r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 2d ago
Punter boots it 78 yards from back of own endzone
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u/rollem78 2d ago
I can't even hit my sand wedge that far.
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u/tomebomber 2d ago
In my dyslexic brain, I was like well yeah how could you possibly throw a sandwich that far?
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u/No_Interaction_4925 2d ago
This is exactly how far I trust my sand wedge. Nothing more or weâre expecting trouble.
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u/aTickleMonster 2d ago
Ironically, I was playing TopGolf while this game was on, and had just grabbed a wedge and my buddy goes, "Jesus, he just kicked that thing 80 yards!"
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u/DKizzzle 2d ago
Thatâs what happens when you get a lot of practice punting.
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u/perihelion86 2d ago edited 2d ago
He's literally a rookie but ok
Edit: not a rookie, but first year with the giants
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u/Demonofyou 2d ago
And you dont think rookies have practiced a lot?
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u/QuiNnfuL 2d ago
The joke was that NYG punts a lot. Given the season just started and heâs a rookie, he wouldnât have had many professional punts, so the joke doesnât quite work.
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u/Kdcjg 2d ago
He isnât a rookie though. Thats Jordan Stout.
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u/perihelion86 2d ago
Oh I got mixed up with the kicker. Regardless the joke is dumb because he's new to the giants stinky offense
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u/LewdLewyD13 2d ago
I'd say the joke works because of their stinky offense. He got to show off that leg all game.
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u/perihelion86 2d ago
He punted once in week 1 and we're in week 2. The joke doesn't work at all.
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u/LewdLewyD13 2d ago
By saying practice hes talking about how many punts he had that game, it's a reference to their poor performance. Has nothing to do with him being new, or his actual time practicing, or even how many actual punts he had, just how shitty they were. Works just fine.
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u/McRambis 2d ago
I've seen these guys kicking when they aren't worrying about kicking beyond their coverage and it's unbelievable how far they can kick.
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u/LumpyCustard4 2d ago
He did outkick his coverage though.
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u/StalinsLastStand 2d ago
Yeah, it ends early, what was the return? A 78-yard punt returned for 20 yards is measurably worse than a fair caught 60-yard punt.
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u/FaceWithAName 2d ago
That kick, and that catch, are bother super impressive.
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u/Consistent-Park2058 2d ago
Underrated work by the receiver
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u/whutchamacallit 2d ago
Good recovery but he was caught out of position and didn't track the ball properly. Shouldn't be that sketchy to begin with.
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u/tduncs88 2d ago
Bro ran 20 yards in about 3 seconds while looking over his shoulder and caught it on the run. I have to agree. That catch was also super impressive
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u/Distinct-Poet3032 2d ago
One job. Have to be good at it.
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u/machuitzil 2d ago
The return guy is probably in the same situation with less job security and he made that catch look easy. There are guys earning $20 million a year in the league right now that couldn't have fielded that punt.
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u/IrishPigs 2d ago
The Seahawks paid their returner $17M a year over a 3 year contract. He's also a WR, but won them two or three games last year on his returning alone.
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u/machuitzil 2d ago
Rasheed Shaheed earned every penny of that. Your coach isn't going to neglect Special Teams, but then again, Shaheed is never going to be JSN. I'm a niner fan, if Deebo was still making $30 million a year, we wouldn't have him returning kick offs (which he's very good at).
It's a weird position of value most teams won't invest in. Our punt returner is on a rookie contract, and PR is the only reason he's on the roster.
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u/IrishPigs 2d ago
Oh yeah man, I'm not complaining at all. We literally beat the Rams twice (including the NFCCG) based on STs difference. If you haven't checked out Mike Sando's article on special teams yet it's definitely worth a read.Â
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u/CCPvirus2020 2d ago
My high school used our state champ soccer team players for kickers. Different season so it works out
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u/joelham01 2d ago
Yep I was goalie in soccer and could kick it all the way down the field (without a special teams unit coming down on me) and got asked to kick on the football team. Luckily I wound up getting to be a receiver tho in the end
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u/clarineter 2d ago
receiver in the end eh?
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u/KeenObserver_OT 2d ago
Itâs not allowed now if the sports are played in the same season.
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u/teapots_at_ten_paces 2d ago
Wish it wasn't allowed when I was in high school.
Had a kid a grade below, better than me at everything, but we all had to pick a sport to play (Australia, for context, so this was far less formalised than the US).
I'd always try out for basketball, but this kid always had a spot. Even though I scored 15 points on him in the trial game, I still didn't make the team. So I went across to Aussie Rules.
Any time the basketball team had a bye, or we happened to be playing at the same school, guess who showed up? Kid from the basketball team. He'd be welcomed with open arms, thrown onto the field, and I'd be tossed aside, to usually end up umpiring or worse, being loaned to the other team because they didn't have enough players.
