FRISCO, Texas — A week after trying out for Washington, Mike Nugent will kick against them Sunday with the Dallas Cowboys.
Nugent didn’t get the job with the Redskins, so instead he’ll fill in for Dan Bailey, the most accurate in NFL history among kickers with at least 100 attempts.
The Cowboys don’t know how long Bailey will be out after he injured his right groin — he’s a right-footed kicker — in last week’s 40-10 win at San Francisco.
But Nugent did let it slip that he could be doing this “for the next few weeks.