henry jones Posted January 1 Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said: Martin is fine. The least of this team’s problems. If you complain about the punter a lot, your Offense is the real problem…. Agreed. If you rely on your kicking game as much as we have been lately, eventually you’re gonna get burned 1 Quote
Thrivefourfive Posted January 1 Posted January 1 How fast is Bass! Faster than Jerry Seinfeld. I know I wasn’t the only one thinking he was about to pull a leg string or muscle. Quote
Spiderweb Posted January 1 Posted January 1 7 hours ago, Ryan Simpsons said: our special teams this year is bad. Giving up a TD on the opening drive. Bass missing some bad kicks and Martin stinking a bit punting deserves some changes next year in the special teams department No credit for the GREAT job Martin did punting yesterday? 3 Quote
LABILLBACKER Posted January 1 Posted January 1 5 hours ago, Spiderweb said: No credit for the GREAT job Martin did punting yesterday? Martin did have a clutch punt yesterday but one punt doesn't magically vault you out of the 31st ranked net punter. The biggest fail of our ST unit is probably in the tackling and blocking of our punt/KO units. I can't watch Matakevich and his 5.1 speed run anymore. I still think we'll upgrade punter next year. Quote
ganesh Posted January 1 Posted January 1 7 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said: Martin did have a clutch punt yesterday but one punt doesn't magically vault you out of the 31st ranked net punter. The biggest fail of our ST unit is probably in the tackling and blocking of our punt/KO units. I can't watch Matakevich and his 5.1 speed run anymore. I still think we'll upgrade punter next year. Is the problem wkth the Punter or the coverage teams? You seem to think it is latter but still asking for an upgrade at the Punting position Quote
LABILLBACKER Posted January 1 Posted January 1 15 minutes ago, ganesh said: Is the problem wkth the Punter or the coverage teams? You seem to think it is latter but still asking for an upgrade at the Punting position You're right. The #1 problem is our inability to tackle and block. Name me one big return we've had all year. And yes we still need a better punter. Quote
Spiderweb Posted January 2 Posted January 2 On 1/1/2024 at 12:25 PM, LABILLBACKER said: Martin did have a clutch punt yesterday but one punt doesn't magically vault you out of the 31st ranked net punter. The biggest fail of our ST unit is probably in the tackling and blocking of our punt/KO units. I can't watch Matakevich and his 5.1 speed run anymore. I still think we'll upgrade punter next year. A clutch punt? 1 Quote
Jauronimo Posted January 2 Posted January 2 4 minutes ago, Spiderweb said: A clutch punt? By "a" I assume he means 6 punts downed inside the 20. Quote
Generic_Bills_Fan Posted January 2 Posted January 2 8 minutes ago, Spiderweb said: A clutch punt? Yea our final punt where we downed it at the 3 and NE couldn’t do anything backed up to their own end zone and went 3 and out. If a punt can’t even qualify as clutch to some people y’all aren’t taking special teams seriously enough 😂 Quote
Saxum Posted January 11 Posted January 11 On 12/11/2023 at 12:10 AM, VaMilBill said: Contributing to that is our kicking games. Sam Martin is averaging 44 YPP which is ranked at 32. Not good. The amount of times he’s had short punts or just not a lot of hang time this year seems countless. AFC Special Teams Player of the month. I guess he needs to be Special Teams Player of the year to satisfy you. Quote
BearNorth Posted January 11 Posted January 11 While there are a lot of actors involved, including the punter, having an average starting position after a punt at the 19, means a lot of long fields for your opponents. Bills defense only gave up 8 TD's in 5 games - that will win a lot of games. Quote
Einstein Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Yeah Martin has played well the last few games. I'm pretty worried about Bass though. We haven't even attempted a 50+ yard field goal in 11 games. We have either went for it, or punted, from our 35+ yard line several times. I don't know if they have lost faith in Bass or what. Quote
EasternOHBillsFan Posted January 11 Posted January 11 9 minutes ago, Einstein said: Yeah Martin has played well the last few games. I'm pretty worried about Bass though. We haven't even attempted a 50+ yard field goal in 11 games. We have either went for it, or punted, from our 35+ yard line several times. I don't know if they have lost faith in Bass or what. Not kicking very long field goals in poor weather conditions and being aggressive will serve us well. Having Joe Brady as OC instead of Ken Dorsey is huge... 1 Quote
VaMilBill Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 1 hour ago, Limeaid said: AFC Special Teams Player of the month. I guess he needs to be Special Teams Player of the year to satisfy you. I mean this post was written after the chiefs game based on a trend of the entire season at that point in time. Of course Sam Martin had played well the last four games. I’ll admit it. But he was bad for the first 13 games of the season outside of the first Miami matchup. And Bass is another matter. I feel like McD does not have confidence in him at all and that scares me. Bass has also had a pretty poor season not just by his standards, but all kicker standards. I think you need to understand the context of when items are written. Quote
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