polishdreamer
01-06-2010, 07:38 AM
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It’s long been an elusive number for NFL punters until the past couple of seasons. As successful a punter as <NOBR sizcache="228" sizset="109" jQuery1262785015358="3">Brian Moormanhttp://www.buffalobills.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/brian-moorman/5c96b3a6-d72a-4934-91e3-17fd7873ec27/)</NOBR> has been in his career, he has never achieved the figure for an entire regular season. Until now. The Bills punter for the first time eclipsed the 40-yard net punting average in 2009, finishing with a net average of 40.2 for the season.
“As far as the 40-yard net it was something (special teams coordinator) Bobby April talked about before the last game with the team because it is a team stat,” said Moorman. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen him so excited when I told him that we made it and all the other guys excited too. It was a fun thing to accomplish and a fun thing to go out and work towards.”
Moorman has flirted with a net average of 40 yards before, but when the weather turns bad near the end of the season in Buffalo it makes maintaining such an average far more difficult. The ball doesn’t carry as far in colder temperatures and there are the whipping winds that show up in early November that can wreak havoc on a punter’s effectiveness.
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3/Moorman-nets-40/2708953d-7ea1-4e2c-8c77-90256b2721d9
It’s long been an elusive number for NFL punters until the past couple of seasons. As successful a punter as <NOBR sizcache="228" sizset="109" jQuery1262785015358="3">Brian Moormanhttp://www.buffalobills.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/brian-moorman/5c96b3a6-d72a-4934-91e3-17fd7873ec27/)</NOBR> has been in his career, he has never achieved the figure for an entire regular season. Until now. The Bills punter for the first time eclipsed the 40-yard net punting average in 2009, finishing with a net average of 40.2 for the season.
“As far as the 40-yard net it was something (special teams coordinator) Bobby April talked about before the last game with the team because it is a team stat,” said Moorman. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen him so excited when I told him that we made it and all the other guys excited too. It was a fun thing to accomplish and a fun thing to go out and work towards.”
Moorman has flirted with a net average of 40 yards before, but when the weather turns bad near the end of the season in Buffalo it makes maintaining such an average far more difficult. The ball doesn’t carry as far in colder temperatures and there are the whipping winds that show up in early November that can wreak havoc on a punter’s effectiveness.
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3/Moorman-nets-40/2708953d-7ea1-4e2c-8c77-90256b2721d9