Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein missed two alternatives at a go forward discipline purpose in opposition to the Payments on Monday night time and he addressed his current droop after the sport.
Gradual Begin For Greg Zuerlein
Being a kicker is arguably one of many hardest jobs within the NFL and Jets particular groups star Greg Zuerlein is aware of that greater than most, having struggled initially of his season to date.
Zuerlein missed two alternatives to place the Jets in entrance with discipline targets on Monday with each kicks coming inside inches of scoring, solely to be denied by the publish on each events.
The kicker hit one upright from 32-yards out within the third quarter after which doinked the opposite one from 43-yards, with the rating nonetheless degree halfway by way of the ultimate quarter.
Solely three kickers have missed a number of discipline targets from 43 yards or shorter this season:
• Greg Zuerlein (Each on this sport)
• Brayden Narveson (Packers)
• Jason Sanders (Dolphins)pic.twitter.com/lL4XaeynZF— John Breech (@johnbreech) October 15, 2024
Zuerlein is 6-for-10 for 60% on discipline targets this season and it’s protected to say that his job may very well be below risk within the not too distant future if he doesn’t begin hitting his mark.
Talking after the match, Zuerlein revealed that he’s having actual hassle discovering any type of kind in matches and even coaching, throughout an actual droop in his profession.
“I’m simply not kicking the ball,” Zuerlein mentioned after the sport. “I wouldn’t say the [windy] situations performed into it. It’s simply me not kicking the ball the correct manner, and outcomes confirmed for themselves. Not simply this sport, however earlier video games [Denver] as properly. These guys deserve higher, and I can do higher. I simply have to do it.’
“Typically, I’m simply not hitting the ball the correct manner, the best way I understand how. As we speak, it got here to chunk us. I’m making an attempt varied issues to get that fastened. Day-after-day in follow, I’m going on the market [trying] to get rid of these … these unhealthy kicks, as a result of they’re costing us.”
Regardless of his kicker’s disappointing file to date this season, Jets head coach Jeff Ulbrich has insisted that he has full religion in Zuerlein to show issues round earlier than they get any worse.
