About our punting and special teams

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Nobody is talking about our special teams at all..

This is our punter...

https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/
https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/

I have no clue about him...you guys think he is our starter?

What is our expectations? What about KO returns and PRs..who are these guys?

We all know that special teams have been ignored for tears. For once..I want them to be the difference makers in our games drafted alot of speed

Can any of that translate to special teams.

What are your thoughts .is the biggest player CeeDee doing PRs. Or is he too valuable as a WR to risk him getting injured?

What say you guys ?
 

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Ko returns are like the fullback, almost extinct.

Punt returns are mostly fair catches because the punters can all kick 45 yards with a hang time of 5 seconds and the gunners are so fast. Most likely any punt return will be brought back because of penalty.

We rarely ever block a punt or FG.

I enjoy opposing teams' shanked punts.

Kickers? Opposing kickers feast at our home field and hardly ever miss. We get a good kicker like Folk or Bailey and just a matter of time before they lose all confidence for some strange reason.

Our kicker and punter are pretty good. I guess. Don't want to jinx them. Don't talk about them. Don't talk to them. Just let them kick.

Longsnappers? Can't get within 5 yards of them or it's a penalty. My guess is the first female player in the NFL will be a longsnapper and it will be within the next 3 years.
 

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Nobody is talking about our special teams at all..

This is our punter...

https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/
https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/

I have no clue about him...you guys think he is our starter?

What is our expectations? What about KO returns and PRs..who are these guys?

We all know that special teams have been ignored for tears. For once..I want them to be the difference makers in our games drafted alot of speed

Can any of that translate to special teams.

What are your thoughts .is the biggest player CeeDee doing PRs. Or is he too valuable as a WR to risk him getting injured?

What say you guys ?
We currently have 2 punters. The other guy was signed as a FA and played under Fassel . Names Hunter. Going to be good to watch the competition in preseason. Last years punter Niswander was pretty good if not great.
 

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Our best return in a very long time it seemed was Rico last season, I think its got called back but cant remember.
Made me raise an eye brow for Dowdle on that return though, now I know who could be the RB3 maybe... maybe.
 

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We currently have 2 punters. The other guy was signed as a FA and played under Fassel . Names Hunter. Going to be good to watch the competition in preseason. Last years punter Niswander was pretty good if not great.
I cant offer much commentary on punters or kickers its just not my thing but I will ask you this....
Going into camps Lamb is the current PR with Wilson backing.
Dont know what your thoughts are, but I would rather we find a PR in TC this year other than Lamb,, but he is the man with vertical moves and speed so I see why, but as a fan I hate seeing the exposure.
 

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Bryan Corey Anger is an American football punter for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
 

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Nobody is talking about our special teams at all..

This is our punter...

https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/
https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/

I have no clue about him...you guys think he is our starter?

What is our expectations? What about KO returns and PRs..who are these guys?

We all know that special teams have been ignored for tears. For once..I want them to be the difference makers in our games drafted alot of speed

Can any of that translate to special teams.

What are your thoughts .is the biggest player CeeDee doing PRs. Or is he too valuable as a WR to risk him getting injured?

What say you guys ?

I just posted a thread the other day about a kicker option I found.
 

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He is a punter signed by the Cowboys. Someone said earlier his name was Hunter.

Sorry but I don't have the energy to expand your mind on a punter. Starting punter for the Cowboys 2021 will either be named Niswander or Anger.

I found a kicking option from Japan. I wrote a thread about him. The guy's name is Kenta Suzuki.
 

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He is a punter signed by the Cowboys. Someone said earlier his name was Hunter.

Sorry but I don't have the energy to expand your mind on a punter. Starting punter for the Cowboys 2021 will either be named Niswander or Anger.
I know the depth chart, I was just being a lazy googler and wanted someone to tell me more than just the names.
Like a really cool story about Niswander growing up in Australia as an orphan and being raised by a family of Kangaroos and he learned how to kick with more power backwards, and would be the first ever backwards punter,, would be sweet.
 

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They can’t seem to find a decent and consistent PR.
Pollard is one of the most dumbest KR guys I ever seen. Though he did finally have a few decent returns. He just needs to be smarter when not to return it. How ever I would not be opposed if they found someone else.
Seems Niswander may be a decent find at P, much better than injured Jones.
Zeurlein was good but also had some struggles, but was it really all on him.
LP was a huge loss, but MCcQuaide is supposed to be good also.

ST’s improved a lot under Fassell, and I expect them to be better with a year under their belts and a full off season as well.
 

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I'm not concerned about our punter and I know Bones will put together a good ST. On to the next thread.
 

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I cant offer much commentary on punters or kickers its just not my thing but I will ask you this....
Going into camps Lamb is the current PR with Wilson backing.
Dont know what your thoughts are, but I would rather we find a PR in TC this year other than Lamb,, but he is the man with vertical moves and speed so I see why, but as a fan I hate seeing the exposure.
Totally agree. No need to risk Lamb anymore.
 

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Nobody is talking about our special teams at all..

This is our punter...

https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/
https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/hunter-niswander/

I have no clue about him...you guys think he is our starter?

What is our expectations? What about KO returns and PRs..who are these guys?

We all know that special teams have been ignored for tears. For once..I want them to be the difference makers in our games drafted alot of speed

Can any of that translate to special teams.

What are your thoughts .is the biggest player CeeDee doing PRs. Or is he too valuable as a WR to risk him getting injured?

What say you guys ?

Niswander has been tops from what we've seen of him to this point in time. He will be tested in TC and beyond but so far, so good.

He might get some competition but good luck to whomever is charged with that chore. It'd take an incredible punter to replace him.
 
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We got some dogs in this draft. With the number of defensive rookies, you know they are going on Special teams. i know we always discuss the Special teams coach but I think you also want quality players rather then bottom feeders on special teams. You put Parsons, Cox, Joseph, and the other rookies on special teams then you have speed, aggressiveness and that dog mentality.
 
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