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David Buehler: I feel like the kicking job is mine to lose
1:30 AM on Fri., Aug. 12, 2011 | Permalink
JON MACHOTA / Special contributor to SportsDayDFW.com
ARLINGTON -- David Buehler was perfect from the field Thursday night. The Cowboys kicker made his only field goal attempt and did the same with his lone extra-point try in the preseason opener.
The fifth round selection in the 2009 NFL Draft had his share of struggles last season as the Cowboys' full-time field goal kicker, and he didn't put any concerns to rest with an inconsistent training camp in San Antonio.
As he admitted after the Cowboys' 24-23 victory over the Denver Broncos, he's been through the good, the bad and the in between.
Last season, Buehler missed eight of his 24 field goal attempts that came from 30 yards or longer. His struggles led to the Cowboys inviting rookie Dan Bailey -- an Oklahoma State grad who won the 2010 Lou Groza Award, which goes to the nation's top collegiate kicker -- to training camp.
While Bailey had a strong start in San Antonio, Buehler apparently did enough to receive the only field goal attempt on Thursday. His 42-yarder capped the Cowboys' opening drive.
"I'm just gonna go out there every time they line me up and I'm gonna make the kick," Buehler said. "That's how I see it. Obviously I was a little rusty at the start of camp, but I'm knocking off that rust and capitalizing in games."
So does Buehler feel like the kicking job is his to lose?
"I feel like it is, yeah," he said Thursday. "Last year I learned a lot, obviously it was roller coaster of a season, but I took all of the positives out of it. I feel like I was in every damn situation a kicker could be in throughout his career in one year."
He added: "Competition brings the best out of everybody. I see Dan put the ball through the uprights and I know I got to put the ball through the uprights as well. He's a damn good kicker, and I just got to keep doing my job."
1:30 AM on Fri., Aug. 12, 2011 | Permalink
JON MACHOTA / Special contributor to SportsDayDFW.com
ARLINGTON -- David Buehler was perfect from the field Thursday night. The Cowboys kicker made his only field goal attempt and did the same with his lone extra-point try in the preseason opener.
The fifth round selection in the 2009 NFL Draft had his share of struggles last season as the Cowboys' full-time field goal kicker, and he didn't put any concerns to rest with an inconsistent training camp in San Antonio.
As he admitted after the Cowboys' 24-23 victory over the Denver Broncos, he's been through the good, the bad and the in between.
Last season, Buehler missed eight of his 24 field goal attempts that came from 30 yards or longer. His struggles led to the Cowboys inviting rookie Dan Bailey -- an Oklahoma State grad who won the 2010 Lou Groza Award, which goes to the nation's top collegiate kicker -- to training camp.
While Bailey had a strong start in San Antonio, Buehler apparently did enough to receive the only field goal attempt on Thursday. His 42-yarder capped the Cowboys' opening drive.
"I'm just gonna go out there every time they line me up and I'm gonna make the kick," Buehler said. "That's how I see it. Obviously I was a little rusty at the start of camp, but I'm knocking off that rust and capitalizing in games."
So does Buehler feel like the kicking job is his to lose?
"I feel like it is, yeah," he said Thursday. "Last year I learned a lot, obviously it was roller coaster of a season, but I took all of the positives out of it. I feel like I was in every damn situation a kicker could be in throughout his career in one year."
He added: "Competition brings the best out of everybody. I see Dan put the ball through the uprights and I know I got to put the ball through the uprights as well. He's a damn good kicker, and I just got to keep doing my job."
