Nortman's problem last year was that he either outkicked his coverage by 15 yards or shanked it 30 yards and out of bounds. There weren't too many particularly great punts in there, and a lot of that is probably because Joe DeCamillis loves directional punters. Brad Nortman is as much a directional punter as a tank of napalm is a precision munition.

Cooke is very much a directional punter. His punts in college (so I've been told) tended to be very high and in the 40-45 yard range, landing around the time his gunners got there. That's a Joe DeCamillis punter for you. The man went on record during his first stint in Jacksonville saying that the perfect punt is 40 yards with no return. Cooke will be fine. If he's not, there's another Chris Hanson floating around out there who'll come in and steal the job away.

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