Dan Bailey will receive an opportunity to catch on with another team after the Cowboys released him this weekend. The Jets will observe an audition from the veteran kicker on Monday, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets.
The Cowboys made Bailey a surprise cut this weekend. Bailey resides as the second-most accurate kicker in NFL history, making 88.2 percent of his tries. The 30-year-old specialist has only kicked for the Cowboys in his career.
Groin trouble limited Bailey to 12 games last season; they were the first the seven-year veteran missed as an NFLer. Bailey made 15 of 20 field goal tries last season and 26 of 28 PAT attempts.
The Jets are on their third kicker since 2016. The since-departed Chandler Catanzaro replaced Nick Folk last season, and Gang Green’s shuttled in a few kickers this offseason. New York added both Cairo Santos and Nick Rose this year but parted ways with each specialist. Claimed off waivers from Seattle, Jason Myers resides as the Jets’ current kicker.