Best Value: Joseph Charlton

[NAS]

According to Peter King  https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/08/29/baltimore-ravens-jk-dobbins-injury-nfl-fmia-peter-king/

Best Value (Veteran): Joseph Charlton, Punter, Carolina 

He’ll make $780,000, less than one-half of 1 percent of the cap. Last season, as a rookie, Charlton had a better gross average, net average and fewer punts returned than the great Johnnie Hekker. I saw Charlton punt during Colts-Panthers practices, and his hang time was insane. When I asked coach Matt Rhule about a big player for his team that no one’s thinking about, he said: “How about our punter? He’s really valuable in how he can reverse the field.” Rhule’s a big special-teams guy, like his idol Bill Parcells, and the placement and height of Charlton’s punts are a boon to Carolina field position.

[Daddy_Uncle]

I like the way to watch charlotte kick he good to kick good

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, NAS said:

According to Peter King  https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/08/29/baltimore-ravens-jk-dobbins-injury-nfl-fmia-peter-king/

Best Value (Veteran): Joseph Charlton, Punter, Carolina 

He’ll make $780,000, less than one-half of 1 percent of the cap. Last season, as a rookie, Charlton had a better gross average, net average and fewer punts returned than the great Johnnie Hekker. I saw Charlton punt during Colts-Panthers practices, and his hang time was insane. When I asked coach Matt Rhule about a big player for his team that no one’s thinking about, he said: “How about our punter? He’s really valuable in how he can reverse the field.” Rhule’s a big special-teams guy, like his idol Bill Parcells, and the placement and height of Charlton’s punts are a boon to Carolina field position.

Yes, but does Charlton throw as pretty of spiral pass and with the accuracy of Johnnie Hekker?  Hekker probably could have been an emergency QB if needed.

I agree, sometimes it's better to lucky than good...and I'm referring to the randomness from which we snagged Charlton off the streets.  I seriously doubt the team had any idea he'd be this effective.

[XClown1986]

1 minute ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

I like the way to watch charlotte kick he good to kick good

Couldn't have said it better

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, XClown1986 said:

Couldn't have said it better

Oh, you had a translator?  Could you translate for the rest of us?

[Moo Daeng]

7 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

I like the way to watch charlotte kick he good to kick good

agreesome

[Camp Fodder]

Unlike placekicker, the punter position has always been pretty solid on this team

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, Camp Fodder said:

Unlike placekicker, the punter position has always been pretty solid on this team

True, the only problem we tend to have with punters is how much we overpay them.  If Charlton keeps this up, I suspect a nice payday is in his future.  I'm not against him getting paid a good salary, just not a Marty Hurney-type gift of a salary.

[Captroop]

I (don't kill me) foresee a lot of punts early in the season. Not confident in our O-Line, and so I see a lot of drives stalling deep in our territory. That being the case, you can't overstate the value of a solid punter. Our defense is good enough to slow even the most aggressive offenses, but we just can't afford to give the opposition great field position to start from. Winning the battle of field position could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat a couple times until the offense starts clicking.

[t96]

Remember how worried we were about punter after Brad Nortman left? Nippleshorts panic traded for Andy Lee and then he got hurt anyways and didn't even play a full season. Palardy took over and showed he was clearly the real deal and held it down as a well above average punter for several years. Then tore his ACL and lost his job to Charlton who is a total boss.

 

Why can't we have the same good fortunes at kicker as we've had at punter?

[SingleMalt]

22 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

I like the way to watch charlotte kick he good to kick good

Reverend !

[45catfan]

4 minutes ago, t96 said:

Remember how worried we were about punter after Brad Nortman left? Nippleshorts panic traded for Andy Lee and then he got hurt anyways and didn't even play a full season. Palardy took over and showed he was clearly the real deal and held it down as a well above average punter for several years. Then tore his ACL and lost his job to Charlton who is a total boss.

 

Why can't we have the same good fortunes at kicker as we've had at punter?

It's the yin/yang of the Carolina Panthers.  We can't excel at one position without equally sucking at another.  Everything must balance!

[Captain Morgan]

5 minutes ago, SingleMalt said:

Reverend !

[run-run-pass-punt]

I love watching his skill, and he's theoretically a great asset. The downside is that fewer and fewer punts happen during NFL games, lol.