Cowboys Kicker-Needy: Sign Patriots ‘Camp Standout’?

FRISCO – The Dallas Cowboys have one kicker on the roster proper now, and sources right here inside The Star have instructed that standing is just not meant as a vote of confidence for UDFA rookie Jonathan Garibay.

So Dallas is monitoring the revolving door on the place … and ought to be monitoring what the New England Patriots are doing.

The Pats have added a veteran leg to their corps of kickers heading into 2022 coaching camp, whereas bidding adieu to a 2021 camp favourite.

The Patriots introduced on Friday that they’ve signed kicker Tristan Vizcaino. The group additionally launched kicker Quinn Nordin – Nordin being that aforementioned “camp favourite.”

Vizcaino, 25, entered the NFL in 2018 as an undrafted rookie free agent from Washington. Since then, he has frolicked with six groups, primarily as a member of their respective follow squads. Vizcaino suited up for one sport with the San Francisco 49ers in 2020, and appeared in six video games for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2021. He has related on 9 of his 10 area aim makes an attempt on the professional degree, in addition to 12 of 17 further factors. He additionally logged one punt final 12 months with Los Angeles. Along with the 49ers and the Chargers, Vizcaino has additionally seen follow squad motion with the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Payments and sure, Dallas.

However now Greg Zuerlein is gone and all that is left behind is the Texas Tech child Garibay. So … how about signing Nordin?

Nordin was initially signed by New England as a rookie free agent out of Michigan in Might 2021. The 6-1, 196-pound kicker made the preliminary 53-man roster however was inactive for the primary sport after which was positioned on injured reserve in September. He was launched in early December and signed to the follow squad simply two days later. Nordin had not labored out with the group throughout their offseason exercise program. He additionally didn’t take part in both of the group’s practices throughout necessary minicamp. … and because it pertains to Dallas, it is all about what special-teams coordinator “Bones” Fassel needs.

Vizcaino now joins Pats incumbent starter Nick People, who signed a two-year, $5.6 million contract with the group within the offseason. … which suggests along with Nordin being obtainable, Vizcaino may quickly be obtainable as effectively.

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