Let the Kicking Competition Begin!

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me as many times as David Buehler has fooled the Cowboys and we don't even know where to start with assigning shame.We might not have to worry about it for much longer. Getting a jump start on their New Year's resolution to stop providing safe haven to underperforming placekickers, the Cowboys signed veteran kicker Kris Brown on Thursday. Brown, the former Texan who kicked for the Chargers earlier this season, has a two-year deal.That tells you that there is going to be a kicking competition in Dallas during the offseason, but the Cowboys aren't simply looking at this as a long-term play. The team plans to watch each of the kickers in practice on Friday and Saturday before deciding which of them will kick field goals and extra points during Sunday's game. Buehler will kick off either way, but his missed extra point against the Cardinals might have been his last scoring try.It's a very good sign for the ...