The Cleveland Browns used a fourth-round pick on LSU kicker Cade York last year with the hope he could stabilize the position for them.
Last year, he made 24 of 32 field goals and missed two extra points. Things weren’t any better on Thursday.
After missing two game-winning field goals against the Eagles, Browns kicker Cade York ominously deleted a social media post celebrating an earlier kick.
The second-year kicker, who finished 3-of-4 on field goal attempts in the 18–18 tie with Philadelphia, was caught sharing a team post celebrating his conversion of a first-half field goal during halftime.
After the uninspiring finish of the contest, the post was deleted.
With two minutes left in the game, York was given a chance to kick the winning field goal, but he failed to do so twice. York missed a game-winning try wide right from 47 yards during Thursday’s preseason game in Philadelphia. An Eagles penalty, however, gave York another chance, but he missed it yet again.
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York’s poor day to finish Thursday’s contest won’t likely help Browns fans feel any better about his preseason kicking woes. Last week, York misfired on a 46-yard field goal try in Cleveland’s preseason game against Washington.
“Cade’s our kicker,” said Stefanski, who noted the Browns would not be bringing another kicker into training camp for now. “We support him. We have a ton of confidence in him. That’s really as simple as that.”
“Now’s the time to work on our craft,” Stefanski said. “Kickers want to make every kick. We want Cade to make every kick. You just got to continue to work through it. … The kid works very hard. He’ll continue to do that.”
He should probably start by not sharing posts on social media until the job is actually finished.
