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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.i agree on Sauerbrun
he played, imho, well with us when he arrived
a competition with him too in the mix would have been better
I think that Miller wins the job, but the Pats attempt to put Baugher on the PS, the way they attempted with Robbie Gould. Unfortunately, the Pats lost Gould to the Bears. I could see another team attempting to get Baugher if he continues to do well.
My money is on Baugher. He has the strongest leg of the three and the ability to drop punts in near the goal line is something that can be learned with experience and practice. It's not like we had that much success with Miller last year. I seem to remember most punts near the endzone ending up as touchbacks, but that is part of the coverage units fault too.
Actually, until Miller got hurt in Buffalo, the Pats punt coverage unit was the best in the league by a wide margin. The Buffalo and Minnesota games killed Miller's stats.
Sauerbrun kicking to Pacman Jones killed the Pats punting for the year.
If the Pats were completely set on Miller they wouldn't have tried so hard to hold onto Sauerbraun.
My own hazy recollection is that Sauerbraun had a touchback early on that enraged BB but after that he did a better job than Miller had been doing.
Gould was never on the Practice Squad..and because of an injury was taken by the Bears. They MIGHT do that, but I wonder with many teams knowing how good he is, will he really last on there??I think that Miller wins the job, but the Pats attempt to put Baugher on the PS, the way they attempted with Robbie Gould. Unfortunately, the Pats lost Gould to the Bears. I could see another team attempting to get Baugher if he continues to do well.
I mean success in terms of downing punts near the goalline. I don't have any stats to back it up, but going by memory it seems to me that most times when we had the opportunity to pin the opponent inside the ten it ended up being a touchback.