A New Kicker…Aye?

An article by Rob V.    3 Comments

Less than a week after losing in the playoffs the Cowboys went back to work trying to improve their team. Reported by ESPN Dallas, on Friday they brought in kicker Sandro DeAngelis from the Canadian Football League.  DeAngelis plays for the Calgary Stampeders and is the most accurate kicker in CFL history. He is also a five-time Western Division all-star.

DeAngelis worked out for coach Wade Phillips, special teams coach Joe DeCamillis and owner Jerry Jones at the Cowboys facility. In five seasons with the Stampeders DeAngelis connected on 42 of 49 field goal attempts. He is 28 years old and becomes a free agent next month.

“Just to even have an opportunity to kick for an NFL team is living a dream,” DeAngelis said.

“I’m pleased with it (his workout), but you really have no idea what they’re thinking. They don’t exactly jump up and down or anything so you don’t have a gauge of where you stand,” DeAngelis said. “I’ll keep my fingers crossed.”

The Cowboys seemed to be set at kicker at the start of the 2009 season with Nick Folk. But Folk became very inconsistent during the season as he connected on only 18 of 28 field goals and was released after the Saints game. The Cowboys then signed former kicker Shaun Suisham who played the last two games of the season and was 2 of 3 on field goals. He was also 2 of 5 during the playoffs with two big misses during the Minnesota loss.

In other news also reported by ESPN Dallas, the Cowboys now have eight players on their reserve/future list.  They signed wide receiver Jesse Holley the other day who as we remember was the winner of Michael Irvin’s Fourth and Long show last summer. The other two signed were Manuel Johnson, another wide receiver and defensive end Marcus Dixon.

Here is the complete list of players on the reserve/future list.

Travis Bright, G

Marcus Dixon, DE

Herb Donaldson, RB

Marquis Floyd, DB

Jesse Holley, WR

Manuel Johnson, WR

Titus Ryan, WR

Donovan Woods, LB