It’s no secret that I am a long-time fan of K Matt McCrane.
As a big fan of perfection, that is what McCrane gave the Cardinals during his brief stints with the team. He never missed a kick, nailing two pre-season field goals from 52 and 54 yards and all of his extra points.
The roller coaster journeys of NFL kickers looking to land long-term jobs are often dizzying.
In Matt McCrane’s case, over the past two years, he has kicked for the Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Guardians (XFL).
While he has only played in a little more than a handful of NFL games and 8 games in the XFL, back home on the McCrane ranch in Texas, there are three recent game balls in his trophy room: (1) for kicking the game winner in his first regular season game for the Raiders; (2) for making all three field goals and the game winner in his one game for the Steelers; (3) for going 8/8 in FG attempts.