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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1066906" data-attributes="member: 17953">The fair catch and free kick rule could be interesting for guys with legs like his. To kick a 70-yard FG, he had to kick it 77 yards. He did it out of a hold with a defensive rush. With the free kick, his team could have called for a fair catch and caught it at their own 33 yard line and he could have nailed it from there for a 77-yard FG. His leg brings up some interesting potential scenarios for games down the road.Imagine being down by 2 points with 3 seconds on the clock and you have the ball on your own 35 after a fair caught punt. Defenders can't be within 10 yards of him on the free kick so he can do it off a tee and nail the game winner. If more kickers with legs like that start showing up in the NFL the whole complexion of what it takes to run a clock out will change dramatically. Any team who had a kicker with that kind of leg and a punter like Townsend for Houston, the kicking game becomes a weapon that can tip the scales on a game considerably.</blockquote>

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