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From big blue views observations of minicamp:
Riley Dixon was hitting some weird-looking punts Thursday, on purpose. Standing with AP Giants reporter Tom Canavan, the only description we could come up with was “helicopter punting.” Dixon was dropping the oblong ball sideways and hitting with a rotation that looked like a helicopter blade. The effect was to make the ball act like a fade shot in golf, which means a shot from a right-handed player that moves to the right while in flight. These looked insanely hard to judge, and to catch. Darnay Holmes would likely agree as he dropped two of them and barely hung onto a third.
Love it.
Love it.
Should still be waiting for it to come down at half time!
I think you'd refer to it as hover time for these kicks.
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Sacrifice some distance if necessary because the play is on the ball immediately and the more air, the more movement. Catch a good gust…
Love it.
Should still be waiting for it to come down at half time!
I’ll time it when the “wind” “fades” my tee shot 20 yds off line this afternoon, and we can extrapolate from there. Science.
Not really big diff between a 55yder with a 10-15yd return than a 40-45 yd knuckler with zero return and maybe difficulty securing the catch.
Not really big diff between a 55yder with a 10-15yd return than a 40-45 yd knuckler with zero return and maybe difficulty securing the catch.
Big difference between fielding a 55-yard punt with no one around you because the punter outkicked the coverage, and fair catching a 40-yard punt with 3 guys waiting for you to drop the ball.
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Has stated is the target for punters, I think if you have a ball that is unreturnable then you may not actually sacrifice any distance if you’re negating an opportunity at a return. And increasing the chances of a muffed punt would be worth that shot.
Not really big diff between a 55yder with a 10-15yd return than a 40-45 yd knuckler with zero return and maybe difficulty securing the catch.
Big difference between fielding a 55-yard punt with no one around you because the punter outkicked the coverage, and fair catching a 40-yard punt with 3 guys waiting for you to drop the ball.
Agree. In the first case the return man can break out and have a big return. The other concept you’re likely eliminating the return, at a minimum, as the returner focuses more on just making the catch and may drift out of his lane. And if he bobbles it, your three guys pummel the daylights out of him and get that ball. Hypothetically, I dig it.