Boomerang punts?Sox-n-Hawks":75wnk6u3 said:Hell Yes BBD. Dropkicks, Drop Bears, Fake punts, boomerang punts. That Aussie is a badass.
sutz":2fet6er0 said:Boomerang punts?Sox-n-Hawks":2fet6er0 said:Hell Yes BBD. Dropkicks, Drop Bears, Fake punts, boomerang punts. That Aussie is a badass.
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northseahawk":1n79radg said:I am wondering why there has not been a player that kicks and punts? one player for both jobs?
chris98251":251pap0p said:northseahawk":251pap0p said:I am wondering why there has not been a player that kicks and punts? one player for both jobs?
Different skill sets, muscles are different for each and technique, would be a rare player that in these times could do both at a NFL level consistently.
Bobblehead":2pducbzo said:chris98251":2pducbzo said:northseahawk":2pducbzo said:I am wondering why there has not been a player that kicks and punts? one player for both jobs?
Different skill sets, muscles are different for each and technique, would be a rare player that in these times could do both at a NFL level consistently.
He's a soccer player, I'm sure he could hone those muscles and skills.
Who's a soccer player? Not Dickson. He played Rugby and Aussie Rules Football.Bobblehead":2fnf4awa said:chris98251":2fnf4awa said:northseahawk":2fnf4awa said:I am wondering why there has not been a player that kicks and punts? one player for both jobs?
Different skill sets, muscles are different for each and technique, would be a rare player that in these times could do both at a NFL level consistently.
He's a soccer player, I'm sure he could hone those muscles and skills.
Bobblehead":3ddty2l6 said:chris98251":3ddty2l6 said:northseahawk":3ddty2l6 said:I am wondering why there has not been a player that kicks and punts? one player for both jobs?
Different skill sets, muscles are different for each and technique, would be a rare player that in these times could do both at a NFL level consistently.
He's a soccer player, I'm sure he could hone those muscles and skills.
CamanoIslandJQ":wdwi2y2b said:In the same vein, why is there a roster position taken up by a long snapper? Most teams will have a starting center and a backup center on their active roster, why can't the backup center also train, practice & become the long snapper? When I played, many moons ago, the center didn't have much problem with short or long snaps, they were part of the centers job.
Slightly different mechanics, but still just snaps of variable length. Also, the current shotgun formations & some wildcat plays require longer snaps than snapping the ball while the QB is directly behind the center. The game is changing in a lot of ways and roster positions are more important than ever, so why do all teams have a dedicated long snapper taking up a valuable roster spot?
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sutz":2wqsbu3c said:Who's a soccer player? Not Dickson. He played Rugby and Aussie Rules Football.Bobblehead":2wqsbu3c said:chris98251":2wqsbu3c said:northseahawk":2wqsbu3c said:I am wondering why there has not been a player that kicks and punts? one player for both jobs?
Different skill sets, muscles are different for each and technique, would be a rare player that in these times could do both at a NFL level consistently.
He's a soccer player, I'm sure he could hone those muscles and skills.
bmorepunk":1fc3gcuh said:Bobblehead":1fc3gcuh said:chris98251":1fc3gcuh said:northseahawk":1fc3gcuh said:I am wondering why there has not been a player that kicks and punts? one player for both jobs?
Different skill sets, muscles are different for each and technique, would be a rare player that in these times could do both at a NFL level consistently.
He's a soccer player, I'm sure he could hone those muscles and skills.
If it was easy, someone would have done it by now. Maybe someone will in the future. But it will take a special someone.
Differences in physical mechanics seem obvious, but it may just be that it's really hard to keep the two techniques from messing with each other. Kicking is heavily about trying to do everything as repeatable as possible over and over; there's enough random (to random-ish) variables that the kicker can't optimize. It might be really hard to try to do the kicking mechanics properly and consistently and not have it interfere with the punting mechanics.
Before the NFL changed the kickoff rule, there were still kickoff specialists on some teams. Some field goal kickers weren't that good at kickoffs but they could get other guys to do it; and those two things are a lot closer than kicking and punting in general.