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Rouen will test his leg at practice on Friday. Brown filled in capably for Rouen last week.

Brown had two kicks blocked early, but recovered to make one as the clock expired in the fourth quarter.

They’re moving forward with rookie Greg Zuerlein. Brown was due $2.7 million in base salary, and the new Rams regime deemed him unworthy of that price after he missed 7-of-28 field goal tries last season. Brown will resurface, but probably for something closer to the veteran’s minimum.

Westhoff concedes that Folk had the edge entering last summer’s competition with Nick Novak, but that won’t be the case with Josh Brown this time around. Westhoff was disappointed that the position wasn’t upgraded during the draft, as the Jets were believed to be interested in Vikings sixth-rounder Blair Walsh.

Coach Rex Ryan confirmed Brown will battle Nick Folk for kicking duties this summer. Although Brown has been slightly more consistent than Folk over the past three years, he hasn’t battled the elements on a regular basis since signing with the Rams in 2008. The two have been fairly even on kickoffs.

Brown is a top 10 fantasy kicker for his distance.

Nick Folk went 3-for-3 on field goals Sunday night while Brown was 1-for-2, thus ending the competition. Folk wins the right to kick for one of the league’s worst offenses. Fantasy owners should be reaching higher.

Spoken like a true Jets coach. “I’ve had some great kickers in my career, but no one’s had a better camp than these two guys.” Kicker could hold value on a Jets team that will settle for plenty of field goals, but neither player is worth a draft pick before the competition is over. Brown has the more accurate leg, and is likely the favorite.

After going 7-for-7 on field goals in the season’s first four games, Arizona kicker Jay Feely has been a bit erratic in the past three weeks. Feely has hit just 4-of-7 in the three games, but he did nail a 61-yard kick in that span. Brown spent the preseason with the Jets after he was released by the Rams following the 2011 campaign.

It’s Nugent’s first full practice since pulling his calf ahead of Week 14. We’ll know he’s ready to kick in Week 17 if the Bengals release Josh Brown, who has gone 8-of-9 on field goals while filling in.