SydneyDon
Team Captain
This update from jets Taining camp was posted on www.theganggreen.com by Thunderbirdjet, known on this website as Yankeecatfan. I'm sure he wont mind me sharing this with you guys.
Ben Graham Fireworks Display
227 and I talked about our "Thunder from down under" in our TC reports, but the display he put on in camp on Tuesday night deserves it's own thread. First, he has seemed to abandoned that tumbling hard to catch punt that was good for 40 to 43 yards, and instead came out hitting torpedoes, the Aussie name for what most punters in the NFL use, the spiral. Graham said last year he didn't like to use it because it was easier to shank. Well, Benny has been doing some work this off season.
They set up at our end of the field, and Ben is hitting from the 15 under a simulated rush. The first thing we notice about Ben's new weapon, the torpedoe, is the hang time. Last year he was running 4.0 to 4.5 seconds.... good hang times in the NFL. We start counting..... each punt is up for a minimum of 5 seconds, most closer to 5.5, some even getting very near 6 seconds!
That can't be right... count again... and again... same result.
So, even though they look long, I'm thinking they must be short for those hang times... now I count the yardage. No, that can't be right... count again. They are consistantly coming down at the 20 to 25 yard line! I redo my math. I must be screwing this up.... same result. 60 to 65 yards in the AIR! Those are 52 to 57 yard punts he's launching! He hit one that was just absolutely sick... 67 yards, and it had to have gone 80 feet high! I'm telling you, these punts would clear 6 story buildings!
I have never, EVER seen punts like these before. Maybe the rare wind aided oddity in the NFL, but this was in a mild cross breeze, and one after another after another. I actually had trouble believing what I was seeing. I kept recounting the yard markers. Kept timing his hang times. It was a jaw dropping display.
If he continues this way, he's going to shatter the NFL punting records.... not just break them, DESTROY them. Again, if he continues, he is a sure thing to make the pro bowl. I wouldn't blame you if didn't believe me, but 227 saw it too. This wasn't just a few punts.... he hit about 15 of them. Yes, he had an occasional 45 yard punt too.... but in the NFL, that is considered to be an excellent punt. 55 yards is just sick. The man is a machine, with a rocket launcher for a foot.
Ben Graham Fireworks Display
227 and I talked about our "Thunder from down under" in our TC reports, but the display he put on in camp on Tuesday night deserves it's own thread. First, he has seemed to abandoned that tumbling hard to catch punt that was good for 40 to 43 yards, and instead came out hitting torpedoes, the Aussie name for what most punters in the NFL use, the spiral. Graham said last year he didn't like to use it because it was easier to shank. Well, Benny has been doing some work this off season.
They set up at our end of the field, and Ben is hitting from the 15 under a simulated rush. The first thing we notice about Ben's new weapon, the torpedoe, is the hang time. Last year he was running 4.0 to 4.5 seconds.... good hang times in the NFL. We start counting..... each punt is up for a minimum of 5 seconds, most closer to 5.5, some even getting very near 6 seconds!
So, even though they look long, I'm thinking they must be short for those hang times... now I count the yardage. No, that can't be right... count again. They are consistantly coming down at the 20 to 25 yard line! I redo my math. I must be screwing this up.... same result. 60 to 65 yards in the AIR! Those are 52 to 57 yard punts he's launching! He hit one that was just absolutely sick... 67 yards, and it had to have gone 80 feet high! I'm telling you, these punts would clear 6 story buildings!
I have never, EVER seen punts like these before. Maybe the rare wind aided oddity in the NFL, but this was in a mild cross breeze, and one after another after another. I actually had trouble believing what I was seeing. I kept recounting the yard markers. Kept timing his hang times. It was a jaw dropping display.
If he continues this way, he's going to shatter the NFL punting records.... not just break them, DESTROY them. Again, if he continues, he is a sure thing to make the pro bowl. I wouldn't blame you if didn't believe me, but 227 saw it too. This wasn't just a few punts.... he hit about 15 of them. Yes, he had an occasional 45 yard punt too.... but in the NFL, that is considered to be an excellent punt. 55 yards is just sick. The man is a machine, with a rocket launcher for a foot.
