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re: PFF gives GOAT Punter it's All-Pro nod.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 2:03 pm to Lexman1
Posted on 1/5/18 at 2:03 pm to Lexman1
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He actually makes a lot of money, especially for a punter. I think he’s at $2.5 million per year. Not exactly chump change!
Its actually 3.6475 million a year, most in the league
#2 is Hekker at 3.5mil
Around 14-15th ranked is hitting 2mil, so we're paying him roughly 1.5mil more than the average punter.
Are we splitting hairs on 1.5mil when he's pretty consistent and doesn't shank punts? I can cut a player and save 1.5mil and we wouldn't miss a beat.
Hell, in bone-money logic he'd say well you'd need to spend at least 500k on the position alone as its league minimum, so you're really only saving 1mil.
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Posted on 1/5/18 at 2:19 pm to htran90
A cut or trade of Thomas Morestead saves 4.15 million of pure cap space in 2018. This is his last year of his contract. I hope worst case scenario, they extend him, offer him security in an organization he loves and reduces his numbers a bit.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 2:56 pm to htran90
Yeah unless you have the kicker or someone else double up as punter you're going to spend at least $500k on the position.
But even then you're going to have to spend at least $2.5 mil per to get a consistent, capable punter.
But I do agree we should not go into next season with Morstead's contract the way it is. It's time to extend him and backload so punter isn't suddenly an issue heading into the final Brees years.
Also hang time and location are HUGE aspects of punting, both of which Morstead excels at greatly. I would say he has one of the highest fair catch percentages year in and year out, and even when they don't fair catch we are usually right in position to make the tackle. That's why Morstead's net and avg. tend to be the closest out of all punters every year.
But even then you're going to have to spend at least $2.5 mil per to get a consistent, capable punter.
But I do agree we should not go into next season with Morstead's contract the way it is. It's time to extend him and backload so punter isn't suddenly an issue heading into the final Brees years.
Also hang time and location are HUGE aspects of punting, both of which Morstead excels at greatly. I would say he has one of the highest fair catch percentages year in and year out, and even when they don't fair catch we are usually right in position to make the tackle. That's why Morstead's net and avg. tend to be the closest out of all punters every year.
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