Steve Weatherford: Stay or Go?
A year ago the Jets played musical punters in the offseason. By my count, Weatherford was the sixth punter the Jets had between the last game of the 2008 season and the first game of the 2009 season. We all remember him missing the Wild Card game against the Bengals due to an irregular heartbeat, taking unfair criticism (I was one who unfairly took a shot at him), and gaining respect when the story came out that Rex Ryan virtually had to drag him off the field to keep him from punting with his serious condition.
I think we all like Weatherford for his toughness. The question is whether he should return as the punter for the Jets in 2010. I unfortunately do not think so. Two averages tell the story. He averaged 42.0 yards per punt and a net of 36.7 yards. Those are both 26th in the league, well below average.
There has to be somebody available out there who could do better.
I vote go.
How do you vote?
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I honestly thought that the kid T.J Conley who we worked out at one point was going to solve our punting problems. Unfortunately it didn’t work out that way, it’s sometimes so hard to find these guys, I liked his ability to run the football, we used fake punts well early in the season, not so much towards the end, but those averages are really not good enough.
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I voted stay
Maybe I’m behind the times, but I was actually surprised to see that 42.0 is ranked so low in the league. Would an extra 2 yards per punt actually make that much of a difference in game terms? As to net yardage, most of that doesn’t depend on the punter, but on the coverage unit. This year I don’t remember Weatherford shanking a single punt or making any glaring punting “mistakes” – he’s consistent around his 42 (no references to Douglas Adams intended). I would rather have Weatherford, where you know exactly what you’re getting, than someone who kicks a monster punt and then shanks the next one.
If the coaching staff isn’t satisfied with his performance, they should open up the competition, but not cut Weatherford unless someone clearly better emerges and is in place.
I voted go....
A yo, we need a strong leg punter somthing that Wetherford lacks he gave oppossing teams good field position at most ,thank’s to Big Rex Mean Green “D” Machine for stopping oppossing team’s if not, Wetherford would of been gone.

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