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At the beginning of the season I was disgruntled with Hanson's touchbacks and kicks out of bounds. Certainly the parade of punters visiting lent some credance to that thinking, but before too long I reassessed that and pondered whether Hanson wasn't actually putting the ball where BB wanted it, no return. I can't call Hanson's season a failure. I do like those two kids, I just wonder how quickly they get the kicks off compared to NFL standards and if Gano in particular has any kicking experience to prepare him for NE weather?Punters are a mystery to me. Not one punter drafted in the past 3 years ranked above 16th in the league in net average this year, and not one of the punters ranked #1 in the draft the past 3 years is still in the league. And BB, the master of field position and situational football, is constantly scraping around and re-signing Ken Walter over and over.
That said, a couple of this year's prospects seem to specialize in situational punting and downing the ball inside the 20. Perhaps the time has finally come for a rookie.
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