Mat McBriar and how he effects our D

[AsthmaField]

I don't know if this has been mentioned here or not... but Mat McBriar is leading the NFL in punting.

His gross average per punt is 50.8 yards (the only punter over 50) with a long of 62 yards. He isn't leading in net punting... but he's only 1.1 yards behind the leader.

What the stats on NFL.com don't reflect is that his 62 yard punt was without any roll... it went that entire way in the air! Other punters have somepunts over 60 yards... but you know those had good rolls to get there. Also, NFL.com doesn't reflect hang time either. I'd bet that McBriar has the best hang time in the NFL by far. He just absolutely bombs his punts.

You know that Parcells loves having a punter like that, the way he loves to win the field position battle. Between McBriar and our defense, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if we lead the NFL in scoring defense.

Right now we're ranked near the middle of the pack in scoring D (14th) and we're ranked in the top ten in total defense (8th)... however, with only two games played, that kickoff return really hurts our ranking on scoring D. Had we not allowed Cartwright to score on that kickoff, we'd be several spots higher. Take away a few penalties that kept drives alive like Ware's and Williams' roughing the QB calls and Ayodele's uneccessary roughness call, and you'd see a lot better ranking as well.

I think that our first game against Jacksonville will end up being unusual, defensively, because we had to get in the swing of things. The Washington game, IMO, is more like our defense will play all year. As the year goes on, I think Dallas' rankings will creep upwards until we're at or near the top in both scoring and total defense.

Overall, I think that the Dallas D is still maturing (not just Pat Watkins) and that they'll be just plain dominating by mid-season. Throw in McBriar pinning teams back deep and I think that we're going be allowing very, very few points this season, which should translate into wins if we have any offense at all.

 

[AbeBeta]

affect is the verb, effect the noun. Matt McBriar and how he affects our D is the correct title.

 

[WoodysGirl]

affect is the verb, effect the noun. Matt McBriar and how he affects our D is the correct title.

While correct, what was the point of pointing out an error that probably didn't affect your ability to understand the premise of his post? But I'm sure ** appreciated your grammar lesson as well as other Zone members.

 

[AsthmaField]

affect is the verb, effect the noun. Matt McBriar and how he affects our D is the correct title.

:doh:

:geek:

 

[WoodysGirl]

from JFE's BLOG:

One time deal

I realize what I am about to write is silly.

Who actually talks about the punter, right?



I do. I do when the punter is Mat McBriar and when he is kicking butt at his job. He is doing so well that even Cowboys coach Bill Parcells showered him with verbal smoochies after the Washington game. McBriar always has been a good punter. What he lacked last year was consistency. Now he seems to have eliminated the shank or one bad punt from his repertoire, making him an actual weapon.

I realize punters are boring. But next home game, promise you will greet him with a rousing ovation if he keeps this up. He has earned it.


Posted by Jennifer Engel on September 20, 2006 at 09:40 AM in Cowboys | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

:laugh2:

I love this board.

 

[AsthmaField]

affect is the verb, effect the noun. Matt McBriar and how he affects our D is the correct title.

Your avatar sucks.

 

[AdamJT13]

McBriar has punted eight times from inside our 40-yard line. He boomed those punts 61, 51, 56, 62, 51, 50, 61 and 59 yards -- a 56.4-yard average. And I'm pretty sure they all went that far in the air, since they all were returned. (I don't recall any of them being fielded after a bounce.)

 

[Paniolo22]

McBriar has punted eight times from inside our 40-yard line. He boomed those punts 61, 51, 56, 62, 51, 50, 61 and 59 yards -- a 56.4-yard average. And I'm pretty sure they all went that far in the air, since they all were returned. (I don't recall any of them being fielded after a bounce.)

Now THOSE are unreal stats. When he gets to let it fly...it flies.

 

[AsthmaField]

McBriar has punted eight times from inside our 40-yard line. He boomed those punts 61, 51, 56, 62, 51, 50, 61 and 59 yards -- a 56.4-yard average. And I'm pretty sure they all went that far in the air, since they all were returned. (I don't recall any of them being fielded after a bounce.)

I don't recall that either. He hit some booming punts last year... but this year, almost every kick is a boomer. Last year he was somewhat inconsistent, but now it appears as if his inconsistencies are behind him. If that's that case, then we probably do have a pro bowler on our hands.

 

[LowTech]

I'm waiting for our opponents punt returner to start fielding punts from the parking lot.

 

[HighTechDave]

Another Reggie Robie, except White and talks funny?

 

[amuze]

"Mat McBriar and how he effects our D"

Affects........NOT Effects......

It's so sad to see knowledgeable football fans who can't pass a 5th grade language class.

 

[TEK2000]

http://www.nfl.com/stats/leaders/NFL/PNT/2006/regular
McBriar's punted 12 times, 9 punts were returned, 2 touchbacks, and 2 inside the 20.

The amazing thing to me is the fact that, from where he actually kicks the ball (not the line of scrimmage), he's BOOMING 70 to 75 yard punts IN THE AIR the full 75 yards! To do that consistently is just ridiculous!

 

[TEK2000]

"Mat McBriar and how he effects our D"

Affects........NOT Effects......

It's so sad to see knowledgeable football fans who can't pass a 5th grade language class.

Its so sad to see people post in a thread that they haven't read AT ALL!

 

[Stautner]

from JFE's BLOG:

One time deal

I realize what I am about to write is silly.

Who actually talks about the punter, right?



I do. I do when the punter is Mat McBriar and when he is kicking butt at his job. He is doing so well that even Cowboys coach Bill Parcells showered him with verbal smoochies after the Washington game. McBriar always has been a good punter. What he lacked last year was consistency. Now he seems to have eliminated the shank or one bad punt from his repertoire, making him an actual weapon.

I realize punters are boring. But next home game, promise you will greet him with a rousing ovation if he keeps this up. He has earned it.


Posted by Jennifer Engel on September 20, 2006 at 09:40 AM in Cowboys | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

We've only had 2 games - there is still time for him to shank a few.

But for now, I'm happy.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Good post, **... Ignore the grammar/spelling police. There's no doubt that McBriar has been awesome and that Parcells has to be grinning ear to ear about having such a field position weapon.

One question, though... Does that KO return really go against our scoring D stats? Do the "official" stats not discount that since it happened on special teams?

 

[HighTechDave]

lets say our Dallas defense stops them everytime at our 20. The deeper McBriar kicks it, and the Dallas D still stops them at the 20. thats more yardage against the Defense and makes us look worse.

I know it sounds weird, but very true

 

[TEK2000]

Good post, **... Ignore the grammar/spelling police. There's no doubt that McBriar has been awesome and that Parcells has to be grinning ear to ear about having such a field position weapon.

One question, though... Does that KO return really go against our scoring D stats? Do the "official" stats not discount that since it happened on special teams?

http://www.nfl.com/stats/teamsort/NFL/DEF-SCORING/2006/regular?sort_col_1=3

They have touchdowns categorized... 1 TD against us in the Kickoff Return column. And it DOES count against our total of 4 TD's... otherwise, our defense has actually only allowed 3 TD's.

Kinda sucks that they count special teams TD's against the Defense.

 

[TEK2000]

lets say our Dallas defense stops them everytime at our 20. The deeper McBriar kicks it, and the Dallas D still stops them at the 20. thats more yardage against the Defense and makes us look worse.

I know it sounds weird, but very true

That doesn't have anything to do with McBriar's kicking though. That's all on the defense for allowing the yardage... whether McBriar kicked it 80 yards or 30 yards... the defense still allowed the other offense to gain however many yards they gain.