Rex Ryan is probably going to need his kicker to be good to win some games this year, given the uncertain state of their offense.
And he wanted to make it clear he needed his kicker to be better.
Bills kicker Dan Carpenter has been good the last two years (67-of-74 field goals and 63-of-64 extra points), fourth in the league in field goal accuracy over that span. But he’s missed a pair of field goals and an extra point already this preseason.
Carpenter, however, is now on that list of concerns after a shaky start to the preseason that has featured a pair of missed field goals and one missed extra point from the new distance of 33 yards.