – Jury Duty.

Anyone hoping for a fake field goal where Aubrey passes to a wide open holder should probably look elsewhere for their trick-play magic this weekend. They won’t have the opportunity to work out the kinks in practice sessions.

Aubrey is reportedly sitting on a case dealing with second-degree strangulation. According to the article, the case does not require the jury being sequestered, so nights and weekends are as free as a Cingular Wireless cellular plan from the early 2000s.

Aubrey is the team’s leading scorer in 2024, scoring 46 of the team’s 126 points through six games. He gives the floundering offense a chance to put points on the board as soon as they approach midfield.

Former Notre Dame star Brandon Aubrey misses Cowboys practice for odd reason

Aubrey didn’t want to miss this

Former Notre Dame soccer star [autotag]Brandon Aubrey[/autotag] took the NFL by storm last year, as the Dallas Cowboys kicker set multiple records in his first season after trying to follow his initial “football” dreams.

There was an odd situation for the first team All-Pro this week, as he missed practice on Wednesday. It wasn’t due to an injury, instead it was because he had jury duty.

This obviously a bit different, as Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk is reporting that Aubrey insisted on going after the Cowboys did their best to get him out of it.

He is expected to be in court as he sits and weighs the evidence in the felony assault case he was assigned to the next few days. The good news is that the courts will work around his schedule, so Aubrey can perform his civic duty while not missing any time with his team. It is unknown at the moment how long the trial will be.

So far on the year, he’s struggled compared to last year, hitting 8-of-10 field goals while making all seven of his extra points.

Oct 6, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Dallas Cowboys place kicker Brandon Aubrey (17) attempts a field goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the third quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

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Brandon Aubrey serves on jury, misses Cowboys practice

Why did Brandon Aubrey miss Cowboys practice on Wednesday?

Call it the kicker to the Dallas Cowboys’ dismal season.

Brandon Aubrey is one of the top specialists in the NFL. The kicker has been incredibly accurate in his one-plus seasons with Dallas.

He missed practice on Wednesday. He wasn’t injured. Aubrey was doing his civic duty and was selected to be on a second-degree strangulation case.

Per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

The case is centered around a second-degree strangulation charge against the defendant. While the Cowboys tried to pull him away from the jury duty, Aubrey insisted on fulfilling his duty on Wednesday. It is expected that he will return to court on Thursday and Friday, and also that the judge will work with Aubrey with his football schedule.

Aubrey was not seen during the media portion of practice for the Cowboys on Wednesday and was later confirmed to be out for his civic duty. While juror information is typically not made public, multiple eyewitnesses have seen Aubrey serving on the jury in the downtown Fort Worth courthouse as of Wednesday afternoon. There is not a clear timetable on how long the case could last.

 

 

Cowboys’ Brandon Aubrey missed Wednesday’s practice because of jury duty

It happens to most all of us eventually.

This story has been updated. 

Not even Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey can avoid his civic duties as an American citizen.

The team listed Aubrey as a non-participant in Wednesday’s practice before its Sunday evening game against the San Francisco 49es.

That might have given Dallas fans some pause before they saw the reason for why Aubrey was away from the team. The Cowboys listed Aubrey as having to attend jury duty to explain why he was absent.

According to Forth Worth Star-Telegram reporter Nick Harris, Aubrey “has been selected to be on a 12-person jury for a felony case in Tarrant County’s 297th District Court.”

Harris added the trial in question has no clear timetable for duration.

Hey, it happens to all of us. We’re sure Aubrey will be back with the team soon enough, even if he’s now locked in as one of the jury members.

Good on him for showing up to trial and doing his part.

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Cowboys’ Brandon Aubrey has won this award 60% of time since joining NFL

From @ToddBrock24f7: The kicking phenom booted 12 of 13 tries in September, including 2 from 60 or longer. He won the monthly award twice last season.

Brandon Aubrey is awfully good when it comes to percentages.

He’s made 94% of his regular-season field goal tries since becoming the Cowboys’ kicker in 2023. He’s a ridiculous 16-of-17 on attempts of over 50 yards in that time and has never missed from 60 or beyond. He’s nailed 95% of his PATs. The second-year man is batting 1.000 on Pro Bowls and All-Pro nods.

Now with a Thursday announcement by the league, of his five months so far in the NFL, he’s been named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month an absurd three times.

That’s 60% of the the time he’s been in the league.

Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold won the award for offense, while Detroit’s Aidan Hutchinson earned defensive honors.

Aubrey was awarded the prize for September after a month that saw him boot 12 field goals in 13 tries and included both a 60- and a 65-yarder, making him one of just four men to ever kick three or more field goals from 60 yards or longer in a career.

