RocCityRoller Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 RIP Ray Guy - First football card I owned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/3/2022 at 12:14 PM, Big Turk said: RIP for sure...BUT Does that really make him the greatest punter ever tho? I would actually nominate Sammy Baugh for that...most people know him for his QB heroics as "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh, but few know that he is STILL top 30 all-time in career punting average at 45.1 Yards/Punt. And it's not like he only hit a few of them, he punted 338 times in his career. This was back when punting wasn't looked at as something you practiced, players just kinda went out there and did it on gameday and most played other positions as well. Baugh was an elite punter who played QB most of the time...it would be like if Josh Allen played QB and only practiced during the week at QB but then came out and also was one of the best punters in NFL history. Far more impressive than a guy who only does punting to me and focused on it all week long. In fact, what is even more impressive is that Baugh is the only player in the top 30(he is 29th) that didn't start his career in the 2000's, which obviously shows how much punters(and obviously kickers as well) have improved throughout the years. Baugh's career started in 1937 and ended in 1952. It took 48 years for a punter starting his career then to be better than him doing something that was something he didn't even really practice doing. That's impressive. Great Punter, Great quarterback, great defensive back. Yet, what he is most remembered for is his comment to a sports writer after the Redskins lost to the Bears 73-0 in the 1940 title game. After the Bears opening scoring drive, the Redskins were about to tie the game when a receiver dropped a sure TD pass on third down, followed by a missed field goal. A writer asked Baugh if the game might have had a different outcome had Malone not dropped the pass. Baugh replied sure, we would have lost 73-7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/3/2022 at 12:51 PM, Beast said: Great athlete. The OBJ of punters. After seeing this photo it jogged my memory of that SB. Everybody thought the Redskins would obliterate the Raiders and it turned out the opposite. So many game changing plays like the Squirek INT before the half. This one handed snag by Guy on what could be one of the highest bad snaps in NFL history might have been a huge play for Washington except for Guy's athletic play. And he ended up punting it away no problem! If that goes over his head its a possible TD and everything changes in that game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Almost all of the great punters can do things other than kick the ball just like all of the great QBs currently can do things other than throw the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl2526 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 He was unparalleled in his day. He was 2 years older than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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