Underrated offseason move?
by mmford10 on Apr 24, 2009 1:25 AM EDT
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PrintThe 'Skins just signed Hunter Smith, a punter who was great in Indianapolis for many years. He also is an accomplished holder, something that Shaun Suisham said was lacking last year.
Only in Washington can fans be this excited about signing a punter in late April.
Now all we need to do is trade our first round pick for Shane Lechler and alienate Smith the second he gets on the roster, right?
But in all seriousness, this could be one of the key moves of our offseason if he is still in top form (I didn't really see him last year... and if I did... who pays attention to punters anyway?). All I know is he had 10 of his 53 punts last season inside the 10 yard line, an average of over 44 yards a punt, and hasn't missed a game in all ten seasons.
After watching Mike Scifres take over a playoff game singlehandedly last year, the importance of a punter can no longer be overvalued. Let's hope this pans out.
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Whoa.... we signed Hunter the Punter?
Awesome…. he kicked arse back in the day.
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agreed on both counts
1) I’ve always loved calling him Hunter the Punter
2) he used to be good, maybe he’s got a couple years left. it’s about time we tried to sign a savvy veteran kicker/punter, rather than going with no name young guys
Good move
but the skins still brought in another guy to compete…go figure.
ARMY STRONG
you know why we signed a punter?
CUZ WE WILL BE PUNTING ALOT!!! The redskins have shot themselves in the foot with this whole QB fiasco!
JJ Fe
I mean
another besides Hunter the Punter
ARMY STRONG
Good Pickup
It’s amazing how undervalued field position is. I think a good punter is something that will have an overall benefit to both the offense and defense.
I’m still hoping Durant Brooks has a good career.
Second thought.
And now we don’t have to worry about Vinny drafting another punter.
Haha (hopefully…)
WFTV Ch. 9 Story - 38-year-old punter/quarterback looks for his place in pro football
For those of you who don’t know Mr. FakePunts: www.fakepunts.com
As I told the editor from Winnipeg; Although I punted a 5.63 second hang time punt at the Stampeders 2009 tryout and a 5.9 sec. 52 yarder, wind aided, timed by two witnesses two days prior (hang times only produced by a small number of current NFL punters such as Shane Lechler, Andy Lee, Mike Scifres, Matt Turk,… and yet its likely none of them have hit a 6.0 this year, … with passing skills that are still above and beyond all other punters), I’m getting attention, but not the serious attention I’m looking for… Since the Blue Bombers refused to allow me to tryout in Deland this year…It looks like I’ll have to come back next year for both the NFL and CFL open camps, with a record breaking, mind blowing, semi-consistent 6.0-6.2 sec. hang time punts and we’ll see what happens…
4/6/09 WFTV Channel 9 Orlando – Sports at 9 – Chris Edwards: “Working On A Dream -38-year-old punter/quarterback looks for his place in pro football.”
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