The punter did good and for him to go out in the conditions and punt the way he did was good. He made a good tackle on the return. I'm sure his confidence is lifted after that performance. He's been in the NFL and it's a production business and he went out there and produced and helped us to win.
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big upgrade at punter, showing a strong leg and exceptional directional-kicking ability.
I think it's a pretty remarkable statistic. I don't care if you're a punter.
Chris is having a very strong year. If there's a better punter in the country under pressure in tough situations who hits the ball as long and as high as he does, I'd like somebody to point him out to me. I think he's having a great year.
Tim will get more comfortable, ... He's a great talent, but he's a freshman. He'll be a good punter, and he'll learn from it. He was nervous, and I can't say that I blame him. I was nervous, too.
Without a doubt quarterback is the biggest question. We had maybe the best punter and kicker in the country and maybe the best quarterback in New England (in Flutie) and we lost him, so replacing him is the biggest thing we have to do. We have to find an effective replacement. ... I like this team. We have a good senior class that has played a lot of football, and I've been impressed with how they've stepped in and tried to make up for the loss of Billy Flutie.
They came out to play ball and go up 21-zip after that punter fumbles that ball. It's tough to dig out of that.
We want to create the best competition we can, really, at every position, but we're going to look hard at the punter this year.
Tyler tested well, and with a year in the weight program, he has the athletic potential to play defensive secondary for the Yellow Jackets. Tyler will also work as a punter this fall.
I'm very proud of it because I take my job very, very seriously. And to work as hard as I have and to play as long as I have and not to miss a game, I think is a pretty remarkable statistic, I don't care if you are a punter. I look at (defensive end) Jim Marshall and look at how many games he played in a row and it's even more remarkable.
The plan is not to use Nick, ... He's a punter, and I don't want to do that to him. ... Nick's a great guy, but I doubt he could kick well enough to use him as a kicker for a game.
That was the most congenial conversation I think I've ever had with anybody. What I was saying to him there was, 'I think you can help the football team' - that's when my finger came out. I said, 'Look, you can help this football team. You can rush the punter.' But I was also telling him, 'Now, this is what you need to do in order to do that.
He completely changed his fundamentals of punting. He was always a three-step punter, and in the spring changed to being a two-step punter. Which has done a couple of things, number one, he's easier to protect because he gets rid of the ball faster and number two, it's given him a much better rhythm and (the late) coach (Mike) Drake actually worked with him a lot last spring to get that taken care of for us. It's paid off huge because he's had a great year.
We've got three guys back there and we've got to catch the ball. In warm-ups, Pine Bluff's punter was booming them and we probably gave him too much distance. He was laying them in shorter and getting good rolls. We've got to do a better job of handling p
Four of the 13 Patriots on the injury list didn't make the trip to Pittsburgh and are definitely out of today's game. Cornerbacks Randall Gay and Tyrone Poole , and safety James Sanders will sit with ankle injuries, while receiver Andre' Davis remained home because of an injured foot. Linebacker Tully Banta-Cain (knee) practiced this week, even participating on special teams, and could play for the first time. Reserve tackle Brandon Gorin (thigh) hasn't played and didn't travel to Carolina a week ago, but made the trip here . . . Miller, who banged up his shoulder last week attempting to make a tackle, said he should be OK today. Adam Vinatieri is the emergency punter. He was the kicker and punter at South Dakota State. Vinatieri has two punts to his credit in the NFL, both pooch kicks . . . Steelers safety Troy Polamalu is tied for the league lead in sacks with three. The Steelers blitz often, with players coming from a variety of positions. The Patriots often keep a running back in to pick up blitzes, but tight ends are asked to monitor the blitz and, of course, quarterback Tom Brady and his receivers are charged with exploiting blitzes when they see them. ''They've had a bunch of secondary sacks here in these first couple of games, Belichick said. ''Even if you blitz a lot out of the secondary, it's still only eight, 10 times a game. There's just not that many opportunities. Polamalu has hit them all. ... Staley told the paper. ''I don't know how much. I can't make that decision, but I'll go out and see where I'm at.