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Earliest you'd get a punter?
Several things are worth consideration.
1. Tommy Townsend was insanely good the last couple years. 2. Effective punting, especially with a defense as good as ours, is critical. 3. Matt Araiza was a top candidate at one point, but the Chiefs aren't even his first stop since his acquittal. He had a tryout with the Jets in 2023, and they didn't elect to sign him. So, he either got really good in the past year, or he's probably a replacement-level punter, and the Chiefs need a new one. 4. Forward to 20:00 of Brett Kollman's Q&A video: That leads to my question: There's a couple really good punters in this class -- would you invest a pick in one? Would you take your chances in UDFA? Or are you comfortable rolling into the season with a potentially replacement-level punter. |
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Adding players from the draft and players who've just gotten cut or in free agency make more sense to me than players who have been pulled out of retirement, or been out of the league for an extended period of time. I simply trust the typical ways of adding talent more. That being said, I recognize that blind spot and that sometimes, the exception will prove me wrong. It's usually, usually a very bad idea to acquire your starting left tackle in May after the draft for like $4m, but the Chiefs pulled that off last year. So maybe Araiza still has his fastball. But I don't know. |
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04-15-2024, 02:12 PM | #68 |
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He has a right to an opinion, we all do. I think the thought of having a "high quality" punter is kind of old school given how good all special teamers are these days and where we are at as a league with going for it on 4th down and so forth. Not much sense in putting a ton of resources into a guy that's going to make 3-5 plays kicks a game and 10 every year can all get you 44+ yards coming out of college. |
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Is it just because he's a left footed punter and it looks different or does he take an extra step before punting the ball. It seems like he takes an awfully long time to get the punt off.
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We signed 'the punt god', and we're supposed to be DRAFTING a punter?
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They said it without saying it when they let Townsend skate out of KC. They’ll sign an UDFA or a veteran to have some camp competition for him in case The Dolphin suddenly lost it in the year he took off because he had been accused of doing Dolphin-like things. |
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04-15-2024, 07:26 PM | #75 |
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