Brad Wing Signed To A One Year Extension

Bizarrely, I was thinking about posting a new thread about Wing earlier today.

My question was going to be whether we've finally found some consistency at the punter position, and if Wing may stay here for a while... well, seems like this answers my question.

 

Well so much for my theory of us taking a punter in the first two rounds.

 

I guess they see something to him. Not really sure what his stats are, but I'm assuming this signing more on potential than performance.

 

Man I wish I could kick a ball because these guys are sorry...but we have no one else

 

Wingnut was 29th in average, 20th in net, and 28th at putting it inside the 20. Not very exciting. That's the downside.

The upside is he shanked a bunch, and being a rookie, that number should go down substantially, which will improve the above numbers, along with a year of experience improving the numbers.

It's a 1 year deal, most likely with minimal signing bonus, and we will have competition for the position. It gives us stability at a position.

 

Yeah they're like "QB that'll never see the field? Check." "Undersized RB that can't pass protect? Check." "Punter???? Get right on that!"

 

Well that number is skewed a little because when they went on that winning streak he was asked to get a lot of hang-time. His yards on returns was 12th though. So I think on average they're happy with what they're asking him to do. Minus the few shanks he had at horrible times...

 

Early in the season he was far from reliable, but he seemed to grow into the role. Like you say, he did what was required of him. Punting stats are always a little misleading like that. I remember how Sepulveda often outkicked the coverage, so when Mitch Berger - who was, to all extents and purposes, a worse punter in comparison - came in, our special teams improved.

 

I loved Sep though. I wish they would have just made him a linebacker. LOL.

 

Well, they signed him for one additional year. So, that's how much confidence they have in him. One season's worth, which means they're going to keep looking.

On a side note, wonder how he would do if w/ under-inflated balls?
Sorry...

 

I think we can do better than this.

 

Probably, but in reality we can do better at every position.

Wing is good enough and plays one of the least important positions in the game. We should just lock him down for like 10 years and call it good. Why wait until he starts booming kicks and commands a bigger salary? And even if he never reaches a spectacular level of play, at least he's good enough to be average. Which is all anyone ever needs at the P position.

I like the signing, but should've been much longer than 1 year.

 

I think you are selling the punt a game a bit short . A punter that can kill the ball inside the 10 is as valuable as any other spot on the roster. A great punter is a Defenses secret weapon .Offenses close the playbook up when they are pinned deep.

A bunch of games are won and lost each season because of ST play. Do I want to draft a punter in the top 3 or 4 rounds ? No way with all the holes we have but it would be smart to try and find a good punter it will help your entire Team.

 

That's what I was gonna say about the punter. In this offensive minded league where teams are eating up chunks on just a few plays it is really important to win the field position battle. Especially when your d is suspect anyway. The farther you can keep them from being able to score points the better. Punters play a huge role in that. That's the one thing about Suisham that I wish he could do better. His leg just is what it is but it would be great to be able to never let Jacoby Jones out of the end zone.

 

Clearly they see some potential with Wing for him to grow ... he is barley average right now in my mind though, but every once in a while he has some really nice kicks.

 

Ah Mitch Berger - our punter the year of SB XLIII vs Ariz - he had this uncanny ability to shank punts off the backs and helmets of the other team's deep punt blockers who didn't see the shanks coming. We recovered several of these muffs throughout the season - I dubbed the plays - "on-side punts" which while an odd skill - was a skill that helped us continue drives in an unusual manner and led us to the SB that year. Go figure.

 

Punters... just an odd breed, really.