BY GORDON MCGUINNESS
Punters Are People Too.
It was a clever phrase created by NFL Network’s Rich Eisen to celebrate one of the lesser-heralded positions around the NFL. Frequently, the phrase gets brought up to highlight a punter who makes a tackle or picks up a first down on a trick play, but at it’s heart, it is meant to highlight how important punters are to the field position battle, and how that impacts the outcome of games. Consider this stat from our PFF Forecast team of Eric Eager and George Chahrouri: The Expected Points Added (EPA) on a drive that starts at the five-yard line is -0.723, compare that with an EPA of 0.639 on drives that start at the 20-yard line and it’s clear just how important it can be to have a punter who can trap opponents close to their goal line.
So how do we grade, and why are PFF grades the best method of measuring a punter’s performance?
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