Two former star NFL kickers crush Jets over their self-made mess of a kicking game

The New York Jets’ kicking game, to put it kindly, is a total mess.

On Tuesday the team cut Kaare Vedvik, who missed both of his kicks in the 17-16 Week 1 loss to the Bills, and added Sam Ficken, who was recently cut by the Green Bay Packers.

Ficken is now the fourth kicker the Jets have had since the start of training camp, which is ridiculous.

You might remember that the Jets had a Pro Bowl kicker in Jason Myers but former GM Mike Maccagnan, who was fired in May, opted not to re-sign him in the offseason.

Myers is now with the Seahawks and went a perfect 3-for-3 in Seattle’s win over the Bengals on Sunday.

A couple of former kickers, Lawrence Tynes, who won two Super Bowls with the Giants, and Jay Feely, a former Pro Bowler, crushed the Jets over their terrible decision to not bring back Myers:

Blows my mind that they let Myers walk. A young Pro Bowl Kicker is worth every cent. Instead, they go cheap and this is what they get. My Dad always told me, you get what you pay for. I like Ficken, has had some good moments in the NFL hopefully he does well there. https://t.co/1ln23d99OW

— Lawrence Tynes (@lt4kicks) September 10, 2019

Feely agreed:

More games then any year ever before in NFL history were decided by 3 pts or less last year. And you have a strong legged kicker who figured out how to be accurate and you don’t value that?? Especially for a young team that will play close games 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/0ttPCPvDFY

— Jay Feely (@jayfeely) September 10, 2019

Ficken, by the way, has only kicked in four NFL games in his career and is 3 of 6 with a long of 34 so, yeah, things could get even worse for the Jets.