The Redskins gave Billy Cundiff another week after he missed three field goals in a win at Tampa Bay, but after he missed a key 31-yarder in a loss to the Falcons the Skins cut him.

On Tuesday, they tried out former Panther Olindo Mare and another experienced kicker in Josh Brown but they finally decided on a player who has never attempted a kick in the NFL – former UCLA kicker Kai Forbath.

Forbath kicked a 57 yarder in high school, a 51-yard game winner in college and a 55-yard field goal during preseason with the Tampa Bay Bucs. But he failed to make the roster as former UNC kicker Connor Barth held on to his job.

It’s been a kicker merry-go-round for years for the Skins since Chip Lohmiller held down the position from 1988 to 1994. Some of the names of kickers since then are Eddie Murray, Scott Blanton, John Hall, Jose Cortez, Brett Conway, Kris Heppner, Nick Novak, Michael Husted, Chris Jacke, Cary Blanchard, Ola Kimrin, James Tuthill, David Akers (big mistake letting him go) and Shaun Suisham.

Graham Gano, last year’s starter, and Neil Rackers, the former Packer, battled it out in preseason only for Cundiff to be signed when he became available.

Mare, considered one of the NFL’s most accurate field goal kickers in recent years, signed with the Panthers for the 2011 season. Mare led the NFL with 53 touchbacks but his field goal accuracy was only 78.6 percent. He was cut in August. Mare, 39, who has spent most of his career in Miami, is trying to hook on with a team for his 17th season in the NFL.