Crazy stat regarding partially blocked punts

[Mk2_Cowboys]

According to Opta Stats, in the last 10 NFL seasons, only twice has a partially blocked punt that traveled less than 20 yards been touched by the receiving team and recovered by the punting team for a new set of downs. Both came against the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (Broncos in 2021, Bengals in Week 14). Dallas would also lose that game against Denver.

 

[diamonddelts]

Simple translation is Dallas sucks.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Cowboys are gonna Cowboy.

 

[links18]

Sounds like coaching. Don't they go over these scenarios?

 

[maryquality]

Sounds like coaching. Don't they go over these scenarios?

Evidently not. If I were ST coach, I would show those videos in the team meetings to emphasize what NOT to do with a blocked punt!!

 

[atlantacowboy]

That's not bad luck or coincidence. It's bad coaching and stupidity.

 

[Mk2_Cowboys]

That's not bad luck or coincidence. It's bad coaching and stupidity.

Exactly .

 

[gtb1943]

at a certain point it is on the player. Anyone who has done special teams should know not to touch that ball. He screwed up; trying to blame everyone but him is just pathetic

 

[GoCowboysGo]

Doesn’t seem crazy to me, seems just right.

 

[Cowboys5217]

The Cowboys have a rather large library of "only team to ever choke like this", and "no team has ever been this bad".

It was a weekly occurrence of the Garrett years, but McCarthy has continued that tradition with several of his own.

 

[Hawkeye19]

Lol…. Another amazing stat courtesy of the “Dallas Jerrys”

 

[buybuydandavis]

According to Opta Stats, in the last 10 NFL seasons, only twice has a partially blocked punt that traveled less than 20 yards been touched by the receiving team and recovered by the punting team for a new set of downs. Both came against the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (Broncos in 2021, Bengals in Week 14). Dallas would also lose that game against Denver.

No! Leon!

 

[Praxit]

...man, Lady Luck sure has it for Dallas. Jerry couldn't buy four leaf clover.

 

[gimmesix]

According to Opta Stats, in the last 10 NFL seasons, only twice has a partially blocked punt that traveled less than 20 yards been touched by the receiving team and recovered by the punting team for a new set of downs. Both came against the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (Broncos in 2021, Bengals in Week 14). Dallas would also lose that game against Denver.

This is very specific. How many of those punts have been touched and recovered by the receiving team?

I mean, this statistical anomaly not only relies on the punt to go less than 20 yards AND be touched by the receiving team BUT also be recovered by the punting team. That's multiple variables, which narrows the probability.

 

[Flamma]

I remember the one against Denver. It's a lack of situational awareness. It reminded me a lot of our 2008 game in Pittsburgh in the snow. Dallas was up 13-3 in the 4th and Pitt. was punting from their endzone. Very windy. The punt wasn't blocked by a player, but it was blocked by the weather. Players have to know this. The ball wasn't going to travel very far. The punt only reaches the 30 yard line where it hits a cowboy that wasn't even looking. Steelers recover, come back and win. I'm still mad about that play.

 

[Cowboys5217]

This is very specific. How many of those punts have been touched and recovered by the receiving team?

I mean, this statistical anomaly not only relies on the punt to go less than 20 yards AND be touched by the receiving team BUT also be recovered by the punting team. That's multiple variables, which narrows the probability.

You don't need to over analyze this in an attempt to make excuses. If this happened to the Cowboys once it would be bad enough, but to have done so twice when no other team has done it even once in a decade is a glaring example of the rotten team culture. They literally are an accident waiting to happen on the football field to the point where it defies trends and odds.