Dominic Zvada has wasted no time making himself comfortable in the NFL.
The New York Giants rookie kicker has been perfect through four weeks, knocking through all five of his extra-point tries and all nine of his field-goal attempts. He accounted for every point in the Giants’ Week 3 win over the Tennessee Titans, then delivered again in Week 4 against the Arizona Cardinals with three more field goals, including kicks from 50 and 52 yards.
For a first-year player, Zvada doesn’t sound like he’s trying to survive the moment. He sounds like someone who came into the league already knowing how he wanted to handle it. Part of that, he said, started in training camp.
“Throughout training camp they were doing a really good job of trying to get us in as much of a game-like situation as possible with just a little bit of fun hostility. And so, yeah, they did a great job, and it really helped prepare all of us for the preseason, and then obviously the season,” Zvada said.
“It kind of got us ready for that early so that when we got to the games, we were already used to that sort of thing, so I thought it was great work, and hopefully they continue to do it.”
He’s also leaned on the same routine that carried him through college.
“Throughout college I was able to kind of get into a good routine and I’ve kind of stuck with that,” he said on Tuesday. “Really the focus going into the season was just to come in and get better every single day and stay focused on the task at hand.”
Zvada beat Ben Sauls in a training camp competition, and so far that decision has paid off for the Giants.
Now the rookie and the Giants turn to Week 5, when they face the Washington Commanders on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET inside Northwest Stadium. The game will air on FOX and stream on the FOX One app.
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