We need a new punter

[CJD]

(12-11-2023, 09:04 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: 1. I'm not though, CJD: bad punt or not, the tackler was in position to either make the play or impede the returner. Whether there is a penalty or not, an illegal move shoved that defender out of the play, hence the reason I brought it up.
2. Let's be realistic, it was one punt: the longest return he gave up besides the Chefs punt, was 16 to Proche in the Bmore Playoff game. Next was 13 yards to CJ Board of Tennessee.

So that's 1 that was over 16 yards. Average return is 9.4, so let's just say 9. Chrisman gave up 9 returns over the average (included TBs with that as they are a net of 20 for the return team and there were only 2 TBs), so only 7 punts of the 37 were truly allowed to be returned, over the league average. 13 of them were in 20 and only 1 was shanked.

He had 13 downed or Fair Caught, so almost double of the amount of, "long," returns, he had TBs and FCs.

And each of his numbers across the board were better than Robbins this year.

Wish I could find HT stats...

1. Unfortunately, we cannot control the refs. Rather than talk about penalties that should have (or should not have) been, it's better to just not put yourself in a position where a single defender is standing between you and losing an AFC championship game.

2. In a small sample size, that's a lot of free yards given up. 9.4 yards per return is almost a free first down every punt return. Like I said, he was a ticking time bomb for a huge return.

HT is a premium stat. I don't have PFF or anything like that, so I can only go off of references to it from articles and tweets, like this one:

Quote:A Cincinnati native and Ohio State alum, Chrisman was set to compete with rookie Brad Robbins for the Bengals' punting job. He took over for long-time veteran Kevin Huber in the middle of last season. He averaged 47.4 yards per punt, but his average hang time was a meager 3.85. Only two others had an average under 4.00. 

https://atozsports.com/cincinnati/bengals-punter-drue-chrisman-hospitalized-with-undisclosed-condition


And this one:

Quote:Chrisman's average hang time of 3.85 seconds last season was the worst in a decade for any NFL punter with at least 20 punts, according to ProFootballFocus.com, while Robbins was 4.36 seconds last season.

https://local12.com/sports/bengals/cincinnati-bengals-punter-drue-chrisman-knew-competition-coming-why-embraces-embrace-nfl-draft-pro-football-brad-robbins-michigan-wolverines-hang-time





Worst in a decade haha.