4 former Cowboys players who are still surprisingly free agents

2. Brett Maher

Let’s address the elephant in the room: Ex-Cowboys kicker Brett Maher had an atrocious, god-awful postseason.

The 33-year-old missed a record-breaking four extra points in the first round of the playoffs last year. In the Divisional Round matchup against the 49ers, Maher missed another extra point. He had a terrible case of the yips. That’s all anyone can really say about that.

Apart from his postseason performance, Maher was actually pretty dependable on field goals and extra points, going 29-of-32 on field goal tries and 50-of-53 on extra point tries.

His valiant efforts during the 2022 season has led some teams to already pick up a flyer on him. The Denver Broncos reportedly had him over for a tryout earlier this month, and he’ll probably receive a few more calls by the offseason’s end.

Brett Maher may have carved his name into the Cowboys’ wall of infamy, yet it would be too early to call his career over. He has completed 95.5 percent of his extra points and 81.0 percent of his field goals all-time; in 2022, he completed a career-high 90.6 percent of his field goals.

Kickers are one of the positions with the highest turnover in the league, and just because Maher kicked his future away on the Cowboys last postseason doesn’t mean he won’t return to prime form on another team.