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I think the hierarchy of effectiveness is something like:

Sam Martin
The ghost of Tom Tupa

Josh Allen arm-punting

Matt Haack

Sam Martin on one hamstring.

So technically, this is an improvement. I would've called Tupa's ghost, personally.

(p.s. the Bills weren't going to insert Matt "one preseason punt and no experience holding in real games" Araiza into a playoff game at a time their kicker is slumping a bit. Wasn't gonna happen. Move on)

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1 minute ago, Logic said:

I think the hierarchy of effectiveness is something like:

Sam Martin
The ghost of Tom Tupa

Josh Allen arm-punting

Matt Haack

Sam Martin on one hamstring.

So technically, this is an improvement. I would've called Tupa's ghost, personally.

(p.s. the Bills weren't going to insert Matt "one preseason punt and no experience holding in real games" Araiza into a playoff game at a time their kicker is slumping a bit. Wasn't gonna happen. Move on)

the arm punt is always interesting that shows the IQ of a player.

 

i never understand why so many times a defender catches those passes as an int.

 

the best thing to do is catch it and drop it all in the same move if you can't 100% knock it down.

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I know he's got "holding chemistry" with bass, but haack is not good and neither has bass been this year.

 

So maybe he will make bass a better kicker this playoffs?

 

It's not like there's a FA out there with a nickname like "punt god" or anything, so we'll just take what we can get 

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19 minutes ago, boyst said:

the arm punt is always interesting that shows the IQ of a player.

 

i never understand why so many times a defender catches those passes as an int.

 

the best thing to do is catch it and drop it all in the same move if you can't 100% knock it down.


Absolutely.

As a matter of fact, that just came up in the Dolphins game. That 4th down prayer that Josh Allen winged 40 yards downfield, into the endzone? The Dolphins player should have knocked that down instead of picking it off. Cost his team a lot of yards.

It was also an instance where throwing an interception in the end zone was a better outcome for the Bills than Josh throwing an incomplete pass there, which illustrates that not all interceptions are created equally. But of course the national narrative around Josh's turnovers isn't ready for that level of nuance.

**Edit: All of that said, it's probably hard in the heat of the moment and with all that adrenaline flowing to remember to knock a pass down instead of catch it. Everything a DB does in his career is geared toward "pick it off!". There may also be financial incentives in various players' contracts for interceptions or for Pro Bowls (which interception numbers help).

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28 minutes ago, Logic said:

I think the hierarchy of effectiveness is something like:

Sam Martin
The ghost of Tom Tupa

Josh Allen arm-punting

Matt Haack

Sam Martin on one hamstring.

So technically, this is an improvement. I would've called Tupa's ghost, personally.

(p.s. the Bills weren't going to insert Matt "one preseason punt and no experience holding in real games" Araiza into a playoff game at a time their kicker is slumping a bit. Wasn't gonna happen. Move on)

I’m never moving on,

 

PUNT GOD PUNT GOD PUT GOD 

 

GO BILLS!!!

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