A few weeks ago, before Graham Gano’s knee injury became problematic for the New York Giants, special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey was asked about the comfort of having a veteran placekicker he knew and trusted.
“You always want to have the veteran guy. When you have a proven guy, you don’t want to give away a proven guy. You get a guy that’s done it for a long time,” McGaughey said. “Because I tell people this all the time: once you get on the kicker train, the destination is unknown. So, when you’re on that train that’s been steady, and you know the destination, you know exactly where you’re going, you like to ride on that train.