NFC East

Cowboys to stick with struggling Brett Maher but are signing PK to practice squad

FRISCO, Texas — Distraught kicker Brett Maher has the yips. There is no other way to explain missing an NFL playoff record four extra points and five straight over the past two games. But with a short week before Sunday’s NFC Divisional Playoff game at the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys have little choice but to stick by Maher and hope he can return to the process that saw him fashion the finest season ever by a Cowboys kicker and set a franchise record for points scored (123). “At the end of the day, we all have a job to do,” McCarthy said. “He knows he has to put the ball through th…