Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Out of curiosity, has anyone done a study into where on the field and on what yardage to go teams would punt at, and how rare it is at midfield now? Side note: Given the recent increase in teams going for it on fourth down, and therefore the reduced number of mid-field punts , a potential unbreakab...

I remember in school in 1981, every football fan thought Dallas would go all the way. When the Niners beat them, several of us were so shocked, we admitted crying afterward ... haha Growing up in North Carolina at the time it seemed like the Cowboys OWNED the 4PM slot, I'm honestly not sure if I'd ...

That's a good q on if/who holds stickum against him. Lester had a few years were he committed an unreasonable amount of penalties. And that's sort of the problem - I've charted ~20% of his career games and he really is very borderline. Is there another player ever who's reputation is so largely col...

Alright, so I actually pulled the data, and I must say I was surprised how much punting has improved even when you control for many fewer Punts near the endzone. A few interesting insights, from 2000 - 2004, there was no field position from which Punters across the league averaged over 50-yards per ...

How in the hell does Del Shofner with 5 First Team All Pro's not make a Wideout list full of guys with 0, 1 or 2????? What the hell is wrong wih these people?

I've not looked at this, but it's probably a meaningful contributor to the increase in Gross Punting Averages. In a world where the Coffin Corner is no longer a thing and Punters can just go "bombs away" 100% of the time you'd expect averages to meaningfully increase - right? But I wonder ...

A nice defense, 4th in points allowed at just 15.1 / Game; Seau 2nd in DPOY voting and Leslie O'Neal 5th in voting with his 17 Sacks. Also Chris Mims probably had his best season as a rookie that year.

Lewis apparently blocked 12 kicks (9 FGs, 3 PATs) in the first 12 games the Packers used him on the special teams, including three field goals and a PAT in the playoffs against the Cardinals and at least two PATs (against Buffalo and Chicago) that he blocked over the crossbar for successful scores....

But, no, that's not kept. You'd have to go through game books, and even then you'll miss some. The St. Louis playoff game, for instance, saw Lewis originally credited with one of each until the Packers looked at the film and saw he deflected two other FG attempts. Deflected kicks do NOT count as bl...

Possibly the ultimate what could have been is Wally Chambers, pre-injury he was a problem and likely on his way to a Hall of Fame career going DROY, AP2, AP2, AP1 prior to getting injured.