FRISCO -- Mike Nugent is not feeling extra pressure because he's filling in for the most accurate kicker in NFL history.

Nugent, signed by the Cowboys on Tuesday, has already had conversations with Dan Bailey and he expects to have many more.

Bailey injured his groin Sunday at San Francisco and is expected to miss the next two to four games.

"The way I look at it, even though I'm older than Dan, he's the best," Nugent said Wednesday. "So I get to hang out with the best every single day. I'm excited just to sit down with him. We've already talked a lot. I'm just excited to hear certain situations he's been in and how he's handled it because I've seen it just on film or TV.

"I'm excited I get to [fill in for the best in the business] for the next few weeks."

Nugent spent the previous 12 seasons kicking for the Jets, Buccaneers, Cardinals and Bengals. He worked with the New York Giants in training camp but was part of the team's final roster cuts.

"It's a very good opportunity just to get back on the field," Nugent said. "I was lucky enough to be signed by the Giants in training camp and get to work with some good guys there and get some good exposure. I've been in training camps where I've attempted two field goals and where I've attempted 15. So I got to get out there for some long ones and that was great. It's good that it isn't Week 14 and the fact that it's only [seven] weeks after camp."

Nugent's career-long field goal came from 55 yards in 2012. His longest last season was a 47-yarder.

So what distance is he comfortable with now?

"Even though I'm 35 and I'm not 25 any more, I feel like I'm the strongest I've been at this point, so I haven't hit that part of the bell curve where it starts to tail off," Nugent said. "I hate to put a number on it, but everyone has their number where they have to put a little bit more on it. For me, it's somewhere up in the 50s."