And Aubrey’s attempted just 51 field goal attempts total in an NFL career that’s only 21 games old so far.

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He won the conference’s Special Teams Player of the Month award last October and December, making him the first Cowboys special-teamer to ever win that award twice.

Now he’s got a third… out of a possible five.

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Watch Brandon Aubrey explaining his path from Notre Dame soccer to the NFL

What an amazing journey for Aubrey

In what has become like script from a movie, former Notre Dame soccer star [autotag]Brandon Aubrey[/autotag] went from believing his career was over as a professional athlete, only to pick up kicking and finding his way to the NFL.

The Dallas Cowboys All-Pro place kicker took the league by storm last year, as the rookie made 44-of-46 attempts, setting multiple records along the way. Aubrey made his first 19 field goals, an NFL record, while his two field goals of 59-plus yards in one game was also put him into the books.

It’s hard to imagine this kind of success from someone who at one point was a software engineer. As part of Amazon’s broadcast, Taylor Rooks moderated Aubrey through his journey from a first round pick to using his degree, being pushed by his wife Jenn to try out kicking.

The story is one of belief from a loved one, pushing each other to be their best.

https://twitter.com/TaylorRooks/status/1839472100605612158

Aubrey’s story will surely be remembered for a long time, considering he’s just starting his career with a bang.

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The Forgotten Play: This unremarkable Mike McCarthy decision cost Cowboys vs Ravens

The comeback was furious but all for naught. If Dallas made a different decision in the third quarter, it might not have been. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The Dallas Cowboys were terrible for about 50 minutes on Sunday afternoon. The final score reads 28-25, but about one-third through the fourth quarter, Dallas regained possession of the ball trailing by 22 points. They went on a furious rally, outscoring the Baltimore Ravens 19-0 in the period, but it was too little, too late.

The Ravens were able to convert two new sets of downs on the final drive after the Cowboys had cut it to three and from there Baltimore bled out the clock to secure the victory. Three touchdown drives and a converted onside kick made things close, but could things have been even more contested?

The Cowboys bypassed an opportunity to put three points on the board when they were being blown out, and they ended up losing by three points.

During the third quarter, Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy made a safe decision when momentum wasn’t on his team’s side. In retrospect, a different decision may have put the Cowboys in a much better position late in the game.

Trailing 21-6 at the half, the Cowboys defense took the field after the break but still wasn’t able to corral the Ravens’ rushing attack. Derrick Henry raced for 26 of his 151 ground yards and getting into the end zone for a 28-6 lead.

Dallas took the ball back at their 29 with 11:58 remaining in the third quarter and marched into Baltimore territory before the drive bogged down. A Tyler Guyton hold on 1st-and-10 from the Ravens’ 29 effectively killed the drive. On 3rd-and-18, Prescott took a sack for a loss of 11 yards, pushing them back to the Baltimore 48.

Dallas decided to punt and the Ravens started a new drive at their own 11.

Why didn’t Dallas try for a field goal there? Earlier in the game, superstar kicker Brandon Aubrey nailed a 65-yarder with room to spare, kicking from just one-yard shy of the NFL record. Why wouldn’t McCarthy give Aubrey a chance to set the all-time record and inch a little closer?

Sure, at the time the game felt out of reach and the decision was almost assuredly from the perspective of Dallas needing a big play to get back in the game. Kicking the ball deep to pin the Ravens means a turnover gets possession deeper in enemy territory.

But if Dallas had kicked and made the field goal, everything about their fourth-quarter comeback changes. When Dallas scored their first fourth-quarter TD, the game is 28-15 with the extra point try coming.

ESPN’s fourth-down bot says that in as close a call as can be, punting the right choice; but it was an insignificant difference and one that doesn’t take Aubrey into account.

Aubrey definitely has a better than 25% chance of nailing the 67-yard field goal that is listed above, so with consideration for the Dallas talent, that would certainly have a bigger impact on Win Probability than the cookie-cutter wash shown above.

Dallas should’ve sent Aubrey onto the field, and the end of the game may have turned out differently.

Tom Brady calls Dallas’ Brandon Aubrey ‘the Steph Curry of kickers’

Brandon Aubrey of the Cowboys wowed Tom Brady

There isn’t a shot from long range Steph Curry can’t hit. Tom Brady was on the call at the Baltimore Ravens-Dallas Cowboys game and he thinks he saw the NFL equivalent of the Golden State Warrior guard.

That’s because Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey nailed a 65-yard field goal in the first quarter.

Aubrey’s kick was the only points Dallas had to this writing as they fell behind 14-3.

Curry was at a different game, watching the Raiders play host to his hometown Carolina Panthers at Allegiant Stadium.