Redskins Sign Hunter (The Punter) Smith

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by mrreddman

Finally...

...some good news!

[jdlea]

This is probably my favorite move they've made this offseason...seriously!

[SkinsRaj28]

Good thing we didn't waste a draft pick on a punter last year.

Oh, wait...nevermind. SKINS 2 NASTY

[over the mountain]

i love me some good punting, we can finally take advantage of the field position battle which i think is real important in those close games.

go skins!!

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

i love me some good punting, we can finally take advantage of the field position battle which i think is real important in those close games.

go skins!!

we sure do enough of it

[DynamiteRave]

I hope the Redskins curse doesn't effect him.

The one where we sign a kickass player, they come to our team and start sucking. I'm always afraid of that.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I hope the Redskins curse doesn't effect him.

The one where we sign a kickass player, they come to our team and start sucking. I'm always afraid of that.

Come on now drave...that's not really true. Only a few have fallen under that spell. Remember such gems as John Riggins? How about Doug Williams? Or even Clinton Portis? Everyone has their share of busts, mainly due to over valueing. (aka: Dana Stubblefield)
Still, nice to hear from you.

ps- is you sig my quote from another thread?

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Come on now drave...that's not really true. Only a few have fallen under that spell. Remember such gems as John Riggins? How about Doug Williams? Or even Clinton Portis? Everyone has their share of busts, mainly due to over valueing. (aka: Dana Stubblefield)
Still, nice to hear from you.

ps- is you sig my quote from another thread?

True. But everyone's already hyping Smith, so if he falls below expectations... Let's just say, when it rains it pours.

And yeah! lol I was gonna quote you on it till I realized it was a widely used quote.

[Manusky91]

Originally Posted by davy

I don't know a lot about punting but I'd guess that the best yardstick for judging a punter's effectiveness would be the average net gain per punt?

How has Hunter Smith done the last 3 years in this category?

2008 - 11th in the league.
2007 - 37th in the league.
2006 - 30th in the league.

That doesn't exactly convince me our punting woes are over.

Wow, 37th in the league? Last time I checked, there were 32 teams. So either you're stats are wrong, or he had worse stats than back up kickers.

Seriously though, he's a good punter whose certainly well rested, because he never had to punt with Peyton Manning at the helm.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

True. But everyone's already hyping Smith, so if he falls below expectations... Let's just say, when it rains it pours.

And yeah! lol I was gonna quote you on it till I realized it was a widely used quote.

He likely will fall below expectations, cause a lot of times we have too high expectations. Hunter is a solid punter though. A lot times his "average" punt is dropped down cause the Colts offense was so good, he had less field to work with. It's no big deal, we needed a solid punter, and we got one. Hopefully he won't be run out of town when he shanks his first punt.

I saw that quote and thought the timing was a bit odd. It made me laugh. True, I didn't coin the phrase, but I do like it.

[vallin21]

Good signing. He'll beat out Johnson in camp, and he's 31.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by vallin21

Good signing. He'll beat out Johnson in camp, and he's 31.

He better, seeing as we cut Johnson. As of now his only competition is Atterberry

[SBXVII]

Hunter (the punter) Smith. lol.

Every time I see a rhyming name I think of Hank the Tank......."Where going streaking"

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Hunter (the punter) Smith. lol.

Every time I see a rhyming name I think of Hank the Tank......."Where going streaking"

Love that movie!

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Hunter (the punter) Smith. lol.

Every time I see a rhyming name I think of Hank the Tank......."Where going streaking"

That was actually Frank

maybe you're thinking Hank from King of the Hill, who sells propane, in tanks