Signing Shayne Graham

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys kicked up one position battle a notch on Tuesday morning by signing veteran kicker Shayne Graham.

Graham joins David Buehler, Dan Bailey and Kai Forbath on the roster. However, Buehler (hip) and Forbath (quadriceps) are injured. Bailey handled the kicking duties in Sunday's preseason game vs. the San Diego Chargers but did not have a field goal attempt.

Graham was cut by Washington after missing field goal tries from 29 and 49 yards in the first week of the preseason. He went 12-of-12 last year with the New England Patriots after replacing Stephen Gostkowski.

Graham spent most of his career with the Cincinnati Bengals (2003-09) but also has had stops with Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers and the New York Giants. For his career he has made 208 of 242 field goal attempts (86 percent). He has 48 career touchbacks, however, with the kickoffs moved to the 35 this year that figure could improve.

It is not clear when Buehler will be able to return. He suffered the injury in practice last week. He is a weapon as a kickoff specialist but has not been consistent on field goals. Bailey has had a better percentage in camp than Buehler but has struggled more lately in camp. Forbath is on the non-football injury list and has yet to kick.
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This bastard missed 3 field goals against the eagles in 08 in that game that ended in a tie.......if he makes one of those 44-6 never would have happened because the game would not have mattered....we would have been as the 6seed.......
 
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Damn you Nick Folk and your false-hope 2007 campaign. You were supposed to cure our kicking woes.
 
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Theebs said:
This bastard missed 3 field goals against the eagles in 08 in that game that ended in a tie.......if he makes one of those 44-6 never would have happened because the game would not have mattered....we would have been as the 6seed.......
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yeah but why u mad tho?
 
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Midswat said:
Damn you Nick Folk and your false-hope 2007 campaign. You were supposed to cure our kicking woes.
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If he never got that hip injury he probably would have...missing all the offseason workouts hurt him.....he hasn't been perfect with the jets either however.
 
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Theebs said:
If he never got that hip injury he probably would have...missing all the offseason workouts hurt him.....he hasn't been perfect with the jets either however.
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If only we had Mike Woicik at that point.
 
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Theebs said:
Because my kids finished off the lucky chArms on me this morning .........and because I can't find a damn treadmill to buy....too many options....
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They have this new sweet thing called the outdoors that you can run on.

Also kill your children. Now I want Lucky Charms.
 
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Thing I like best about this Graham deal: He's 90 percent betweeen 30-39 percent while Buehler is 57.1 percent.
 
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Is this a sign that we may go into the season with 2 PK on the roster?

At this point I would feel more comfortable dragging Eddie Murray out retirement at 60 years of age
 
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superpunk said:
They have this new sweet thing called the outdoors that you can run on.

Also kill your children. Now I want Lucky Charms.
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I hate running outside, plus ever been to north Texas? It's been Over 100 degrees 57 days this summer andw not ending any time soon.......can't watch my 3 yr old either while running also so treadmill it is...
 
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I like the signing. I like the idea of having a consistant kicker.

While I want Beuhler to work out, he's so inconsistant from what should be almost gimme FG's 30-35. Too many times he sails those wide right.

But damn if this team can't solve their kicking issues. It seems like this is a huge ordeal every off season.
 
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Vanderjagt pretty much cursed this team...ever since his lame ass was signed years ago the kicker spot has been horrific.
 
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