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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 466932">I probably should have read this link sooner. Let's set aside for the moment that the college stats cited and the ways and means of high school football do not translate to the NFL. The approach taken by the high school coach is clearly sound in one particular respect...he eschews the punt ALL THE TIME to exploit the law of averages that he sees in the statistics, leaving aside whether or not they are the relevant statistics. Picking and choosing spots to employ the strategy (where it becomes a tactic instead of a consistent strategy) based on the statistics would be as equally dumb as applying it tactically from time to time without reference to stats. Stats aside, if you eschew the punt ALL THE TIME, it completely changes your play calling and offensive strategy. Every series becomes a 4 down series, which has clear merits. Again, picking and choosing defeats the whole point. Would I like to see somebody try it as an all-the-time strategy in the NFL? Absolutely. Just like I'd like to see Tebow be Tebow in a full blown spread option offense. It is always interesting to see teams try to invent new ways to win. I just would not want to see it in Green Bay.</blockquote>

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