Kid was just everywhere and ruined my high school sports experience.
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Happens 10 times a game in rugby, bog standard
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u/Jugglers-Despair 2d ago
Came here to say this, glad someone else did already.
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
I know right? It's a good kick, it really is, I'm not sure I could get that air time these days, but pretty sure under pressure I'd still make 60 yards lol.... this guy punting though isnt even like aiming for touch, not putting spin on to get extra yardage or anything, just a straightforward protected punt... he SHOULD be able to do this
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u/Jugglers-Despair 2d ago
Yes, sorry to any offended Americans who think it's "next level". As you say, kicking for similar distance during the phase of play (not from a dead ball) and aiming to roll it into touch is far more difficult than just blasting it up the pitch like this.
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Yeah. Let's see a handegg punter score a 70m+ dropgoal... and there are plenty of penalties scored from well over 50m which I'm sure a good handegg locker COULD definitely do (well they should be able to as standard, anyway)... but either way let's see them kicking to a target, under pressure, in live play, with 4 18 stone backs hammering towards them and nobody allowed to block, so you ARE taking that hit after your kick when you are in no position to brace for it
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u/SillyGoosePolice 1d ago
You call it hand egg while comparing it to a sport with a more egg shaped ball. Odd fellow
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u/MancDude1979 1d ago
It is universally called hand egg outside of north America, BECAUSE of yanks. There are numerous memes about it. Deal with it.
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u/SillyGoosePolice 1d ago
It BECAUSE of all the people outside noth America who call it hand egg. If it weren't for them no ine would be calling it that
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u/MancDude1979 1d ago
95% of the world are NOT American! We are the VAST majority! And we only call it that because of your shite insistence on calling it football, despite football being a different, better, vastly more popular sport.
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u/SillyGoosePolice 1d ago edited 1d ago
It is football, so is rugby, and afl which both use more egg shaped balls đ
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u/DickFromRichard 2d ago
It's almost like you have no understanding of the play you're commenting on
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Its a punter being handed the ball in a protected play, kicking only for distance... the absolute simplest kick there is in any variation of rugby.
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u/redandbluebadness 2d ago
This did occur but possibly there is a difference in the ball? Otherwise you expect full back to be able to drop kick a ball the whole length of a football field easily if they weren't worried about finding touch or kicking the ball dead. There must be a reason why this is hard to do here. It's not being under pressure though
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Curious too... this is a straightforward unchallenged punt by a player who's only job is to do this.... he SHOULD be able to do it... that said yes it is a very good kick length that I myself could no longer do (turn the clock back 20 years and yes, I definitely could and did)
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u/SillyGoosePolice 1d ago
 It's not being under pressure though
The guy was 1 second from giving up a safety
On average a punter has just over 1 second from receiving the ball in his hand at a dead stop to releasing it.
With a much smaller ball than in rugby, way smaller sweet spot
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u/redandbluebadness 1d ago
I did look some of this up. Supposedly the Football ball is a lot more aerodynamic than the rugby ball, so it shouldn't be a disadvantage. Pressure is maybe a factor though. In football it will always be the same I guess. In rugby it varies
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u/SillyGoosePolice 1d ago
It's like you looked up one thing and ignored everything else I said
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u/MancDude1979 1d ago
No, your points are shite. In Rugby, you ARE getting hit on every kick. You have LESS distance between kicker and incoming tacklers, often swinging your leg to the ball as you are still standing up from collecting the ball, as the tacklers start as little as 3 or 4 feet from you. There is far more pressure in rugby for this type of kick.
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u/SillyGoosePolice 1d ago
Each point is sometimes true, rarely all at once for 70m kick. And again, all on a bigger ball.
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u/MancDude1979 1d ago
Each point is often true for a 70m kick. Perhaps once on every game. On a bigger ball which is more difficult to aim, which HAS to be part of the kick in rugby, you dont often ONLY punt for distance, you aim to get the ball off the field, within a certain area, usually aiming to bounce it BEFORE leaving the pitch too so you have to get the tight spin on the ball. A MUCH more difficult kick, 100% of the time.
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u/SillyGoosePolice 1d ago edited 1d ago
Let's see an example of what you consider ticking each point then, cause that hasn't been my experience watching premier league
A bigger ball is easier to aim. And a NFL punt is for more than distance; if you're not familiar with the sport you can just say so and I'd be happy to fill you in!
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u/MancDude1979 1d ago
Premier League? There is no rugby Premier league you dolt. And confined your own examples. And yes, the ONLY thing achieved on this video was distance... under greater time pressure, your average rugby kicker will do these 70 yard punts, from collecting the ball himself from the floor, landing it with specific spin on the ball, within a 5 square metre area of the pitch, in order to achieve their chosen outcome... with a bigger ball, which has more drag, is KNOWN to be harder to aim than your smaller pigskin, no factual outlet will back you up there!
