Special teams wasn’t always a problem for the Cowboys. Just two years ago, they had the most accurate kicker in NFL history in Dan Bailey and one of the league’s better punters in Chris Jones. But Bailey is gone and his replacement, Brett Maher, has struggled with consistency, and Jones had a down year in 2018.
For Maher, his struggles have continued into this year. While his 80.6% field goal success rate in 2018 was solid, a breakdown of his kicks revealed a strange trend: Maher hit just 63% of kicks between the 40 and 49 yard marks, but was 88% everywhere else on the field.