Younghoe Koo is likely to be the most recent winner within the recreation of musical chairs amongst Giants’ kickers.
With Graham Gano (neck) injured and never training, head coach Brian Daboll declared Thursday that Younghoe Koo shall be able to go for Sunday’s street recreation towards the Bears.
That ended the hypothesis that the Giants may flip again to Jude McAtamaney – who crammed in for Gano for 4 video games earlier this season – if Gano is sidelined.
“We’re going to get Koo able to go,” Daboll stated, “and if he needs to be the man, he’ll be the man.”
Gano reported to the power Monday with a “sore neck,” Daboll stated, however didn’t point out something throughout Sunday’s recreation.
He missed a 45-yard aim in his second recreation again from injured reserve (groin).
After the loss to the 49ers, Gano defended his monitor document in an interview with The Publish by mentioning that he solely has missed three kicks (18-of-21 on discipline objectives, 24-of-25 on PATs) in two years.
The larger concern is that he has missed 20 video games in three years — and he has performed injured in three video games the place the Giants’ incapacity to kick was a difference-maker.
“Solely miss all day — warm-ups and all,” Gano informed The Publish. “Must hit that one. … My job is to make my kicks, which I’ve been doing a reasonably rattling good job of.”
The Giants are usually not going again to McAtamney, a second-year professional who’s on the observe squad by means of a global roster exemption.
He missed three PATs, together with two within the Giants’ 33-32 loss to the Broncos.
Koo was lower by the Falcons after going 2-for-3 in Week 1. He has made 85.8 p.c of his discipline objectives throughout an eight-year profession.
“Koo has kicked rather well, so we’d have final confidence with him going on the market,” particular groups coordinator Michael Ghobrial stated. “He has the expertise of being in a variety of NFL stadiums. Coming right here, understanding the operation, getting his particular maintain the precise method that he desires it, I feel was vital. It’s been very rhythmic and it’s been replicated over and over to the place it’s constant now.”
If Koo kicks, he would be the seventh completely different participant to try a PAT or discipline aim during the last three years.
