Having won the Jets’ training camp kicking competition doesn’t change Greg Zuerlein’s mentality one iota.
“I don’t think there’s every any relief, if you can say that,” Zuerlein said after Wednesday’s practice, his first after Eddy Piñeiro was released the day before. “I’m still going out there and kicking as if there’s a guy right next to me. It doesn’t matter if there is or is not. What you put on tape is who you’re going to be, and just because he isn’t here today, it doesn’t mean he won’t be here the next day. That’s’ how I go about business.”
Business has been pretty good for the man who has gone by several different nicknames over his decade in the NFL. He converted 82.0% of his field goal tries in eight seasons with the Rams, including 33 kicks of 50-plus yards and that including two kicks of 60-plus. In 2017 he was an All-Pro and a Pro Bowler. In his past two seasons with the Cowboys, he hit 82.9% of his FG tries and drew…
