Gumby
In the Starting Line-Up
- Joined
- Oct 4, 2004
- Messages
- 4,568
- Reaction score
- 2,859
Wouldn't really attribute the best punter. It's a situational position. Squibs, coffins, etc. Do you want a 5.2 hang time guy that always kicks from his 20 or a 3.9 guy who nails it within (at least) the 30. Punters are last resort guys.
Well everybody else rates punters based on NET; and that doesnt take off the impact of poor coverage teams on the punter's effort.
Even if you measured gross yards on punters it has the same issues on coffin corners etc.
So I think Hang Time is an equally valid measure. Maybe needs to be done in combination the same way that TD/INT ratio and Completion % go toward a QB rating.