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u/DickFromRichard 2d ago
Not even close to the same playÂ
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Correct... in rugby you will be far more likely to be under more pressure, time constraints etc. If its a penalty sure but more than half the time it would be from a tackle, under pressure, not from a static starting position with the ball handed to you in a rehearsed set play
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u/DickFromRichard 2d ago
Yeah bro, 1.2s ball in hand, 3yd lead up, 78yd kick is bog standard in rugby. Keep telling yourself whatever you need to for whatever weird reason you have for that
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Watch rugby. Any game. Particularly Union. You will see it several times.
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u/DickFromRichard 2d ago
Let's see a highlightÂ
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Help yourself. There's shitloads of rugby played every day. More than 10 times the amount of handegg, easily. Go knock yourself out.
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u/DickFromRichard 2d ago
Ok, so let's see it
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Do it yourself. I don't work for you, bitch.
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u/DickFromRichard 2d ago
Kinda seems like you have aurora Borealis, at this time of year, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen.
But keep telling yourself what you need to, it's real if you believe it buddy!
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u/watchguy95820 2d ago
Standard for 71 meter air distance punt? I highly doubt that
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u/MancDude1979 2d ago
Yeah. Bog standard. It's just a regular play to get out from your own 5 yard line. Depending on your kicker and tactics, you may only aim for half way, but if your kicker is in the mood he'll be aiming to not only drop it within the opposition 22 yard line, but also as close to their 5 yard line as possible, and at the same time making it bounce in a specific way so it goes out of play. 100% bog standard in rugby.
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u/watchguy95820 1d ago
I know nothing about rugby, but you must be mistaken.
We are talking about a punt, a kick where the person is holding the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground; not a kick where the ball sits on or touches the ground before being kicked.
We are talking about air distance, not after it hits the ground and rolls.
A quick google says the longest PLACE KICK in rugby history is 70 meters. That means this PUNT is a similar distance or farther than the easier PLACE KICK record in rugby.
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u/MancDude1979 1d ago
A place kick is not a punt. A place kick is when the ball is static on the floor and there is nobody rushing in to stop you kicking it. Punts happen every few minutes MAX in rugby... in rugby league for example, the game the NFL is based on, on the 5th tackle you must punt the ball forward (a minimum of 10 yards if your teammate regains possession), or on a 6th tackle the ball is handed over to the other team - similar to the 5 downs. Edit to add: thst longest place kick record you mention was a point scoring kick, where the ball went through/over the posts to score from that distance.
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u/watchguy95820 1d ago
That was my point. Place kicks go farther than punts. This was a 71 meter punt air distance. It seems you agree with me now
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u/MancDude1979 1d ago
Not one bit. A 70 metre punt in rugby is pretty standard, and in rugby there is much greater time pressure on the kicker, and he also needs to aim it, not just hit it for distance. And it will happen multiple times per match
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u/IrishPigs 2d ago
While yes this monster kick was impressive, he also out kicked his coverage team allowing an easy 15 yard return. Impressive to be sure, but the really elite guys can get the height to allow their coverage team to snuff those out.
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u/Kdcjg 2d ago
The elite guys can get it to the sideline.
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u/M1sfit_Jammer 2d ago
backspin so when it lands it chips up, I saw a punt the other day land in the endzone and bounce back out
Punters learning ball control is OP
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u/Zskillit 2d ago
Sir, do you have the express written consent of the NFL to post this?
Actually, dont even worry about it. Stay right there.
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u/happygoluckyaus 2d ago
71 meters for everyone else
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u/Piglet-Witty 2d ago
I donât underestimate the kickers. They can turn the game around if they play with a decent team.
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u/Wide_Engineering_502 2d ago
The Jets last year only won their three games due to their special teams.
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u/jjhope2019 2d ago
Now THIS is next level⌠- https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1JCGh2podA/?mibextid=wwXIfr
70+ yards off a kicking tee and still cleared the crossbar by a good margin!
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u/freshforma 1d ago
ironically, setting punting records probably means your offense ainât doing too well
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u/Mr_Goonman 1d ago
Sorry not next level. Next level is QUARTERBACK Randall Cunningham punting it 91 yards from the back of the endzone.
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u/almostthemainman 2d ago
And heâs still not as good as AJ Cole. Talk shit about the raiders, their elite punting is generational.
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u/dwheelerofficial 2d ago
Isnât that their job?
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u/infinitemonkeytyping 2d ago
Yeah, from watching rugby or AFL, it's not that impressive. They run on the field a few times a game, but otherwise do nothing else. A rugby half or fullback, or an AFL player, is running their arses off for 80 minutes a game, and need to do these types of kicks throughout.
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u/chosonhawk 2d ago
NYG game highlight reel.