DEAR TED...FIND US A DAM PUNTER

[falco]

Mooch?? Really???

[mmmdk]

Hoodlum: Wuz up wid u not givin' dem pooch guys some serious looks? Get it goin' TT or it's hang time, TT!

TT: Funny, you're a funny guy. Shouldn't you add: NO PUNT INTENDED too?

Hoodlum: Wuz dat?

TT: Thought so!

[Tarlam!]

The best punter in the draft was Zoltan Mesko. He went in the 5th, 4 picks later, TT selects Quarless.

At 169, the final pick in the 5th, TT selects Newhouse. At 172, the Bucs pick a Punter, Brent Bowden, who they eventually cut. His player page at NFL still has him listed as a Buc, so I assume he wanders the Earth with his cell phone waiting to ring.

The only other Punter drafted, is Matt dodge, who now kicks for the Giants. He went in the 7th, 221 overall. TT took starks at 193. He didn't get another pick until 230, where he took Wilson.

Quick stats:

Masthay, Tim PUNTS 24 AVG 43.1 LNG 58 IN 20 4 GB
Mesko, Zoltan PUNTS 16 AVG 44.2 LNG 65 IN 20 4 NE
Dodge, Matt PUNTS 25 AVG 45.2 LNG 64 IN 20 6 NYG
Malone, Robert* PUNTS 3 AVG 45.7 LNG 54 IN 20 2 TB
Ryan, Jon** PUNTS 29 AVG 42.0 LNG 56 IN 20 12 SEA

* The guy that replaced the Aussie
** The guy TT fired.

My summary: Based on what was available in the 2010 draft, TT made sound decisions. Could he have raided the Bucs practice squad for Malone? Could he have picked Dodge instead of Starks? Sure, but I'm glad he didn't. Ah, yeah, but the Punter he cut beat out Malone and was on the Bucs' roster.

The real mistake is that the punting coach couldn't tickle Ryan into performing. TT should have fired the workman blaming the tools for shitty results. Instead he replaced the tools. That's on M3 as much as it is on TT.