Packers worktout punters today

[Scott Campbell]

I just never understood why the place kicker cant punt...never made sense to me.

Great pro prospect. Hit the game winner against Oregon State last week.

http://www.sltrib.com/utahutes/ci_10478804

[KYPack]

It can happen Tony, but not much.

Craig Hentrich, our old punter can do it.

So can this guy. In the Falcons' first preseason game of 2006, Michael Koenen made four field goals, from 53, 50, 40, and 45 yards, along with doing the punting and kickoff duties. Koenen was slated to do the placekicking, punting, and kickoffs for the Falcons, something that is rarely done in the NFL by one player; [2] however after converting only two of eight field goal attempts, Morten Andersen was brought in to take over field goal duties leaving Koenen to focus on punts and kickoffs for the Falcons.
Koenen returned solely as the Falcons' punter; the club signed Billy Cundiff to handle the other kicking duties.[2] Cundiff was released before the season; Matt Prater was signed but also released after a short while, and the placekicking was again done by Andersen.
A restricted free agent in the 2008 offseason, Koenen was tendered a one-year, $1.417 million contract by the Falcons. He re-signed on April 14.

A few guys can do it, but they are super versatile kickers. It's like a guy who is ambidextrous.

It's rare, but not unusual. (Old Joe Kuharic quote)

[Patler]

It can happen Tony, but not much.

Craig Hentrich, our old punter can do it.

So can this guy. In the Falcons' first preseason game of 2006, Michael Koenen made four field goals, from 53, 50, 40, and 45 yards, along with doing the punting and kickoff duties. Koenen was slated to do the placekicking, punting, and kickoffs for the Falcons, something that is rarely done in the NFL by one player; [2] however after converting only two of eight field goal attempts, Morten Andersen was brought in to take over field goal duties leaving Koenen to focus on punts and kickoffs for the Falcons.
Koenen returned solely as the Falcons' punter; the club signed Billy Cundiff to handle the other kicking duties.[2] Cundiff was released before the season; Matt Prater was signed but also released after a short while, and the placekicking was again done by Andersen.
A restricted free agent in the 2008 offseason, Koenen was tendered a one-year, $1.417 million contract by the Falcons. He re-signed on April 14.

A few guys can do it, but they are super versatile kickers. It's like a guy who is ambidextrous.

It's rare, but not unusual. (Old Joe Kuharic quote)

For that matter, Ryan Longwell can punt, too. He did both in college and was better known for his punting than placekicking. Just the opposite for Hentrich, who did both but was perceived more as a placekicker at Notre Dame and with the Jets. For a while at Tennessee he also kicked off and handled all long fieldgoal attempts. But in the end they decided it screwed up his punting when he was asked to placekick and/or kickoff.

There are some who can do both, but it seems better for them if they don't. Even when "regular" players handled those duties, rarely did you see any one handle both.

[SnakeLH2006]

TT was an idiot for releasing Ryan and now Karma is kicking TT's ass. I love it.

Wow.....Earth must have entered a black hole. I AGREE WITH YOU. Damn, but who cares really. Frost sucks and besides Ryan's cool breaking tackles when the punt breaks down this shit is meaningless like this thread. Both punters have sucked as neither can directional punt. Ryan's big booming occasional punts are moot as both have similar stats.

[Patler]

TT was an idiot for releasing Ryan and now Karma is kicking TT's ass. I love it.

Both punters have sucked as neither can directional punt. Ryan's big booming occasional punts are moot as both have similar stats.

I agree, so far Frost has not been much of an upgrade. But, prior to this year, Frost was known as a very good directional punter. When he first came to GB the paper had a couple quotes from players who said he was amazing in practice at controlling the ball. Even now, I don't think direction has been a problem, he has pinned returners against the sidelines. The biggest issue for him the last couple weeks has been no hang time and at least one short punt each game.

Frost was fine for several years, until the middle of last season when he tailed off in consistency. So far he hasn't seemed to find the answer.