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Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:12 AM
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Still seems to struggle identifying the ball and catching in front of his body... over-the-shoulder catches are good for highlight reels not casual punt fielding
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Orange Blooded [2197]
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I feel my bung hole clinch up tight during every punt return
Oct 21, 2018, 9:18 AM
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unless Renfrow is back there to catch it.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:20 AM
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Amari has looked pretty #### good except for a couple earlier this year.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:20 AM
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Not really, glad to have someone with the potential to break one back there.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:24 AM
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No I hold my breath when we punt ! 35 yard average sucks
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:26 AM
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I did during the Syracuse game after it was evident that Amari was struggling catching the ball. A lot of us probably saw the muffed punt coming with the way he was having trouble earlier in the game. Outside of that game he has been very good holding onto the ball.
Admittedly, I was always worried when Ray Ray was back there. He fumbled twice on a kickoff and punt early in the Buffalo game last week. I don't know why he continues to struggle.
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Legend [16186]
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I am never nervous about Amari
Oct 21, 2018, 9:28 AM
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After all, I watched Ray Ray field punts for several years.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:34 AM
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FWIW: The SU punter was bringing rain with those Ray Guy punts. It's amazing that anyone can catch those.
That said, I caught myself saying, "If you don't muff this punt, we're good. Oh carp". But I'm still okay with Amari catching punts. Renfrow is playing his last year with us (sniff, sniff...I'm okay now), so someone has to take over this important role.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:34 AM
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Nah, he has figured it out now...
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:38 AM
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He has had two conseecutive games without incident . Nothing to worry about until there's new stuff to worry about on those returns .
Remember too , the Syracuse punter and the A&M punter kicked the ball into the stratosphere , and that's only a very slight exaggeration .
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 1:36 PM
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Balls kicked extremely high can have a tendency to move a little crazy coming down .
An average guy trying to catch one would be funny to watch .
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No.***
Oct 21, 2018, 9:39 AM
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No ... he’s had one bad game. Otherwise just fine. And he
Oct 21, 2018, 9:42 AM
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And he actually gives us a chance at breaking a return.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:56 AM
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As long as we do not face any more Ray Guy Award candidates I think he will be just fine. He admitted that the height/hang time gave him fits and I suspect given his work ethic he has found a way to use a Jugg machine to practice that aspect.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:57 AM
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Because we field nobody that can replicate that in practice, just saying.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 9:57 AM
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Nope.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 10:00 AM
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Nope....
'Cuse punter's gonna make $$ next year. He's in the Guy/Robey mold...so is aTm's punter!
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No.***
Oct 21, 2018, 10:01 AM
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 10:04 AM
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No but DK made me nervous catching that one punt inside the 15 ABOVE his head! Dang man!
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No, not really. The NC State punter was kicking low
Oct 21, 2018, 10:05 AM
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line drives. Those are easier to catch because you can use your body. The Cuse punter was punting the ball a mile into the air and it was coming almost straight down. Those are more difficult to field because they come almost straight down on the hands and they can be difficult to judge.
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Re: No, not really. The NC State punter was kicking low
Oct 21, 2018, 10:23 AM
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I was thinking that punts like that should probably not be fielded anyway because at that angle they are probably going to bounce backwards and you’ll pick up more yards that way than on a return?
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I've been holding my breath during games long enough.
Oct 21, 2018, 1:38 PM
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We're good enough to overcome just about anything now.
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Re: Anyone else hold their breath on every Amari punt catch?
Oct 21, 2018, 2:14 PM
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Not nearly as nerve wracking as watching Ray Ray field punts was.
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