Good news!!! Tomlin admits there's a problem at punter!!!!

How would you do with someone else snapping it to you, into the wind with 11 guys trying to get to you?

 

Well, obviously it would be much harder, but these guys are pro's and have been doing it all their lives. I'm just saying that the physical act of punting a football for 40 yards in itself isn't really that difficult. All these shanks I see from Harvin don't make much sense for a guy that does nothing but punt for a living

 

Maybe incentives included in the contract should involve food. Less than 30 yards he gets a salad. Over 40 a cheeseburger. Over 50 a large pizza. Over 60 a Porterhouse.

 

Well nothing gets by Mediocre Mike .....obviously!! Harvin is where Mike came up with the term "weighty plays" ...obviously!!

 

with gallons of ranch dressing

 

I don’t know if it would ever happen but a 70 yarder would get him an all day pass at Golden Corral.

 

Golden
Ryans
sizzlin
ponderosa
Iron Horse Smorgasbord

they all be safe.

 

Finally....

 

I’ve found as we get older these hang time estimates seem to get exaggerated

 

Are there any Ponderosas still in existence? Forgot about that place.

 

There's one in Butler, but that's the only one I know of in western PA

 

The last one I knew of around here was up near Indiana, Pa.

 

There used to be one in Harmarville awhile back that I used to go to. Their steaks were pretty bad, but I liked their salad bar

 

That was probably the last one I was in. Its been gone for quite awhile.

 

According to Wikipedia, in 1989 there were almost 700, by 2003 there were less than 400, and in December of 2023 only 13 remain open in the US.

Kinda sad. I remember my parents taking me there a few times as a kid. You think places like that just kinda hang around somewhere in existence, then find out they've gone to the sweet by-and-by.

 

Standard is the standard. Got used to Harvin's 25- yard pooches from our own 25 the last few seasons

 

Acknowledging a problem does not really mean replacing the fat punter. It likely means giving him another year to see if he improves.

 

You are forgetting another portion of the Tomlin style. He will acknowledge the problem and talk about addressing it. That will end up being something like signing harvin for another 4 years and telling him to try harder

 

I don't understand how they can't find people to double up on some of these positions and create additional backup. You would think that with the level of physicality, competitiveness and experience that many of these NFL players have that there would be several people already on the team that are capable punters. They might not be the absolute best punter in the league, but I would wager good money that they can outperform harvin.

 

Oh, I know. Harvin is Tomlin's son

 

The one in Butler is still there, I was at that Ponderosa last month.

 

That's nice to know. Gives one a feeling of solidarity, and a remembrance of things from the past. It's been awhile since I've been up that way though. Next time I'm in a nostalgic mood, I'll have to hit them up

 

Mike Tomlin - always the last to know.


He must be on some sort of a delay.

 

Yeah this is Mike's first stage of denial that he's made another mistake, it takes years to to stage 1, dealing with a problem is a few stages away yet.

He's gone off now to call Harvin not to blink and not to live in his fears, that'll problably do it.