When the Dallas Cowboys decided to move on from Dan Bailey this past offseason there were many that scoffed. Bailey’s reputation speaks for itself, after all.
Dallas chose to roll with 28-year-old rookie Brett Maher as the foot to fill Bailey’s cleat. Maher missed his first ever attempt on the road in Carolina back in Week 1, but after that he turned on the afterburners. Part of the reason the Cowboys liked Maher was his big leg and it was on display for the first seven weeks of the season, so much so that people even questioned why the Cowboys didn’t try a field goal with Maher in overtime in Houston.