The Dallas Cowboys are not done signing rookies. Nor are they done looking for kickers. But for now? As the Cowboys have agreed to terms with four more of their 2022 draftees following the announced agreement with first-rounder Tyler Smith, they’ve also cut DFW native Chris Naggar, leaving UDFA Jonathan Garibay as the only kicker on the roster.
The Cowboys waived Kicker Chris Naggar yesterday, giving the former Longhorn and Mustang a trivial offseason stay with his hometown team. Undrafted free agent Jonathan Garibay is now the only kicker on Dallas’ roster, but will that remain the case between now and Week One?
The Cowboys are looking for a kicker after releasing veteran Greg Zuerlein this offseason. Zuerlein signed with the Jets. The new kicker won’t be Chris Naggar.
Right now the Cowboys have two kickers signed with almost no NFL experience. If Dallas wants to add someone who’s been around the league a bit, free agent Michael Badgley is available and could be competitive for the 2022 roster.
With the 2022 NFL Draft wrapped up, all of the attention is now heading towards this year’s Training Camp. While most of the chatter will likely be around
Luckily, the Cleveland Browns are relatively healthy heading into their Week 1 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. Most of the starters are ready to play, but sadly they continue having issues finding a reliable kicker.
Kicker Chase McLaughlin suffered a hamstring injury in Friday’s practice, so Browns may be forced to go with Naggar, a rookie, against the Chiefs on Sunday.
The Cleveland Browns announced Thursday they signed kicker Chris Naggar to their practice squad. The Browns still have one opening on their practice squad out of the total of 16 spots.
When the Jets released Sam Ficken earlier in training camp, head coach Robert Saleh said the organization's relationship with the kicker is far from over.
So the search continues. After years of one-year rentals at the kicker position with very little luck as of late, the New York Jets have waived rookie undrafted free agent kicker Chris Naggar.
We spoke earlier about players who helped their cause in the Jets’ preseason victory over the Giants. Now let’s talk about players who did themselves no favors.
The Jets are down to just one kicker after they waived undrafted free agent Chris Naggar, the team announced Monday. Naggar missed one of his two field goal attempts in the Jets’ preseason win over the Giants on Saturday.
The Jets’ kicking room is down to two players who have never seen action in a regular season game. After releasing two-year starter Sam Ficken on July 31, the kicking battle is between 2021 undrafted free agent Chris Naggar and 2020 undrafted free agent Matt Ammendola.
Over the past few months, we’ve been taking an in-depth look at each of the Jets’ rookies. We conclude today with kicker Chris Naggar. The 23-year old is listed at 5’11” and 193 pounds and was undrafted out of SMU.
The Jets are months away from opening the 2021 regular season and the competition for the starting kicker job is already heating up. Asked recently about
Naggar, who started his collegiate career at Texas before transferring to SMU, hit 17 of 21 field-goal attempts (81%) and 43 of 46 PATs (93.5%) in 2020.
The Jets may have found their answer at kicker. After signing Chris Naggar as an undrafted free agent out of SMU, Jets head coach Robert Saleh revealed that New York believes the kicker has a legitimate shot at earning a spot on this team in the offseason.
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