Eisen: Nortman to Jax

[R0CKnR0LLA]

19 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

Is punter the most replaceable position in football?

I'd say long snapper is the most replaceable but it's pretty close. But long snappers (even the best ones) generally only make league minimum, so there's not a lot of incentive to replace them.

We should be able to find a new punter in the 6th/7th or UDFA pretty easily. Over 4 years he'll make around 2 million, while Nortman makes 8.8. We'll save a good chunk of money for a guy that'll most likely be just as good if not better.

The only time I'd be on board with shelling out money for a punter if he was on an elite level and consistently flipped field position and Nortman isn't even in that discussion.

Good move by DG IMO and the Jaguars, well this is the team that drafted their last punter in the 3rd round (passing on Russell Wilson) so they're not what anyone would classify as "smart"

[beastson]

Is Gano going with him?

[PantherPhann89]

I didn't see that one coming. Nortman has been good for us but he isn't good enough to command big money. His production can be replaced. 

[KillerKat]

3 minutes ago, PantherPhann89 said:

I didn't see that one coming. Norman has been good for us but he isn't good enough to command big money. His production can be replaced. 

 

[BIGH2001]

Norman sucked 

[PantherPhann89]

1 hour ago, KillerKat said:

 

Fixed the spelling 

[Doyle]

The Dirty Dancer is on his way.  

[johnnydefence]

Ron mentioned something toward the end of the year that Brad was over kicking the coverage. Ron wasn't happy when he said it either. Ron said it in a way that made me think this would happen. 

[My Goodness My Guinness]

4 hours ago, rainwater said:

Yards per punt is hardly helpful when discussing a punter.  Nortman was good a booming the ball 2 years ago.  But the Panthers gave up way too many big plays because he always out kicked his coverage.  The reason Nortman was shanking some the last few years is because the Panthers tried to get him to use hangtime instead of going for distance.

That would make sense if true because it seemed like he wasn't kicking as far the last two year

[usmcpanthers]

My sig has been deleted, and yes Brad Sucked this year. I know cuz i had to update his state line every week.

[Joscott]

I think those of you saying Brad was just average are being a bit too generous. 

 

Punting was something we could definitely look to improve and it's something that won't take too much to be better than last year. Nortman just isn't consistent and regressed during his time here. 

[Byrdman4real]

11 pages on a punter

[luke nukem]

get to scouting Dave, no doubt we will have a couple punters on our 90 man roster battling it out in TC. Gotta see who's the best. Dont waste a draft pick on one either, they are a dime a dozen.

[PantherPhann89]

2 hours ago, 15 said:

can you fix the spelling on "phann" now?

No, that's not misspelled. It's spelled the way I wrote it.