What The Folk? Dallas Cowboys Kicking Woes Continue Against Saints

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Published: December 20, 2009

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... the New Orleans Saints Saturday night.

Folk missed a chip shot from 22 yards that would have put the Cowboys up by 10 with 2:16 to go in the fourth quarter.

Instead, Folk's gaffe gave the Saints life. Fortunately for the Cowboys, the defense held, but it is obvious the team must go in a different direction at the kicking position.

The obvious choice to replace Folk is kickoff specialist David Buehler. But apparently Buehler is "rusty" when it comes to kicking field goals.

I have never been a kicker, and definitely not an NFL kicker, but what the hell is Buehler doing throughout the week at practice if he isn't practicing field goals on a regular basis? 

Does he really just practice kicking off the entire time? Is the technique so different between kicking field goals and kickoffs that if he practices one he will mess up the other?  Is it similar to having a home run swing with an upper cut as opposed to swinging level with power?  I don't kno...

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