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By Jean-Jacques Taylor
GLENDALE, Ariz. – David Buehler makes you want to grab a bottle of the pink stuff and guzzle it every single time he lines up for a kick.
And it doesn’t matter whether he’s attempting a field goal from 23 or 53 yards because he’s consistently inconsistent.
It cost the Cowboys a game they should’ve lost, then should’ve won – or at least went to overtime - on Christmas Day.
And it cost third-string quarterback Stephen McGee a permanent place in Cowboys’ lore just like Clint Longley and Jason Garrett will forever be remembered for their stirring holiday performances in dramatic win.
Instead, the Cowboys lost for the 10th time this season.
While we can blame the Cowboys usually inept fourth-quarter defense, Buelher’s missed extra point put Arizona in position to beat the Cowboys 27-26 on Jay Feely’s 48-yard field goal with five seconds left.
Really, the only thing you want from a kicker is consistency. Make the kicks you’re supposed to make.
That means everything from 20-29. From 30-39, it’s not unreasonable to expect 90 percent. From 40-49, it dips to about 70 percent. And anything over 50 is a crapshoot.
Oh, and you’re allowed to miss an extra point every five years or so.
Just so you know, the standard is even higher in Cowboys Stadium because Buehler is essentially kicking in a dome eight times a season.
What makes Buehler so frustrating is that he’s liable to boom a 53-yard kick like he did in the third quarter Saturday – it would’ve been good from 60 yards – and then he pushes an extra point wide left.
Are you kidding me?
“I’m not feeling too good,” Buehler said after the game. “I feel bad for Stephen (McGee) because he drove the team down the field and put us in position to win. An extra point is supposed to be automatic, but I rushed it to the left and missed the most important kick of the game.”
He’s right.
Missing the extra point rendered the 53-yard kick meaningless. The same goes for the 42-yarder he made in the second quarter.
This is not about talent. The man has immense talent. Look at the way he regularly booms kickoffs five yards deep in the end zone. Look at the way the ball explodes off his foot.
No one would be surprised if he became one of the league’s best kickers one day. Then again, would it surprise you if he bounced around the league for a decade teasing team after team after with his ability.
This season, Buehler has made 12 of 16 field goals from beyond 40 yards, including 4 of 5 beyond 50 yards. He has missed three kicks from 30-39 and two extra points, which makes no sense.
It sounds like a lack of focus and concentration on the kicks that are supposed to be easier.
That said, until the missed extra point, Buehler seemed like he had finally found a groove, earning the trust Jerry had placed in him by essentially giving him the job before training camp began.
Buehler had made 11 of his last 13 kicks. He beat the Colts with a 38-yarder in overtime and took care of the Redskins with a 39-yard kick with 50 seconds left last week.
And he nearly sent the game against the Saints into overtime on Thanksgiving Day, when his 59-yard attempt on the game’s final play missed by about a foot to the left. Distance was no problem.
Then he missed an extra point for the second time this season.
“He’s made some big kicks for us and he’s proved he’s a quality kickoff guy,” Garrett said. “But one of the things you want from your kicker is consistency, and he’s been a fairly consistent kicker at times and at other times he has missed some kicks that he’s capable of making.
“It certainly doesn’t qualify as a pass, but his transition from being a kickoff guy to a kicker requires a learning curve”
Understood, but while Buehler’s here, Jerry’s going to have to order the pink stuff by the gallon.
GLENDALE, Ariz. – David Buehler makes you want to grab a bottle of the pink stuff and guzzle it every single time he lines up for a kick.
And it doesn’t matter whether he’s attempting a field goal from 23 or 53 yards because he’s consistently inconsistent.
It cost the Cowboys a game they should’ve lost, then should’ve won – or at least went to overtime - on Christmas Day.
And it cost third-string quarterback Stephen McGee a permanent place in Cowboys’ lore just like Clint Longley and Jason Garrett will forever be remembered for their stirring holiday performances in dramatic win.
Instead, the Cowboys lost for the 10th time this season.
While we can blame the Cowboys usually inept fourth-quarter defense, Buelher’s missed extra point put Arizona in position to beat the Cowboys 27-26 on Jay Feely’s 48-yard field goal with five seconds left.
Really, the only thing you want from a kicker is consistency. Make the kicks you’re supposed to make.
That means everything from 20-29. From 30-39, it’s not unreasonable to expect 90 percent. From 40-49, it dips to about 70 percent. And anything over 50 is a crapshoot.
Oh, and you’re allowed to miss an extra point every five years or so.
Just so you know, the standard is even higher in Cowboys Stadium because Buehler is essentially kicking in a dome eight times a season.
What makes Buehler so frustrating is that he’s liable to boom a 53-yard kick like he did in the third quarter Saturday – it would’ve been good from 60 yards – and then he pushes an extra point wide left.
Are you kidding me?
“I’m not feeling too good,” Buehler said after the game. “I feel bad for Stephen (McGee) because he drove the team down the field and put us in position to win. An extra point is supposed to be automatic, but I rushed it to the left and missed the most important kick of the game.”
He’s right.
Missing the extra point rendered the 53-yard kick meaningless. The same goes for the 42-yarder he made in the second quarter.
This is not about talent. The man has immense talent. Look at the way he regularly booms kickoffs five yards deep in the end zone. Look at the way the ball explodes off his foot.
No one would be surprised if he became one of the league’s best kickers one day. Then again, would it surprise you if he bounced around the league for a decade teasing team after team after with his ability.
This season, Buehler has made 12 of 16 field goals from beyond 40 yards, including 4 of 5 beyond 50 yards. He has missed three kicks from 30-39 and two extra points, which makes no sense.
It sounds like a lack of focus and concentration on the kicks that are supposed to be easier.
That said, until the missed extra point, Buehler seemed like he had finally found a groove, earning the trust Jerry had placed in him by essentially giving him the job before training camp began.
Buehler had made 11 of his last 13 kicks. He beat the Colts with a 38-yarder in overtime and took care of the Redskins with a 39-yard kick with 50 seconds left last week.
And he nearly sent the game against the Saints into overtime on Thanksgiving Day, when his 59-yard attempt on the game’s final play missed by about a foot to the left. Distance was no problem.
Then he missed an extra point for the second time this season.
“He’s made some big kicks for us and he’s proved he’s a quality kickoff guy,” Garrett said. “But one of the things you want from your kicker is consistency, and he’s been a fairly consistent kicker at times and at other times he has missed some kicks that he’s capable of making.
“It certainly doesn’t qualify as a pass, but his transition from being a kickoff guy to a kicker requires a learning curve”
Understood, but while Buehler’s here, Jerry’s going to have to order the pink stuff by the gallon.
. When that moron Coughlin should of been bitching out the defense for turning to shit and the offense completely being flat after the Manningham fumble. 
