seriously whats the point? is there really such a huge difference between the two that there has to be a player for each function? why dont they just say hey kicker guy we're gonna give you a little bit more responsibility and make you punter as well?
2007-10-24 16:57:01 · 8 answers · asked by thebigcheese 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Two completely different kicking motions. Too different football skills. That is why. Maybe you never played. That is OK. If you don't know, ask a good question. Better than some of the other questions, like who is better.
2007-10-24 17:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by gfcbarracker 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are very different. If you have ever seen a game where the kicker gets injured and usually the punter will take over kicking duties, or the other way around. Some punters are decent at kicking and some kickers are decent at punting, but rarely will you find a guy who is good at both. Some teams have their punter do kick-offs because that is pretty simple, kicking off a tee comes down to who has the bigger leg, but field goals are a completely different story.
2007-10-24 17:50:28 · answer #2 · answered by Brodie Fan85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way it reads makes it sound as if you don't treat the two positions with respect. You make it sound as if a kicker and a punter aren't football positions.
Kicking is different. Your foot has to be aligned in a certain way. Your leg swing has to be perfect. Your body must be controlled
Punting takes a different area of the foot. A good punt is a nice clean spiral, not a "helicopter" like one. Punting takes speed and awareness.
They are both very different. Plus, what if you had an extremeley good kicker who was just an okay punter? Wouldn't you rather have a good kicker as well as a good punter?
2007-10-25 14:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not trying to be rude, but it seems you're dismissing the importance of a good punter. A great example of how important a punter is would have been to watch the Chiefs/Raiders game. You had the current 2 best punters in the league, in terms of net yards facing off. Field position is everything on a team that plays mostly defense. Neither the Chiefs nor Raiders have great offenses so to pin your opponent deep and make them try to drive the length of the field in such a situation is key to winning. Since the kicking motions and hand eye coordination are quite different. To just say ok kicker, go punt, could really screw you over on field position.
2007-10-24 17:39:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most NFL kickers would be pretty good punters, but an NFL punter would gain at least 5-10 yards of field position over a good punter each time they exchange punts, and no NFL team is going to give away those yards in order to cut the salary of a punter who probably makes the league minimum.
2007-10-25 03:58:59 · answer #5 · answered by Captain Hammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends how good you are. If you have talent its very possible to walk onto any college team given the right situation. Kicker and punter are the easiest by far to be able to do that.
2016-03-13 06:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're very different.. most guys who do one in the nfl could do the other pretty well too but probably not nfl-like.. in hs and even some in college often its the same player but its very unlikely u have some1 who can focus enough time on both to make them equally as good
2007-10-24 17:05:42 · answer #7 · answered by tmg03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one u drop the ball and have to kick it far and the other one u have to kick it from the ground basically which can be harder because thats when ur goin for a field goal..
2007-10-24 17:07:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