DAVE RAYNER RUMORS & GOSSIP

Steelers Auditioning K Dave Rayner

The Pittsburgh Steelers have brought in veteran kicker Dave Rayner, sources with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday. The NFL journeyman kicker has played with eight teams in as many years where he has racked up 65 field goals on 90 attempts and has made 77 of 78 extra points. Rayner will be another leg in Steelers camp and could serve as some competition for Shaun Suisham...
Via GridironFans.com  |  23 days ago

Report: Free Agent Linebacker Brandon Johnson & Kicker Dave Rayner Visiting Steelers Today

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin hinted during his post draft press conference that the team still could work the free agent market leading up to training camp and it appears they are having a few free agent visitors on Wednesday. According to Adam Shefter on Twitter, former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Brandon Johnson and former Buffalo Bills kicker Dave Rayner are visiting...
Via Steelers Depot  |  23 days ago

The Buffalo Bills place kicker Dave Rayner on I.R.

The Bills have placed 29-year old kicker Dave Rayner on the Injured Reserve List, ending this season due to a groin injury.  Rayner played in 7 games for the Bills this year and he made 10 of 15 field goals (66.7%) and all 13 of his extra points as he finished the season with 43 points for the Bills.  The Bills have signed 27-year old kicker Brandon Coutu to kick for the Bills...
Via Bills Locker  |  December 29, 2011

Bills place another kicker on injured reserve

The Buffalo Bills' spiralling season reached a new low Wednesday as the club placed a second placekicker on injured reserve.Dave Rayner was put on season-ending IR with an undisclosed injury. Rayner dealt with a groin issue earlier this month, but it wasn't immediately clear whether Wednesday's move was related to that injury.Rayner took over the kicking duties in early...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  December 28, 2011

Rayner the latest to I-R

With K Dave Rayner going on injured reserve the Bills now have 17 players on the season-ending injury list. That matches the total the Bills had in 2007 when Kevin Everett unfortunately highlighted a year in which the club was snake bit with serious injuries. Surprisingly, it’s not the high water mark for Buffalo’s I-R list over the past five seasons. In 2009, Buffalo...
Via Inside the Bills  |  December 28, 2011

Rayner on the misses

Dave Rayner was able to bounce back from his two early missed field goals to hit four short ones all from inside 30 yards in Saturday’s 40-14 win over Denver. Rayner however, intends to get to the bottom of what went wrong on his two wide left efforts from 45 and 31 yards. “I don’t know and I’m going to watch it,” said Rayner. “Obviously I pulled...
Via Inside the Bills  |  December 26, 2011

Rayner to be fine to kick

Bills kicker Dave Rayner missed practice Wednesday and was limited on Thursday, but head coach Chan Gailey is confident he’ll be good to go come Sunday against the Dolphins. “We had Rayner limited today,” said Gailey after Thursday’s practice. ”But I think he’s going to be just fine. He kicked on the side.” Rayner said he felt pain in the middle of...
Via Inside the Bills  |  December 15, 2011

Rayner’s 4 days with Cowboys

Bills replacement kicker Dave Rayner has bounced around from team to team in his seven-year NFL career. Often an emergency replacement kicker, Rayner has also been part of several training camp competitions, one of which took place in Dallas this past summer. Rayner was late to the party. Injuries to a couple of Dallas’ kicking candidates led to Rayner’s arrival. “...
Via Inside the Bills  |  November 12, 2011

The Buffalo Bills sign Dave Rayner

The Buffalo Bills have signed 29-year old kicker Dave Rayner.  Rayner played in 1 game earlier this year for the Raiders, but they got shut out, so all he did was kickoff.  Rayner has now played in 52 games in his first six years in the NFL and he has connected on 55 of 75 field goals (73.3%).  He has also made 64 of 65 extra points as he has scored 229 points so far in his NFL...
Via Bills Locker  |  November 09, 2011

One kickoff paid handsomely for Dave Rayner

On Saturday, the Raiders signed kicker Dave Rayner. On Sunday, he got on the field for all of one play, the opening kickoff. On Tuesday, he was waived. For that effort, Rayner walked away with more than a lot of Americans make in a full year. Jerry McDonald of the Oakland Tribune mentioned that Rayner…
Via Pro Football Talk  |  October 26, 2011
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