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Just a quick update for you on the young Mosley's favorite Aussie. Mat McBriar's gross punting average is now up to 51.8 yards per punt. For a frame of reference, that's a full two yards better than Oakland's former Aggie great Shane Lechler and four yards ahead of everybody else in the league. |
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Posted by Coop @ 4:23 PM Sun, Oct 15, 2006
Kudos to McBriar. He stopped by to sign autographs one of the days I was at training camp and seemed like a really class guy.
I told him then he was going to the Pro Bowl this year - he looked at me in disbelief when I said it but he's making my prediction look real good now.
Posted by jim @ 6:24 PM Sun, Oct 15, 2006
Team MVP. besides the fumble last week, he is having a pro bowl year.
Posted by Gary Lefko @ 6:56 PM Sun, Oct 15, 2006
NFL Punt History
AVERAGE YARDAGE
Highest Average, Punting, Career (250 punts)
45.85 Shane Lechler, Oakland, 2002-05 (442-20,266)
45.10 Sammy Baugh, Washington, 1937-1952 (338-15,245)
44.68 Tommy Davis, San Francisco, 1959-1969 (511-22,833)
Highest Average, Punting, Season (Qualifiers)
51.40 Sammy Baugh, Washington, 1940 (35-1,799)
48.94 Yale Lary, Detroit, 1963 (35-1,713)
48.73 Sammy Baugh, Washington, 1941 (30-1,462)
Posted by James Joyner @ 11:13 AM Mon, Oct 16, 2006
Anybody out there know what happened to make punting averages drop so much in recent decades? I wasn't even born in 1963 and almost all NFL records are much, much newer because athletes are so much better now. And this is the age of specialization--we haven't had a regular quarterback-punter since Danny White's heyday in the early 1980s.
Posted by Chris @ 11:15 PM Mon, Oct 16, 2006
Forget the glamour positions: At this point in the season, Mat McBriar is the Cowboy's MVP! Next question?
Posted by porkdjc @ 11:40 PM Mon, Oct 16, 2006
The balls they use now are brand new as opposed to the ones they used to be able to work in before games. The new balls are harder to kick.