Without even being prompted, Cowboys coach Wade Phillip...

Sep 24, 2010

Without even being prompted, Cowboys coach Wade Phillips defended his placekicker. David Buehler has missed two of his four field-goal attempts this season, and he missed four in practice Wednesday before the media's access period ended.

On Thursday, Buehler did not kick during the 30 minutes the media is allowed to watch practice.

"As far as our field-goal kicker, you go out and you watch a few kicks and decide whether a guy can kick or not. It's really not how we do it," Phillips said. "I mean, the guy kicks over a hundred balls a week, and we have every one of those filmed, and he's working to try to get better as we're working.

Fantasy Impact:

This is a fantasy situation worth avoiding. There are enough kickers usually available that do not need any protection from the media.

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.