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When a kicker is going to punt, and his stats show up on tv that says "Inside 20", I want to know what that means. Does it mean
that the number

represents the number of punts that have been kicked 20 or less

or

does it mean how many times the kicker has punted the ball within the 20 yard line(ex: the ball lands on the 12 yard line)??

Thanks

2006-09-08 12:12:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports Football (American)

5 answers

To add a little persepective to the other answers, the NFL used to track punts that carried inside the 10 - and not the 20. The ability to punt directionally for the corners in opponent's territory is a by-gone skill, however. One reason is that these punts tended to be shorter than other punts so affected gross punting averages - which is generally the one stat that earns a punter a salary. Since the punter benefitted from booming the ball into the endzone instead of laying it up short inside the 10 the NFL then started tracking net average and kicks inside the 20 - since this was more likely than a kick inside the 10. Still, neither of these is a particularly good stat either as they depend heavily on the ability of the punt coverage team to contain the return man.

Teams actually started taking delay of game penalties if they were outside of field goal range but in short punting range in order to let the punter get off a full force kick instead of asking him to aim for the sideline.

2006-09-08 12:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1 0

inside the 20

2006-09-08 19:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

inside the 20 yard line.

2006-09-08 19:14:28 · answer #3 · answered by Mitch 3 · 0 0

Actually when the ball is downed inside the 20 (or the returner is tackled inside the 20). Doesn't count when he boots it into the end zone.

2006-09-08 19:18:31 · answer #4 · answered by Here we Go 2 · 0 0

that probaly means he is kicking from the inside from the 20 yd line or the stat that tells how many times he was kicked from inside the twenty
but ill go with the first one

2006-09-08 19:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by UAI 3 · 0 0

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