wpr
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8 years ago

I think a great punter matters a lot.

The Bears used excellent special teams to be a force under Lovie. Their punter, Maynard. was instrumental to their success. They also had a great D as luigis noted as important.

Packers missed Craig Hentrich for years. He's never really been replaced.

Wouldn't hate drafting a punter but BJ Sander flashbacks linger.

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I know but Thompson isn't stupid as as Sherman.
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8 years ago
Punter is a difficult call. I'd have not problem bringing in a punter to challenge for the spot.

Question is how much improvement would we expect out of a replacement. Schum Net Avg ended up at 39.1 for the season. Looking at the other averages around the league we would only expect to gain maybe 2-3 yards on that average.

One thing Schum was very good at was not allowing a return. I believe he allowed a return on only 28% of punts, a league low. Also during the play offs, he increased his net average to 43.5%.

Schum short coming is distance, he doesn't have the leg to boot one 70 yards from the endzone. But he is pretty good at not out kicking the coverage.

Also considering our offense, and our Kicker we end up in the lower 20% in number of punts. I don't see there being much gain so I would prefer not spending a Pick on a punter and bring in a FA off the street to compete with Schum.
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wpr
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8 years ago

Punter is a difficult call. I'd have not problem bringing in a punter to challenge for the spot.

Question is how much improvement would we expect out of a replacement. Schum Net Avg ended up at 39.1 for the season. Looking at the other averages around the league we would only expect to gain maybe 2-3 yards on that average.

One thing Schum was very good at was not allowing a return. I believe he allowed a return on only 28% of punts, a league low. Also during the play offs, he increased his net average to 43.5%.

Schum short coming is distance, he doesn't have the leg to boot one 70 yards from the endzone. But he is pretty good at not out kicking the coverage.

Also considering our offense, and our Kicker we end up in the lower 20% in number of punts. I don't see there being much gain so I would prefer not spending a Pick on a punter and bring in a FA off the street to compete with Schum.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins 



I get it. I don't know what improvement if any they will have using a draft pick. I doubt an UDFA (or a reject from another team) will get them a better punter than Schum.

That's why I suggest rolling the dice with the 6th or 7th round pick. The 2 or 3 punters who are slightly better than the rest may make a difference. After all, most of the position players drafted have not made much of an impact so it won't hurt the team if the punter doesn't work out either.

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