Might as well throw Taylor Mehlhaff in the mix: http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/taylor-mehlhaff?id=1373 Mehlhaff's senior season was his finest, picking up All-American and All-Big Ten honors. He tied for the conference title and ranked 16th nationally with an average of 1.62 field goals per game. He finished 23rd in the country with just 50 kickoffs returned for a 19.64 average on 77 kicks, with 27 touchbacks. He led the team with a career-high 105 points scored, connecting on 21-of-25 field goals and 42-of-43 extra-point attempts. His 21 field goals rank second on the school single-season list. He also made two tackles. In 51 games at Wisconsin, Mehlhaff handled kickoff duties in each of those contests and field goal/PAT chores in 39 clashes. He connected on 50-of-65 field goals (76.92%) and 145-of-148 extra-point attempts (97.97%) for 295 points, the second-highest total on the school's career scoring list. He recorded nine tackles (four solo) and kicked off 287 times for 18,018 yards (62.78-yard distance average), as 123 of those boots resulted in touchbacks, six were kicked out of bounds and 160 were returned (55.75%) for 3,160 yards (19.55 avg) with no touchdowns, as the opposition's average start point was the 23-yard line.
Carney might be available after Tynes gets healthy in about a week or two. He's solid and kicking for the Giants already. I wouldn't leave out ol' man Morten. Yes, he will not hit a 50 yarder, but neither will Nuge. Also, he's pretty much automatic on those tricky 20 & 30 yarders that Nuge seems to suck at.
I like the prospect of adding feely considering he has played in the stadium before. If he is indeed a locker room cancer then we should go with someone else.
Feely kicked 21 of 23 last year for the Fins, then got cut after one day in KC. The guy must be a major douchebag or ate Father Time's corned beef sandwich. Maybe he mentioned to Herm how unbelievably fast he dismantled KC's offense in only two years. Either way he seems the best bet.
I know Feely has a big mouth...but talent wise, he has to be the choice. Plus, he's kicked in Giants stadium before...he's in familiar territory.
The Giants cut Feely because he wanted to get a bigger contract and GM Jerry Reese didn't think Feely had much left in the tank in terms of leg strength. Parcells cut him because he can't shut his damn mouth. Last I saw him consistently he was pretty good, but not great, on kickoffs. Field goals were another story, aside from the Seattle debacle there were other times he would just misfire. Still, he's not a terrible kicker. And he may stay quiet because of his situation with the Jets.
