Kicking Competitions!

Edition #1103: Which kicking competitions should we be keeping an eye on?

Good Morning ☕

How about those NY Knicks. At one point on that game last night the Cavs reached a 99.9% win probability…and then Jalen Brunson turned it up and dragged the Knicks over the line with a little help from Bridges/Shamet to give the Knicks a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Finals. (Knicks Film School has you covered for all the reaction to that incredible ending).

Playoffs…there’s nothing like it. We will feel that sensation again!

One of the good and bad things about the NFL off-season is it’s length. The Jets usually start their season in early September and by late October we’re usually looking towards the next season. That gives us a good 10 months to overanalyse and become infatuated on certain issues.

We all hope that next season we’ll be locked into the 2026 season through to its bitter end. I don’t have Championship aspirations, but I’d by lying if I said I wasn’t partly hopeful of getting into the dance, even if I fully expect us to be bounced to the sideline during the first dance.

For now we have all the time in the world to talk about a subject close to my heart, the old kicker conundrum.

---

NEWS & NOTES 🗞️

• It’s not just Jets fans getting carried away about Cade…SI named him one of the biggest sleepers from the NFL draft.

  • “It was very impressive to hear Cade Klubnik speak at the podium during the New York Jets’ rookie minicamp. He spoke with poise and exuberated the type of leadership required to thrive at the quarterback position. Klubnik will have to showcase a similar comfort level on the field for it to matter, but it’s very interesting that the Jets met with essentially every mid-round quarterback in this draft and identified him as the potential steal.”

• For the first time in a while, the Jets and Giants won’t be holding a joint-practice this off-season according to Paul Schwartz:

  • “The Giants will have a joint practice with the Dolphins leading into the August 22 preseason game in Miami Gardens. That will be the only joint practice in John Harbaugh’s first summer with the Giants. No joint practice this year with the Jets,”

---

Kicking Competitions 🟢⚪🗽

We’ve already worked through Nick Folk bolting for Atlanta, and I’ve already expressed my opinion that the Jets kicker in 2026 will come from outside the building at some point before we kick things off in Tennessee.

It’s absolutely plausible that one of Lenny Krieg or Cade York kicks well enough to be given the starting gig. Krieg already outkicked Will Ferrin in rookie camp, clearing the first hurdle, but he’s a long way from securing that roster spot.

A lot of NFL teams are only carrying one kicker through the off-season, but some are carrying at least two, the Browns are carrying 3 punters for one reason or another, known only to them. So which kicking competitions should we as Jets fans be focusing on, other than our own of course.

Indianapolis Colts: Spencer Shrader vs Blake Grupe