Hentrich Pondering Retirement

I would like him to stay one more year. He is a good punter even for his agee. But whatever is best for the man.

 

Dude needs to retire. A bad back is not something you want for the rest of your life.

 

Hentrich was a great punter but I think we can do better. I would love to go after Shane Lechler who is also a free agent. He's the best punter in the NFL and could really help out our field position game. Honestly I thought Hentrich was a little below average this year.

 

I think he is good. But a punter is more or less a punter. I think with the workout regimens of college players these days you're going to get a live leg from just about anywhere. So if he retires, not a big deal to me. I guess what you want in a punter is a kickoff specialist if you can find one, and an emergency FG kicker if needed, and maybe about 1/3 of all punts inside the 20. I'd prefer a big school punter like the kid from UCLA, because you know going into his college career he was special, and likely still is, but the dude from Ball State looks sharp too. UTenn's punter looks dorky, and is a bit below average, but he is available too. Might be easy to give him a look see.

 

Jags fans might disagree with you, they recently drafted Adam Podlesh and most of the fans seem to hate him.

 

drafting Kickers/Punters = Foolishness.

Justin Medlock and Mike Nugent are studs. Good choice.
Think about it, we got Cortland Finnegan in a spot some moronic GMs could've used on a kicker they could have gotten in Free Agency.

Tom Foolery at its finest.

 

Well. Look at your game changing punters in todays game...

Shane Lechler - 5th round.
Mike Scifres - 5th round
Andy Lee - 6th round
Brad Maynard - Round 3
Sam Koch - round 6
Josh Bidwell - round 4


The Titans rely of field position big time. Many, if not all of your top punters have been drafted. Maybe you could put Moorman and McBriar in there as undrafted. But overwhelmingly, all drafted.

These are the Free agent punters available if it comes to that:

Paul Ernster UFA Steelers
Chris Hanson UFA Patriots
Dirk Johnson UFA Cardinals
Sam Koch RFA Ravens
Michael Koenen UFA Falcons
Shane Lechler UFA Raiders
Sam Paulescu RFA Cowboys
Hunter Smith UFA Colts
Mike Nugent, UFA, New York Jets

There are some good ones out there if they remain unsigned.

 

A third round pick on a punter is a wasted pick. FAs are always out there, Josh Miller for example. I would be sick if the Titans used anything but a 7th on a kicker of any form.

It's a complete waste. Sign FAs and you have competition for the spot. When you draft somebody, you basically have to guarantee them a spot even if they suck. This isn't a Paul Williams situation either. You generally never have a backup punter on your 53 man roster.

Yeah, some good ones have been drafted, but that doesn't justify drafting one for me, when you have a chance for an every-down player.
See also my Finnegan example.

Want to see some of the legitimately good players the Bears could have drafted instead of Brad Maynard (in 1997)? here goes:

Derrick Mason
Al Harris
Priest Holmes
Jon Kitna
Pat Williams
Jake Delhomme
Joe Andruzzi
Grady Jackson (who was good at one point)

I know it's easy to go back and cherrypick names to make my point, but I think I'm getting my point across. You could be missing out on a great player by drafting someone that may see the field 4 or 5 times the whole game, when someone of basically the same caliber can be found without such expense.

Same deal with Bidwell. They could have had
Jeff Saturday
Jerry Azumah
Donald Driver
Rod Coleman
Desmond Clark


As far as Kickers go... Sebastian Janikowski was easiest to pick on, (1st rd. pick)
Instead of a good kicker The Raiders could have had
Bulluck
Shaun Alexander
Urlacher
Jamal Lewis
John Abraham
Chad Pennington
Plaxico Burress
Adalius Thomas
TOM BRADY
And instead...They got a pretty good kicker. He sure can kick 'em into the end zone. Too bad they aren't ever in a tight spot in a meaningful game where he would really matter.


long story short. Only idiots draft kickers.