Hulud
11-27-2006, 10:33 PM
This is how serious Bill Parcells is taking the Dallas Cowboys' stretch drive: He cut inconsistent kicker Mike Vanderjagt on Monday.
Hailed as the answer to the Cowboys' kicking woes when signed in March, Vanderjagt wasn't living up to his statistical claim to fame as the most accurate kicker in league history. He was only 13-of-18 on field goals, a 72.2 percent success rate that was the lowest of his nine-year career.
Vanderjagt also didn't like having to kick off, one of many aspects of his quirky personality that didn't always go over well with Parcells.
Dallas gave Vanderjagt a $2.5 million signing bonus as part of a three-year, $5.4 million deal, so this is a costly move. The message could be worth it for Parcells as he tries to guide the Cowboys into the playoffs for the first time since 2003 and to their first division title since 1998.
more (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AkT_mWDDtHcteoL96mnPPiBDubYF?slug=ap-cowboys-vanderjagtcut&prov=ap&type=lgns)
stupid fucker, glad he got cut
im still pissed at him for his comments a few years ago lol
Hailed as the answer to the Cowboys' kicking woes when signed in March, Vanderjagt wasn't living up to his statistical claim to fame as the most accurate kicker in league history. He was only 13-of-18 on field goals, a 72.2 percent success rate that was the lowest of his nine-year career.
Vanderjagt also didn't like having to kick off, one of many aspects of his quirky personality that didn't always go over well with Parcells.
Dallas gave Vanderjagt a $2.5 million signing bonus as part of a three-year, $5.4 million deal, so this is a costly move. The message could be worth it for Parcells as he tries to guide the Cowboys into the playoffs for the first time since 2003 and to their first division title since 1998.
more (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AkT_mWDDtHcteoL96mnPPiBDubYF?slug=ap-cowboys-vanderjagtcut&prov=ap&type=lgns)
stupid fucker, glad he got cut
im still pissed at him for his comments a few years ago lol