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Huston gets some competition

"We wanted a guy to come in here and put pressure on [Huston], who we really like a lot. Huston has a really strong leg. But we feel better about having a guy that's kicked in the league to come in and compete for the job, because we were basically handing it to [Huston] without a lot of competition. We want to put pressure on him to earn the job. And we want [Tynes] to earn the job as well. One of our goals is to have competition at every position."
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A reader asked the other day about the placekicking competition between Lawrence Tynes and Josh Huston. Both got the opportunity to try about a half-dozen field goals of 30-40 yards under live conditions. Huston made all of his kicks, while Tynes missed twice, clanging the right upright on one kick. It's not hard to see that Huston has a stronger leg. When he kicks the ball, there is carry on it. When Tynes kicks the ball you see more arc, and you clearly see the ball begin to die toward the end. This might be a more interesting competition than I thought.
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Big Blue View :: We have first-hand camp coverage!
 
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Shaun O?Hara captained the offense, while Antonio Pierce represented the defense. At the coin flip, Pierce called heads and it came up tails. ?He picked heads and tails never fails,? O?Hara said. The offense chose veteran Lawrence Tynes, while the defense had rookie Josh Huston.


With rookie Jay Alford snapping and Jeff Feagles holding, the entire team formed a ring around the kickers. With everyone yelling, Tynes and Huston both succeeded from 28 yards. When they moved back to 37 yards the defense chanted, ?miss, miss, miss,? but Tynes booted his kick right down the middle. Huston stepped up and the offense broke into a sing-song of ?Whitney, Whitney.? (That was for Whitney Houston). But the rookie stayed cool and made his 37-yarder.


Back they went to 45 yards. Tynes pulled his kick wide left. With a free hour there for the taking, the defense groaned (and the offense celebrated) as Huston hit the left upright and the ball bounced away, no good.


The next set of attempts was from 48 yards. Tynes? try was perfect. Huston pushed his wide right and the offensive players reacted as if they had just beaten Dallas on a last-second field goal.
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Giants Practice - Evening Update - FOX23 News - Coverage & Convenience
 
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Tynes and Huston both made attempts of 40-plus yards during the morning practice on Monday.

"We're both hitting some good balls," said Huston, an Ohio State kicker looking for his first NFL job. "It's close in terms of makes and misses. The kickoffs are close. We have three more weeks of practice, and the games will obviously be huge."
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After Saturday's performance, Coughlin believes Tynes is back in form.

"With the exception of one kick, he was very solid, so I think he did a good job," Coughlin said. "And Josh has been good. Josh actually, going into the weekend, his percentage was a little bit higher, but the other night it was Lawrence that did perform better."
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SportingNews.com - NFL - Tynes back to form after family crisis
 
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BIG SHOES: Although Lawrence Tynes has the NFL experience, Josh Huston got the early edge in camp to become Giants kicker because Tynes got a late start on his summer work because...
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KICKIN' IT AROUND
TYNES, HUSTON BATTLE TO AVOID GIANT BOOT
By PAUL SCHWARTZ

August 10, 2007 -- ALBANY - If the Giants' kicking derby is based on experience, Josh Huston might as well go on home now and leave the job to Lawrence Tynes. A quick exit, though, is not on Huston's mind; he's intent on sticking around as the Giants' place-kicker.

Huston said he hopes the battle is decided on the field and not by comparing resumes.

"The veterans have that, 'Hey, this is what I've done [attitude],' but just because I'm a young guy doesn't mean I don't have confidence," Huston said at Giants training camp. "I played at Ohio State and played in front of 105,000 people; played Texas, played Michigan, Notre Dame. I've been in pressure situations and I've had the confidence to come through in 'em."
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KICKIN' IT AROUND | By PAUL SCHWARTZ | New York Giants
 
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Give Josh Huston the early edge in the field goal kicking competition. Not only did he nail field goals of 30 and 50 yards, but he also put both his kickoffs at or beyond the goal line. Even better, he said, is that both kickoffs had more than the desired four-second hangtime. Coughlin took notice. "I didn't hurt myself tonight," Huston said.
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The Blue Screen: Update on the carnage from last night's game
 
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I actually wondered if Huston's kickoffs were high enough, or whether he was just line driving them to the endzone. Since I wasn't sitting there with a stop watch, and the Ravens got one excellent return and one good return, I assumed that he was line driving them. Obviously someone was sitting there with a stop watch, and he actually had good hang time. The rest of the Giants special teams just sucked on those kicks. Good for Josh. It would be nice to have a steady flow of kickers making it in the NFL to go along with WRs, DBs, LBs, and O-linemen. :biggrin:
 
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