Quote:I just posted this in another thread but it's relevant here too:


Matt Turk was a good punter. The reason he didn't work out is because Gene Smith tried to repurpose him for something he was not geared for. Turk was a hang time boomer. Gene Smith wanted a placement punter. Even though Turk TOLD Gene Smith he was a boomer, and even demonstrated that skill at his workout, Smith signed him anyway. That is why Turk got upset when the crowd booed him and I can't say I blame the guy. Turk's record with the Jags was a shining example of Gene Smith's ineptitude.

 

It takes a heck of a GM to screw up the punter position so badly.  Not only do we let go Podlesh, a very good punter who we had already spent a 4th rounder on, but we sign Matt Turk and mis-use him.  Then, to make up for that we get a "once in a generation punter" who should be a "weapon" and he's really just a regular punter.  I don't hate Anger, he doesn't cost us games, but most punters don't generally do that.  I think we should keep him until he's not good.

 

Seriously, I know we are just fans who don't know football, but Punter has got to be the easiest position to find at least a serviceable guy.  What a giant cluster we made it out to be.

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