the situation did not improve. Folk went to see one of the best hip doctors in the nation, he is the same guy who did A-rod’s surgery, so he should be in good hands.

When I heard about Folk’s surgery I figured Buehler must be been insurance to some extent, but according to Mosley:

On Wednesday, we wondered aloud whether the Dallas Cowboys knew Pro Bowl kicker Nick Folk was about to have hip surgery when they drafted USC kicker David Buehler in the fifth round. My suspicion was that they had to know it was at least an option, but a Cowboys source told me that’s not the case.

Tuesday’s surgery on Folk’s right hip “came out of left field,” according to the source. The hip injury was reportedly bothering Folk the final five weeks of last season, but the club thought a couple months of rest would do the trick. Folk is expected to be healthy in time for training camp, but at least the Cowboys have a Plan B now.

If Folk’s healthy enough to handle the place-kicking duties, Buehler will likely be the kickoff specialist and holder. And since I’ve read a lot of people criticizing Folk’s kickoffs the past couple seasons, you should know former special teams coach Bruce Read asked him to do a lot of directional kicking. Folk has a powerful leg, so I don’t think it would be that difficult to turn him into a decent kickoff man. If you’re going to carry a kickoff specialist to the games, the goal would be at least 30 touchbacks per season.

1. never bothered me, he still played his position well but I do think Scandrick or Jenkins are primed to do it better.

1. Losing Roy, Tank Johnson and getting more desprate-to-stick players will help the quality of tackling and hitting. Even Hamlin will have to use better technique, given how many players Dallas has suddenly acquired at his position.

1. needs good health across the board. Would Montrae Holland show up for more than one game? Holland could of saved Dallas’ season last year but he ended up injured as well. Kyle Kosier and Flozel are good players but how much faith can we have in the left side of the line?

Kitna might get us by for a game or two, maybe three, but asking him to play well for 5 games is asking a lot. If he was still that good, Lions would have never let him go.

Felix simply makes our offense go from good to really good, you know the saying, speed kills.

 I didn’t have hbo last year. Bennett was an unbelievable air head and acted like a six year old brat when his coaches ‘coached’ him. For all his size speed and talent, he was a complete dipstick. I hope he has his head screwed on right this year. We need to run a two TE offense a lot, and with two pass catching TE’s it’s all the better.

Seriously?

I mean Kitna’s better than Brad, but he was going to be cut by DET. I wouldn’t feel too confident if he had to start “a bunch of games”.