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Dallas d is solid. O is clicking. Why not hop on this bandwagon for the short haul.... Martin is one helluva emotional kicker and a great teammate. All aboard...

 
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I'm on board - other kickers were Akers and Dawson - picked up Marty and hoping he gives me more than my usual 3-5 pts per week.

 
I'm in. Been shuffling kickers in one league and got a goose egg from Dawson last week. I picked up Gramatica immediately upon hearing the news.

 
I wouldn't be surprised if they have a 4th kicker by years end. Parcells can be real picky with kickers and Gramatica has had his rough moments.

 
Bri said:
I wouldn't be surprised if they have a 4th kicker by years end. Parcells can be real picky with kickers and Gramatica has had his rough moments.
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Parcells is already preparing for that...
Martin Gramatica hasn't missed a field goal attempt in practice since joining the Cowboys on Tuesday, but the club added some kicking insurance on Thursday by signing former Dallas Desperados kicker Carlos Martinez to the practice squad. As expected, Martinez filled the last of two practice squad spots opened earlier this week when the club released Remi Ayodele and Matt Tarullo. Martinez had to go through a 72-hour waiting period until the Cowboys could complete the necessary paperwork with the Arena Football League. Head coach Bill Parcells said he's just into contingencies this time of year. The Cowboys on Monday worked out Martinez for the third time since the summer. He also worked out at Valley Ranch on Sept. 15 prior to the club's home opener against Washington, when since-released kicker Mike Vanderjagt was still bothered by groin injury.

"He hasn't missed any yet," said Parcells, who might need Gramatica to make a few meaningful kicks on the road Sunday against the Giants (3:15 p.m. CST). "I think he's concentrating a lot right now, Gramatica. More than that, we've given him quite a few kicks because we're trying to get him used to the operation with Tony (Romo) and L.P. (Ladouceur)."

Martinez also is available as insurance, though he'd first have to be signed to the 53-man roster. The left-footed kicker was one of the AFL's top kickoff guys and went to training camp with the Falcons for about a week this summer. Vanderjagt's release helped give him another NFL opportunity. "It was pretty shocking," Martinez said. "But I'm just thankful for this opportunity and I'm just ready to prove to everyone that I can kick in the NFL."
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Bri said:
I wouldn't be surprised if they have a 4th kicker by years end. Parcells can be real picky with kickers and Gramatica has had his rough moments.
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Parcells is already preparing for that...
Martin Gramatica hasn't missed a field goal attempt in practice since joining the Cowboys on Tuesday, but the club added some kicking insurance on Thursday by signing former Dallas Desperados kicker Carlos Martinez to the practice squad. As expected, Martinez filled the last of two practice squad spots opened earlier this week when the club released Remi Ayodele and Matt Tarullo. Martinez had to go through a 72-hour waiting period until the Cowboys could complete the necessary paperwork with the Arena Football League. Head coach Bill Parcells said he's just into contingencies this time of year. The Cowboys on Monday worked out Martinez for the third time since the summer. He also worked out at Valley Ranch on Sept. 15 prior to the club's home opener against Washington, when since-released kicker Mike Vanderjagt was still bothered by groin injury.
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Doesn't Parcells lose some credibility if he flip flops again on this? Thought he had checked Gram out throughly before signing...
 
I just have a hunch that gramatica will step for this team. I just hope he doesn't celebrate too much when he bangs home the game winner.

 
Sofa King Money said:
Doesn't Parcells lose some credibility if he flip flops again on this? Thought he had checked Gram out throughly before signing...
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nototally different kicking in games vs practice. This is Martin's 3rd team this year as he was on the Pats this summer.
 
Mike Herman said:
Bri said:
I wouldn't be surprised if they have a 4th kicker by years end. Parcells can be real picky with kickers and Gramatica has had his rough moments.
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Parcells is already preparing for that...
Martin Gramatica hasn't missed a field goal attempt in practice since joining the Cowboys on Tuesday, but the club added some kicking insurance on Thursday by signing former Dallas Desperados kicker Carlos Martinez to the practice squad. As expected, Martinez filled the last of two practice squad spots opened earlier this week when the club released Remi Ayodele and Matt Tarullo. Martinez had to go through a 72-hour waiting period until the Cowboys could complete the necessary paperwork with the Arena Football League. Head coach Bill Parcells said he's just into contingencies this time of year. The Cowboys on Monday worked out Martinez for the third time since the summer. He also worked out at Valley Ranch on Sept. 15 prior to the club's home opener against Washington, when since-released kicker Mike Vanderjagt was still bothered by groin injury.

"He hasn't missed any yet," said Parcells, who might need Gramatica to make a few meaningful kicks on the road Sunday against the Giants (3:15 p.m. CST). "I think he's concentrating a lot right now, Gramatica. More than that, we've given him quite a few kicks because we're trying to get him used to the operation with Tony (Romo) and L.P. (Ladouceur)."

Martinez also is available as insurance, though he'd first have to be signed to the 53-man roster. The left-footed kicker was one of the AFL's top kickoff guys and went to training camp with the Falcons for about a week this summer. Vanderjagt's release helped give him another NFL opportunity. "It was pretty shocking," Martinez said. "But I'm just thankful for this opportunity and I'm just ready to prove to everyone that I can kick in the NFL."
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Akers and Vinatieri bounced around their share before landing their current jobs. It'd be cool if Parcells+Co found a gem here
 
I remember targeting Marty back in the Bucs days when he'd pop a bunch of 50s. However, my recent thoughts:

Gramatica has been floating in free-agency for a BIG reason.

Lest ya'll forget... ol Martin is kicking 60% over the past 4 seasons. Has only kicked a 20 yarder in place of Vinatieri this year. Didn't play last year. Was cut the year before. Interestingly, Indy brought him in to help out Vandy in '04, if you recall.

He's one of the worst active kickers, if not THE worst.... in 4th quarter opportunities.... something in the 50-60% range.

 
Not good on the early miss, but the 11 points he got me by the end of the game makes me happy. And the fact that he kicked the game-winning FG for my favorite team makes me even happier. Here's to the little guy keeping it up throughout my playoffs, and the Cowboys'.

 
Did you see how excited Parcells was when he made that field goal. Its the happiest ive seen him look in a long time...

 
"I saw a clip of Bill Parcells talking about [Martin] Gramatica, who kicked the winning field against the Giants, and he said -- and I agree with him -- that in this day and age, it's such a valuable guy, unbelievably important guy to your football team, and when you have one that's not wacky, you really have something going. And our guy's [Josh Brown] pretty good."

- Seahawks HC Mike Holmgren

 
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