Texans release Randy Bullock; sign Nick Novak

Fat Randy is gonna be loving the NYC street food.

 

For his sake he better perform, or the NYC folks are gonna go HAM and that ham.

 

Based on the initial reactions in this thread regarding kickers... yes, yes it should.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Giants?src=hash">#Giants</a> sign DT Montori Hughes, release K Randy Bullock.<br><br>Details &gt;&gt; <a href="https://t.co/SHqjUqe89m">https://t.co/SHqjUqe89m</a> <a href="https://t.co/cvJDLGQkIT">pic.twitter.com/cvJDLGQkIT</a></p>&mdash; New York Giants (@Giants) <a href="https://twitter.com/Giants/status/775762461437853696">September 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Not to defend Bullock, or anything - but why didn't New York go for 2 there? Up 20-19, that extra point is meaningless. If I'm a Giant fan, and my new coach blows a call that easy... I'm a little worried.

 

It will be difficult for Fat Randy to find another gig in the NFL. He's a 4th year kicker who's already been cut/not signed 3 times.

 

novak is a very underrated pickup (hopefully i'm not jinxing)

and i feel that the larry izzo hire is a solid move on the FO..

ST coverage seems so much better

 

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Randy... You sly dog, you...

 

They were tied 19-19. He missed the kick on the 2nd TD.

 

I didn't realize it was Bullock that missed it. I told my homeboy, damn this kicker sucks. Then, I looked a little closer, and thought, "damn that is one fat ass kicker" and then realized it was the one and only Fat Randy.

 

Congrats to old friend Randy "Fat Randy" Bullock! More proof once you leave the Texans, good things happen to you/your career!

 

Fat Randy got better?

 

Yes thank you Randy

 

Just goes to show, that if a team drafts you in the fifth round as a kicker, you will not succeed with said team.

See Daniel Carlson.

 

We're starting to see the kicking position is a lot like baseball. Performance at lower levels means nothing if you're able to kick on the big stage. Doesn't make a lot of sense, since its basically the same fields, same balls, same conditions... but that's where the mental component is just that much a part of the game, and you cannot simulate that at a combine or OTA.

If I had aspirations of contending, I'd be leery of any rookie kicker... and I certainly wouldn't invest huge resources or multiple picks in acquiring one.