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re: The Athletic Saints 7 round mock draft
Posted on 4/17/24 at 11:23 am to nicholastiger
Posted on 4/17/24 at 11:23 am to nicholastiger
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punter can be a pretty big weapon and I don't think Taylor gets to the fifth round
Outside of the outliers, isn't the 5th when punters and kickers typically start to go (those good enough to be drafted).
Regarding just how big of a weapon a punter can be. Saints punted 75 times last year, 4.4 times a year.
The gap from the best punter (53.1 yards per punt) to Hedley (43.0) was a 1st down.
The gap for net yards per punt (45.3 net yards per punt) to Hedley (39.7) is 5.6 yards
Question is how much value does a team put into ~25 yards per game? While we all want to see a change/challenge, I honestly think they do not draft one and try to bring someone in after the draft.
Hedley did have respectable TB percentages and was 10th in the league (5.3% of punts results in TB), and inside the 20 percentages and was 9th in the league (41.3% inside the 20)
Posted on 4/17/24 at 1:40 pm to Weekend Warrior79
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The gap from the best punter (53.1 yards per punt) to Hedley (43.0) was a 1st down.
The gap for net yards per punt (45.3 net yards per punt) to Hedley (39.7) is 5.6 yards
I'm not going to go back and look at every punt, but looking at average numbers doesn't always reflect how a so-so punter can hurt your team. Consistency is the most valuable commodity. If every fourth or fifth punt is a stinker and gives the other team a short field, he can kill you - even if the rest of his punts are respectable enough to give him a decent net average.
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