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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 775925" data-attributes="member: 7261">To add to that, coffin corner kicks take an extreme amount of accuracy and can result in a ball going out of bounds a lot earlier than planned or into the endzone.  Whereas a high hanging punt gives your punt coverage team sufficient time to get down and as Poppa said, force a fair catch, down it themselves or get lucky and have the return guy muff it.  Finally, a punter usually has to angle his body towards whatever corner they are attempting to kick to, this exposes them to a rusher getting a cleaner shot at attempting to block the punt, with less of a chance of running into them if they miss.Also, and maybe more important, the style of punting has changed for many punters since the 90's as well.  This style is called "Aussie" or rugby style.  It allows the punter to put more spin (back or front on the ball), as well as more hang time.</blockquote>

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