Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

The passing game has changed so much in the NFL, whereas kicking and punting is fundamentally the same as it’s ever been. Matt Ryan and Matt Stafford having better career stats than Johnny Unitas and Otto Graham can be easily explained. Jan Stenerud might be more dominant over his peers than say Jus...

Everyone always pulls the "no one ever returned on Ray Guy" card, which does indicate that some responsibility for avoiding returns is on the punter, but I wonder how true it is. This list is nothing but active dudes, but where does Guy rank in net and gross - net among punters before, sa...

Lechler’s career net average is still better than every punter who started their career before his 2000 rookie season. There had been a huge spike in net punting average in the last decade or so. Is this down to great punting or is punt coverage that much better? Lechler will always be known for his...

How much further was Lechler’s gross average to league average? Lechler’s peak was from 2007-11. Not only was he either 1st or 2nd for gross punting over those 5 seasons he led the NFL in net punting average for three consecutive seasons (2007-09) and was 2nd and 5th for the following two years as w...

Yale Lary nominated as both a safety and punter.

Ward is third/fourth in the current pecking order and it’s going to get tougher at the WR position with Calvin Johnson on the ballot next year, followed soon after by Andre Johnson and Steve Smith.

Holmes was really nothing special with Baltimore, where in four seasons he rushed for barely over 2,000 yards. It wasn’t until he moved to the Chiefs that his career took off with 3.5 great seasons. But I can’t help but think how much of that elite production was down to a great OL featuring Roaf, ...

When is the last time Alexander and Priest Holmes made semifinals? Not sure I recall ever seeing Alexander, their continued blackballing doesn't make much sense when guys like, yeah, Fred Taylor get attention. I think Taylor made the list because he is the closest eligible RB to the 12K line who is...

Is this a first for Zach Thomas to make the semifinalist cut? I think it may be. If so its about time. Never mind. I see in the article on the HOF site he made it this far last year. Carl Banks ???????????? This is Banks’ last year of modern era eligibility so he’ll likely be one and done like Ever...

Nine new names compared to last year: Polamalu, Wayne, Willis (first time eligibles) Rice, Tasker (previous semi finalists who missed the cut last year) Banks, Taylor, Watters, Young (Top 25 for the first time) Previous semi finalists who didn’t make the cut: O’Neal, Lewis, Wisniewski. All 16 return...