CardinalScotts Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Powell is the king of the 65 yarder into the endzone unable to kill it inside the 5-10 or even the 20. But when you need him to drop a bomb its off the side of the foot for 25 yards repeatedly. Carpenter has been great don't mess with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boludo Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 told you guys powell was bad sometimes you have to use your own judgement not just look at stats that was some poor punting out there in cleveland tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Rough game for Powell. Woof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Powell is bad. When you need him he is at his worst. His average is not indicative of his performance. And I don't blame him at all for the two long returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hopkins is another Wally Pip, and as for Powell no NFL kicker should have these 30 yard kicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Wally Pip was the Yankee lst baseman who was injured and never made it back to play lst base again for the Yanks because his replacement was someone named Lou Gehrig, so it is just not true that you never lose your job because of injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Carpenter/Hopkins are both fine but POWELL is a DISASTER. Worst punter in the league. Today, it was Punt coverage team that sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Today, it was Punt coverage team that sucked. Powell hurt us in a couple of ways, although he does have a great booming kick he also tends to linedrive some (the TD return, in particular was down the field way too quick and off to the right? sideline, which I guess may have been planned but is part of why the play blew up in our faces, unless I am wrong but it looked that way in replays) and he shanks at the worst times as mentioned above. I kind of liked his camp competition, another subpar game and I would be looking at a replacement. STs in general really had a bad bad day and coupled with injuries cost us the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Marrone's worst hire was the STs coach. He was bad at Detroit last year. But they are buddies. IMO, he should be on the hot seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Right now we have the "clutch" version of Carpenter, not the shaky version who was let go by Miami. Looks like the Hopkins era will have to wait a while....until Mr. Carpenter turns shaky again. I supported Powell through some tough games last year but i'm souring on him. The guy has a huge leg, but is not mechanically sound as an NFL punter needs to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Powell has had a shank or two, but other than that he's been VERY solid this season. Audition punters? Yeah, no. This. The Powell hatred is really getting old. I guess people are still heartbroken over 'team MVP Brian Moorman' . Powell has been absolutely fine this season. Obviously he was told to not punt it to the return guy on the 3d one last night and hence the 29 yarder out of bounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 Wide Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 This. The Powell hatred is really getting old. I guess people are still heartbroken over 'team MVP Brian Moorman' . Powell has been absolutely fine this season. Obviously he was told to not punt it to the return guy on the 3d one last night and hence the 29 yarder out of bounds. Have to disagree. Line drive punts, at least one shank a game, when they need him most, he drops one 31 yards out of bounds or boots a touchback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Have to disagree. Line drive punts, at least one shank a game, when they need him most, he drops one 31 yards out of bounds or boots a touchback. Agree. Punters are a dime a dozen. Only 32 in the world get that job. We should be choosy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff28 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Carpenter has been very good. I think Powell is awful. A "big leg" means nothing when you kick linedrives and have absolutely no touch in dropping balls inside the 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt in KC Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Did anyone notice the off-target long snaps? Also, there was one punt where Powell shifted over ~2 feet to his left prior to the snap. I don't know if he has been lining up off-center and just realized it, or if there was some sort of shift based on how the defense was lined up to rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Carpenter has been a dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 For all you guys complementing Powell's average - his NET avg (which is the important stat) is 35.2. That's good for 32nd in the league. He's had 35 punts and only 5 fair catches. He's had more punts returned than all but one punter and leads the league in touchbacks. His average per return is good for 4th worst in the league. All that and the stat everybody is complementing him on - average - is good for only 15th in the league. To be fair he has more punts than anybody in the league but even accounting for that his numbers are horrible. Compare that to someone like Lanning (Cleveland's punter) who averages 2 yards less per kick but has a net that is 4 yards better, has over twice as many fair catches and just 2 touchbacks. He also allows 6 yards less per return. It's called HANG TIME. Kicking it long and low and allowing returns over and over again might look good on your avg but it kills a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Straw Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Per bills mobile app notification, Powell has been cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Powell has been awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPS Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 This. The Powell hatred is really getting old. I guess people are still heartbroken over 'team MVP Brian Moorman' . Powell has been absolutely fine this season. Obviously he was told to not punt it to the return guy on the 3d one last night and hence the 29 yarder out of bounds. I guess you'll defend anything in a Bills Uni. This guy sucked! He could kick, but punting in the NFL was another matter. Rock head. Him, not you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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