09-26-2023, 05:45 PM
(09-26-2023, 04:25 PM)basballguy Wrote: I wasn't even paying attention to the punting game until I saw comments here and elsewhere on social media.
The hate this dude is getting seems like an insane overreaction by Bengals fans.
Lol dude, let's not conflate hate and objective criticism.
Punter #1 - 47.8 Yards Per Punt, with a Net of 42.6 - 7 games (reg season only here)
Brad Robbins - 41.1 Yards Per Punt, with a Net of 38.8 - 3 games
Punter 1 is Drue Chrisman, who people weren't generally enamoured to start with. Heck, Robbins net is only a yard greater than Huber's was last year, when we all assumed he was 'washed'.
His net so far would've been good for bottom 6 last year... saved from being bottom 5 by well known punter Jake Elliott.
I think when the team drafts Robbins in the 6th and speaks well of him, you're hoping for a bit more than we've seen so far. But to be fair, I imagine he was drafted with the mindset that he'd be punting a little further up the field than he has been. There will be times though, maybe in the playoffs, we go 3 and out and we could use with the punter flipping the field.
Very aware it's only been three games though, with one of those in a monsoon. Hoping we'll see him improve week by week.
