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What's unfortunate about his first name?
 
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Finishing the first half with five carries and 63 yards
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So he had one carry of 53 yards.................followed by four others of circa 2.5 yards each?

One run wonder? :wink:
 
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Phil E said:
So he had one carry of 53 yards.................followed by four others of circa 2.5 yards each?

One run wonder? :wink:
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Looking at the box score; a spread of 1-4 yards, all on runs up the middle where you're at the mercy of your blockers to go anywhere. Far more interesting is an 11-yard punt return and a 13-yard punt return, which are far more about individual skill than any other piece of ball-in-hand running. Over a full season, a 12-yard average would make him one of the league's elite punt returners.
 
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Looking at the box score; a spread of 1-4 yards, all on runs up the middle where you're at the mercy of your blockers to go anywhere. Far more interesting is an 11-yard punt return and a 13-yard punt return, which are far more about individual skill than any other piece of ball-in-hand running. Over a full season, a 12-yard average would make him one of the league's elite punt returners.
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100%

Top 5 Punt returners for 2014 were
13.0 Darren Sproles (Eagles)
12.0 Julian Edelman (Patriots)
11.9 De'Anthony Thomas (Chiefs)
11.9 Adam Jones (Bengals)
11.2 Tavon Austin (Rams)
 
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Re: Re : Re: unfortunate first name but well done otherwise ...

Ian_Cook said:
100%

Top 5 Punt returners for 2014 were
13.0 Darren Sproles (Eagles)
12.0 Julian Edelman (Patriots)
11.9 De'Anthony Thomas (Chiefs)
11.9 Adam Jones (Bengals)
11.2 Tavon Austin (Rams)
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I seems mandatory to have a daft name if you play in the NFL - Hayne should do well. :biggrin:
 
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Lee Lifeson-Peart said:
I seems mandatory to have a daft name if you play in the NFL - Hayne should do well. :biggrin:
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Like Adam Jones?
 
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I'm sure a few years ago an Aussie rugby player made it as a punter. Remember seeing a few clips of hi playing and the commentators being amazed that he could tackle
 
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I'm sure a few years ago an Aussie rugby player made it as a punter. Remember seeing a few clips of hi playing and the commentators being amazed that he could tackle
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There's a guy called Brad Wing who was a failed Australian Rules player turned absolutely beastly punter in college for LSU; over about 28 games opponents attempted to return only 17 of his punts for 6 yards. That's not an average of 6 yards per return; that's 6 yards in 17 return attempts for an average of about 0.3 yards per return. He was literally a game-changer.

The NFL's rules make it slightly harder for punting teams to shut returners down; he's found a job in Pittsburgh after struggling with "character issues" (tr: likes a drink and a fight) and he's now merely very good rather than totally game-breaking.
 
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