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06-22-2005, 12:26 AM
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Our new punter will **** you up!!!
Colquitt could kick Chiefs’ punting woes
By ADAM TEICHER Kansas City Star The high, arching punts of rookie Dusty Colquitt were an offseason delight for the Chiefs. His kicks gave them reason to believe their punting problems of recent years are finished. But the show doesn’t end when Colquitt’s kicks begin their journey back to earth. They inevitably do a dance that leaves returners staggering just to make a clean catch, much less bust loose for long yardage. Colquitt’s kicks consistently baffled even veteran and sure-handed returners such as Dante Hall and Eddie Kennison. In offseason practices, both players fought Colquitt’s punts with all they had. They had little success. Their attempts to field the kicks were a collection of drops, fingertip grabs, last-second lunges and belated efforts to merely get out of the way of the falling ball. “Dante dropped one every day, and Dante never drops one,” coach Dick Vermeil said. “This is the first time he’s ever had problems. He told me he’s been using his game-day concentration and he was still having problems.” That’s just the sort of mayhem the Chiefs had in mind when they drafted Colquitt near the end of the third round. One of the biggest reasons was returners’ inability to get a consistent grip on his punts. “We saw it when we watched him in college,” said special teams coach Frank Gansz Jr. “A lot of returners were mishandling his punts. I stood under a few of them when I went to work him out. I’ve seen a lot of punts, but this guy’s punts move around a lot.” It’s a new and exciting phenomenon for the Chiefs, who have gone through a dizzying collection of mediocre punters since Vermeil arrived in 2001. It’s nothing new for Colquitt, who as Gansz indicated was tough to catch in college at Tennessee. “I know that if guys are catching my punts and they’re not having much problem with them, there’s something in my technique that I need to tweak,” Colquitt said. “I kind of have a different way of doing things than most punters. I hold the ball at a little bit of an angle. I tilt the nose up a little bit, and when the ball gets to its peak, it doesn’t really turn over. That makes it a difficult ball to catch.” Colquitt is left-footed. Left-footed punts rotate differently and take some getting used to. “But that doesn’t explain all of it, because we’ve played against lefties before,” Gansz said. “It’s not like that kind of guy is new to us. Both Eddie and Dante have great ball skills. They know how to handle lefties.” Colquitt also generally gets good hang time on his punts. “Any time you see a ball up that high and there’s any kind of wind at all, it’s going to do some pretty funny things,” Gansz said. “The returner spends a lot of time first of all just trying to figure out whether he’s going to catch the thing. “It’s definitely going to be an advantage for him and for us. A turnover in the kicking game is always huge.” Running back Sam Gado had the misfortune of being sent back as the returner during the Chiefs’ spring rookie camp. The poor fellow had no idea what he was in for. “I don’t know what it is about his punts,” Gado said. “It just hangs up in the air so high that it’s hard to adjust. You almost lose your bearings a little bit. You just can’t get a good grasp or a good feel for where it’s going to land. I was back there for about 10 or 12 of his punts. The first eight or nine, I dropped every single one of them.” That shook Gado’s confidence as a returner. It lasted until the Chiefs began a series of full-squad practice sessions. Now he knows his problems had more to do with Colquitt instead. “At first, I thought it was just me,” Gado said. “But then I saw Dante Hall and Eddie Kennison having problems with it. That made me feel a lot better.” |
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06-22-2005, 12:31 AM
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Bob........When people talk about a team ****ing another team up they talk about DEFENSE not the punter.
This is an all time Chief low. Vermeil talking punter smak to the media.  Bob please bump this thread in January when your secret weapon punter  destroys the NFL on the way to the Lombardi trophy will you?Last edited by Meck77; 06-22-2005 at 12:37 AM.. |
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06-22-2005, 12:35 AM
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However, it IS good to see Dante having his problems...
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06-22-2005, 12:39 AM
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Well not just Dante. Quitterson can't catch a punt either anymore.  |
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06-22-2005, 03:21 AM
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Our punter can beat up your punter.
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06-22-2005, 03:36 AM
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Aaaayh!!!
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I wouldn't say that to our punter....he might get roid rage...and try to eat you.
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06-22-2005, 04:52 AM
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DOOONNNTTTTT CAAARRREEE!
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Hey Bob,
isn't great to see a punter booming the ball in practice with no pressure? Baker looked like all pro in practice.... |
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06-22-2005, 05:13 AM
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*yawn*
There were articles similar to this a few years ago....only the name was Nick Harris. He was consistently out-punting Rouen, until guys were allowed to run at him. |
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06-22-2005, 05:29 AM
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OMG, and I thought Denver was a fluff town for offseason print. O...M...G!!
And, of course, Bob is doing backflips. "Colquitt is to football what Bugs Bunny is to baseball...one, two, three strikes YOU'RE OUT!" -- should have been the headline. "Watch me perplex 'em with this perfect pachyderm percussion pitch", says Bugs. |
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06-22-2005, 05:33 AM
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resorting to threatening us with you PUNTER? truly sad
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06-22-2005, 06:11 AM
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I think the punter is a highly under valued position....
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06-22-2005, 06:15 AM
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Who cares about Chef punter.
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06-22-2005, 06:22 AM
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You guys got OWNED.
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06-22-2005, 06:45 AM
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Nah it's just too much fun picking on Bob...
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06-22-2005, 06:51 AM
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Lets see who well he does when hes go people like D.J. Williams coming to take his head off.
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06-22-2005, 06:54 AM
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This thread just tells me that chieffan has already conceded that they will be punting the ball A LOT this season.
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06-22-2005, 06:57 AM
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Sauced...
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Hey Bob, have you given him a Dungeons and Dragons nick name yet?
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06-22-2005, 07:01 AM
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06-22-2005, 07:10 AM
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We kind of drafted a guy whos pretty good at returning punts... I think he can handle catching a ****ing ball. Nice to see Dante's playing well.
Bob-make sure you read my avatar sig line, as usual. |
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06-22-2005, 07:20 AM
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Reverend.....speaking of your avatar sig line: there is usually a point where a theory becomes law. I think we have reached that point.
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06-22-2005, 07:25 AM
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Uh Oh I found a picture of the punter- looks like a pretty bad a$$ guy....
http://www.steakandcheese.com/conten...type=3&page=16 |
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06-22-2005, 07:32 AM
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This boob is a real ****ing idiot. If he gets such bad reviews on a Chef's board, he is as useless as teats on a boar hog. I think he ought to go into politics in Madagascar. He and the animals could have a real great swinging party. He might be the dumbest one there, but he'd stand out, sort of.
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06-22-2005, 07:49 AM
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06-22-2005, 07:55 AM
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Gimmie that rep fool!
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Nick Harris was supposed to be the next Ray Guy. Well, that was according to the offseason fluff reports. Wait until the season starts, then talk.
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06-22-2005, 08:52 AM
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Wow, I had no idea that Dante Hall had "Game-Day Concentration". He even uses it in practice sometimes.
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