It’s Day 26 of Going For Two, featuring Cameron Nizialek and Tre Norwood Welcome to Going For Two! Over the 45 days leading up to the Pittsburgh Steelers 2022 training camp, we will be highlighting two players every day in order to cover the entire 90-man offseason roster.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed punter Cameron Nizialek to a Reserve/Future contract, the team announced. Nizialek punted the first four games for the Atlanta Falcons after spending time on their practice squad the year before.
Hurst, 28, is due to be a free agent in March since the Falcons declined his fifth-year option.
The Atlanta Falcons have signed punter Thomas Morstead to the active roster ahead of Sunday's game with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Falcons lost Cameron Nizialek to a hamstring injury earlier this season and put his replacement Dustin Colquitt on the reserve/COVID list earlier this week.
The JTM news is a bit of a shocker. The Falcons have barely played Jacob Tuioti-Mariner in 2021, which is somewhat of a surprise given their limited outside linebacker depth and his production in his limited opportunities.
The Falcons are close to getting punter Cameron Nizialek back off of injured reserve, as he returned to practice on Wednesday. Veteran Dustin Colquitt has been handling punts in Nizialek’s absence.
Oliver, who is in a contract year, is set to undergo surgery Wednesday.
Atlanta loses a key defender and their punter. Watching Isaiah Oliver and Cameron Nizialek’s injuries on Sunday, it was difficult not to be pessimistic about their respective outlooks.
Most NFL teams don’t intentionally carry 2 punters so is the writing on the wall for Nizialek? You know when Younghoe Koo is called upon to punt the ball, something has gone horribly wrong.
We’ll hope it’s not serious. The Falcons already lost cornerback Isaiah Oliver in this one, and now they might be down their punter. Cameron Nizialek has left the game with an injury, per multiple reports, and he may also be out of the game.
The Atlanta Falcons lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week 48-25, and the game turned on a punt by each team. Holding on to a slim 28-25 lead, Tampa Bay was forced to punt in the fourth quarter.
The longtime Chiefs punter will presumably replace Cameron Nizialek. Atlanta vowed to look around for punter options after Cam Nizialek shanked a pair of punts against the Buccaneers, though they were careful to say they hadn’t definitively decided that they were making a switch.
Atlanta Falcons punter Cameron Nizialek had a day to forget on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Moments after Tampa punter Bradley Pinion boomed a 57 yard punt inside the five of Atlanta, Nizialek shanked a 33 yard punt from his own end zone in the fourth quarter of a game the Falcons trailed 28-25.
The Falcons didn’t wait long to decide to move on from their punter. Hopefully, they gave him a seat back to Atlanta before doing so. The team will waive Cameron Nizialek this week, Jeff Schultz of TheAthletic.com reports.
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