Week 11: Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions

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Doomsday said:
Has "coffin corner" punting been forgotten? Does anyone older than 40 even know what it is? Cleveland punter doesn't know, neither do his coaches apparently. No excuse to give 'em a touchback in that situation.
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The game and those commenting on games has changed. So much in 40 years it's unreal, and not all for the better, but punters have become more accurate in punting to the center of the field and have the ball fair caught at the ten. It isnt as exciting as having the punter aim at the pylon and kick it out of bounds inside the one, but us old guys tend to forget how many times it went into the end zone and was brought out to the 20.

With everyone playing averages these days they prefer a consistent kick to the ten rather than getting it inside the five 1 out of five kicks. Todays punters kick farther have more hang time and more consistent with their kicks. Averaging 40 yds was once a good punter. Ray Guy who was the best punter most of us had ever seen had an average net of about 34 yes per punt, and an average distance of only 42 yards and he was considered to have an unbelievable leg. When abilities change so do tactics.
 
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Field Yates‏ @FieldYates 4 minutes ago

The Redskins have now gone 16 quarters without scoring a TD, the longest streak by any NFL team since at least 2001.
 
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Azznbad said:
The game and those commenting on games has changed. So much in 40 years it's unreal, and not all for the better, but punters have become more accurate in punting to the center of the field and have the ball fair caught at the ten. It isnt as exciting as having the punter aim at the pylon and kick it out of bounds inside the one, but us old guys tend to forget how many times it went into the end zone and was brought out to the 20.

With everyone playing averages these days they prefer a consistent kick to the ten rather than getting it inside the five 1 out of five kicks. Todays punters kick farther have more hang time and more consistent with their kicks. Averaging 40 yds was once a good punter. Ray Guy who was the best punter most of us had ever seen had an average net of about 34 yes per punt, and an average distance of only 42 yards and he was considered to have an unbelievable leg. When abilities change so do tactics.
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Situational punting still lives. After I posted that, they actually did two coffin corner punts and both worked like always. In the situation where they did not, they should have. There's still no excuse for them giving up a touchback in that situation.
 
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Breathing room for us now... Nearly 8 minutes to go and a 14 point lead. No way we still lose, right?
 
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Doomsday said:
It's called the extra point... Not field goal. Field goal is a play for 3 points. The kick that happens after a touchdown nets only one point. That is why it is called the extra point, or PAT which is Point After Touchdown. Not field goal.
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well the cowboys twitter said field goal 37 yards ... that is where It comes from.
 
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As good as Pollard's been on offense today he's been just as frustrating on special teams...
 
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internetking said:
Was from official cowboys twitter:
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That's NOT related to the TD tweet you posted! YOU added " field goal" yourself, to that TD tweet. Not the first time you've done it either.

Just admit you didn't know what an extra point is.
 
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