2018 Drafted Punters

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Punters

Year	No.	Round	Pick	Player	Name		 Team	College
2018	1	5	12	149	Michael Dickson	Seahawk	Texas
 	2	5	35	172	JK Scott	Packers	Alabama
 	3	5	36	173	Johnny Townsend	Raiders	Florida
 	4	7	29	247	Logan Cooke	Jaguars	Mississippi State

League Leaders in Net Average
1. Dickson, 59 average, 57.5 net avg
20. Townsend, 44.5, 41.5
25. Cooke, 37.7, 37.1
27. Scott, 48, 36.8


Boo.

[mraynrand]

The Packers clearly miss All-pro Jeff Janis

[Smidgeon]

Punters

Year	No.	Round	Pick	Player	Name		 Team	College
2018	1	5	12	149	Michael Dickson	Seahawk	Texas
 	2	5	35	172	JK Scott	Packers	Alabama
 	3	5	36	173	Johnny Townsend	Raiders	Florida
 	4	7	29	247	Logan Cooke	Jaguars	Mississippi State

League Leaders in Net Average
1. Dickson, 59 average, 57.5 net avg
20. Townsend, 44.5, 41.5
25. Cooke, 37.7, 37.1
27. Scott, 48, 36.8


Boo.

Is this adjusted for the Denver altitude?

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Is this adjusted for the Denver altitude?

Nope. Also -- Tarik Cohen's long punt return was on the coverage, not Scott. He boomed a 50+ yarder and Cohen took it back something like 40 yards. That'll kill your net.
He did fine, and considering it was a 1 point win for the good guys, I'm thankful he didn't botch any holds for Crosby.

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Is this adjusted for the Denver altitude?

Nay. You need to get Football Outsiders punter metric for that. I just wanted to register my displeasure with Scott's performance Sunday.

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Nope. Also -- Tarik Cohen's long punt return was on the coverage, not Scott. He boomed a 50+ yarder and Cohen took it back something like 40 yards. That'll kill your net.
He did fine, and considering it was a 1 point win for the good guys, I'm thankful he didn't botch any holds for Crosby.

Out kicking your coverage is on the punter. Will need to check Twitter to see what Demovsky got for his hang time on that kick.

[Fritz]

So did the Packers draft the wrong punter, you think?

Kid seems to have a hell of a leg. Maybe the rest is just learning.

I'd like to see him develop different kinds of kicks to be able to make the ball turn end-over-end in crazy ways once it hits the ground, pop-ups for certain situations, kicking it over the returner's head so he has to run back and back and back to chase it down. That stuff.

[Zool]

Have to be in the waitensee tribe on this guy. 48 yards per punt is fine. 2 returns for 45 yards is not fine. Rookie in his first game.

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NEVER DRAFT A PUNTER!!!!!!!

[KYPack]

NEVER DRAFT A PUNTER!!!!!!!

Times a thousand.

If you need a new punter, scout the land, CFL and all over. The key years for leg strength is 25 - 27. You can dig up a punter with some thorough scouting. There are capable guys you can sign out in UFA land.

[Guiness]

So did the Packers draft the wrong punter, you think?

Kid seems to have a hell of a leg. Maybe the rest is just learning.

I'd like to see him develop different kinds of kicks to be able to make the ball turn end-over-end in crazy ways once it hits the ground, pop-ups for certain situations, kicking it over the returner's head so he has to run back and back and back to chase it down. That stuff.

He looked to be slow getting his punts off against Chicago, seemed every one was a near block. Still, I'll take Zool's approach, rookie in his first game, let's wait and see.

[Fritz]

So was ol' JK Rowling better yesterday, then?

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                                        Punt Punt  Punt Punt
Rk                   Age Year  Lg  Tm G  Pnt  Yds   Y/P Blck
1    Michael Dickson  22 2018 NFL SEA 1    6  354 59.00    0
2   Cameron Johnston  26 2018 NFL PHI 2   11  593 53.91    0
3           JK Scott  21 2018 NFL GNB 2    9  451 50.11    0
4    Corey Bojorquez  21 2018 NFL BUF 2   13  620 47.69    0
5    Johnny Townsend  23 2018 NFL RAI 2    8  367 45.88    0
6      Trevor Daniel  23 2018 NFL HTX 2   10  394 39.40    0
7        Logan Cooke  23 2018 NFL JAX 2   10  370 37.00    0

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/17/2018.

[Zool]

At least they haven't cut him yet? Vikings 5th round kicker just got cut.

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ESPN Ranked by Net Yardage

Net Punting Average Leaders - Qualified
RK	PLAYER	TEAM	PUNTS	YDS	LNG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB	FC	RET	RETY	AVG
1	Dickson	SEA	6	354	69	59.0	57.5	0	4	0	0	2	9	4.5
2	Colquit	KC	7	356	67	50.9	50.7	0	4	0	1	3	1	0.3
3	Johnton	PHI	11	593	65	53.9	46.6	0	4	2	1	6	40	6.7
4	Kern	TEN	9	440	62	48.9	46.0	0	5	0	1	6	26	4.3
 	O'Donel	CHI	4	201	63	50.3	46.0	0	1	0	3	1	17	17.0
6	Koch	BAL	8	426	63	53.3	45.4	0	3	1	0	5	43	8.6
7	Morsted	NO	7	335	58	47.9	45.1	0	2	0	3	4	19	4.8
8	Allen	NE	10	503	59	50.3	44.2	0	3	1	2	4	41	10.3
 	Palardy	CAR	10	478	53	47.8	44.2	0	5	1	5	3	16	5.3
10	Sanchez	IND	7	330	59	47.1	43.6	0	1	1	4	2	5	2.5
RK	PLAYER	TEAM	PUNTS	YDS	LNG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB	FC	RET	RETY	AVG
11	King	DEN	10	471	66	47.1	43.3	0	3	1	2	4	18	4.5
12	Pinion	SF	9	401	59	44.6	42.6	0	4	0	2	7	18	2.6
13	Huber	CIN	8	337	55	42.1	42.4	0	4	0	3	2	-2	-1.0
14	Haack	MIA	10	510	65	51.0	42.2	0	5	2	3	3	48	16.0
15	Townsnd	OAK	8	367	56	45.9	41.8	0	2	1	2	3	13	4.3
16	Dixon	NYG	11	507	59	46.1	41.5	0	3	2	4	3	10	3.3
17	Scott	GB	9	451	63	50.1	41.4	0	3	1	3	3	58	19.3