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These Other Teams Are Capitalizing on Jets' Kicking Woes

While the Jets continue to search for the solution to their kicking conundrum, other teams are using the players they've gotten rid of.

Max Goodman

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One team's trash is another team's kicker.

The Jets have been searching for the right kicker for years, transitioning from veterans to new faces practically on a week-to-week basis. 

In fact, since Nick Folk's final season in green and white back in 2016—ending a seven-year run with Gang Green—10 different players have attempted a field goal for the Jets.

That note, highlighting New York's kicking disfunction, is just the tip of the iceberg. In Week 2, eight different teams (25 percent of the entire league) has an ex-Jets kicker on their active roster. 

Here's the full list: 

Piñeiro finished last season with the Jets, nailing all eight of his field goal attempts over the final five games of the season. He lost a battle with Zuerlein in training camp, though, ending up with Carolina.  

Zuerlein has a chance to be the long-term answer at kicker for New York. He's a veteran in his 11th NFL season with a solid track record and a nickname of Greg The Leg. That's gotta count for something, right? 

That said, even Zuerlein has struggled since joining Gang Green. He missed a kick and an extra point last week. He has another chance against the Browns in Week 2 to finally give Jets fans something to cheer about on special teams. 

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Max Goodman covers the New York Jets for Sports Illustrated and FanNation. He also covers the New York Yankees, publisher  of Sports Illustrated and FanNation's Yankees site, Inside The Pinstripes. Before starting out with SI, Goodman attended Northwestern University and the Medill School of Journalism. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism and Master’s Degree in Sports Media, graduating in 2019. While at school, Goodman gathered valuable experience as an anchor and reporter on NNN SportsNight and played on the club baseball team. Goodman previously interned at MLB.com as an associate reporter covering the Miami Marlins. He also interned with ESPN, working as an associate reporter on Mike Greenberg's Get Up. Goodman is from New York City. He grew up in Hell's Kitchen. Follow Goodman on Twitter @MaxTGoodman and connect with him via email by reaching out at maxgoodmansports@gmail.com.

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