Saints release Aldrick Rosas, agree to terms with Cody Parkey
 

With Will Lutz still on injured reserve, the Saints are swapping kickers.

New Orleans released Aldrick Rosas on Tuesday after the kicker missed another field goal in the team’s loss to the Giants on Sunday. Rosas previously missed a pair of field goals in the Saints victory over New England in Week Three.

With Rosas out, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that New Orleans has agreed to terms with Cody Parkey. He was most recently with the Browns who released him off injured reserve in August. In his second stint with Cleveland in 2020, Parkey was 19-for-22 on field goals and 43-for-47 on extra points. He also sent 56 percent of his kickoffs for touchbacks.

Parkey has made 85 percent of his career field goals and 94 percent of his extra points.

Lutz is eligible to return from IR at any time after missing three games due to core muscle surgery.
re: Pro Football Talk

Re: Saints release Aldrick Rosas, agree to terms with Cody Parkey
 

Not surprised the move was made, but how many really good kickers are out there without a team?

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Parkey is a better option. Of course...I'm probably a better option at this point. Lol

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Important to get our kicker right, because Lutz's status still seems kind of iffy - at least looking from the outside.

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Meanwhile Verity is wondering WTF!

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Re: Saints release Aldrick Rosas, agree to terms with Cody Parkey
 

I guess when kickers start costing you games, you make moves.

This should have been done weeks ago.

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What is the big deal about Verity? He made some kicks in a preseason game against the Saints so now he's some sort of kicking machine? If he was really as great as some around here think why hasn't any of the other 31 teams snatched him off of the practice squad?

Well?

Re: Saints release Aldrick Rosas, agree to terms with Cody Parkey
 

Same reason we snatched up Will Lutz from the Ravens a few years ago. He's consistent, young, and accurate. If the Ravens still have you on their squad as a kicker, you must be legit. They just so happen to have a legend, J Tucker, in front of him.

Low-risk, high reward on Verity ... Unless you believe our offense is so good that we can't use his services :eek:

Lutz had a groin injury & those can & will linger.

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How do you know he is consistent? He's never attempted a regular season kick in the NFL. I'll give you young. Accurate? Maybe. No way to know for sure until he actually kicks for real.

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I too was hoping Verity would become the Saints kicker, but after looking at his college stats I am not so sure:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb...-verity-1.html

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6 - 7 extra points. 4-5 FG attempts. Is that not consistent?

He couldn't be any worse than the Cody or the dude we just cut. You can only do so much when Tucker is getting all the reps at practice. Nonetheless, Verity is a damn good kicker & sure as hell got my attention in the preseason and also against playing us (53 yarder). Pre-season is for evaluation right?

"The only difference between a 1st rounder and an undrafted player is an opportunity". Tom Brady

The Saints aren't good enough to get by right now. We need all of the points we can get.

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Isn't Parkey the guy who played for the Browns in 2018 and could have beat us, had he not missed 3 or 4 FG's?

I'd rather Taysom kick if so -_-

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In preseason against backup special teamers ... nothing there to get excited about. He kicked a 53 yard meaningless FG against us in preseason. Once again, if he was all that then why hasn't any of the other 31 teams picked him up off the PS?

As Matthew pointed out, Verity was only 14-21 in FG attempts his senior year at East Carolina. 74-98 his entire career. He was no more than average at a small school.

What's the hype?

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Bahahahaha! He does everything else. Probably can kick too.

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That was Zane Gonzales. Trust me I know I was there.

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Doesn't matter now we got Perky Parkey kicking for us until Lutz gets back. Rosas just wasn't getting it done so on we go.

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Good shout lol

So Parkey is the Chicago double doink guy isn't he?

Re: Saints release Aldrick Rosas, agree to terms with Cody Parkey
 

A week late.

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One more note on the PK Verity. I remember hearing the former Bucs GM, Mark Dominik, talking about the importance of maintaining good relations with fellow GM's around the league. It had to do with snatching players either while being released for an in season move to the practice squad or signing off of the practice squad. While it is well within the rules it could hamper future dealings with the other team's management. He said something about weighing the benefits against the clear drawback.

That got me thinking about the situation with Verity. Practice squad players hold more value to a team than does a free agent, of course. They likely have a greater value to most other teams, as well. This coupled with a rule that requires paying three weeks of the players salary if claimed off of another team's practice squad, regardless of whether they remain on the acquiring team's roster for less time than that or not, could be problematic. This would render a practice squad player a poor candidate for a very short term active roster pickup. First off you would be burning a minimum of three times the rookie base salary for a single week's usage against your cap. Secondly, you can be assured that any move to demote the player to your own practice squad to get future value would fail as they would surely be snatched back up by some other club via waivers for their own practice squad.

Would this be worth the cost of the move and the possibility of pissing off a fellow GM in addition? I feel this type of move might be worth it for a player that is likely to remain on the acquiring team's roster for an extended period, but a free agent would be more logical for short term usage with only a game to game obligation in regards to both cap and business relations.

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I see your point about paying a player three weeks if you only need them for one. I'm of the opinion that this isn't a game to management. They would do it to me and therefore I'm willing to "play that game" to get a player I want or need. Business dealings can be very cut throat.

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This is to the point that Dominik was trying to make. He said that the more established and successful GM's are the ones that maintain those good relations. He said that the philosophy of "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" tends to get you further than "what comes around goes around" in that business. He basically said a GM needs to weigh the consequences in every move, something that matters not to the average fan.