Durant Brooks

CarMike · #1 09-05-2008, 10:20 AM

His first 4 or 5 punts were awful. His last one, or that I saw, was a 54 yarder.

Hopefully the first 5 punts were nerves and the last one is what we can expect from our rookie Punter.

What was everyone elses thoughts on his first game?

Keino · #2 09-05-2008, 10:31 AM

He was one the field WAY too much.

smave · #3 09-05-2008, 10:34 AM

idk, his kicks didnt seem THAT bad. At least he didnt shank one. Because you know if Frost had to kick that many kicks, one would of been shanked.

Moe · #4 09-05-2008, 10:35 AM

I'd like to see him shorten/quicken his steps. Seemed to me like the Giants came fairly close to blocking more than one.

SkinsfaninNJ · #5 09-05-2008, 10:37 AM

Dude can take a hit.

fent · #6 09-05-2008, 10:41 AM

his first and third kick were bad, but the rest were decent kicks...pinned them inside the 20 twice and inside the 25 on 2 others then of course the 53 yarder.

flave1969 · #7 09-05-2008, 10:44 AM

He gets a lot of hang time there were very few returnable Punts last night. I think that he did pretty well all things considered.

LATrueRedskin · #8 09-05-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by flave1969

He gets a lot of hang time there were very few returnable Punts last night. I think that he did pretty well all things considered.

I agree. I didn't see a need to complain there. He took a pretty big hit in stride, got the ball inside the 20 a couple times, and didn't really allow a return. I thought he did pretty well. I agree with Keino though: I'd like to see less punts from him lol.

guess88 · #9 09-05-2008, 10:54 AM

much better hangtime than Frost. already an upgrade. agreed i'd like to see less of him though.

Ibleedburgundy · #10 09-05-2008, 10:54 AM

When I see him live at fedex I'll get a better sense of it. If a punt goes above the top of the loge level that means it has decent hang time.

Either way, Brooks looks like he can actually put some air under the ball. Our gunners were standing around the punt returner waiting for the ball to come down-something we didn't see very often with Frost.

I think he'll be pretty good. And looking at our offense he'll get two years worth of experience this year.

silverspring · #11 09-05-2008, 10:56 AM

He needs to improve but at least he didn't shank one. That special teams unit needs to block better.

MONK_in_HOF · #12 09-05-2008, 10:57 AM

I think he did pretty well. As others have said, improved hang time as opposed to Frosty. I think his first punt can be chalked up to nerves.

bergiemoore · #13 09-05-2008, 12:57 PM

He was the best player out there in a Skins uniform, IMO.

He looks like he'll be solid. I really liked the hang time, and the fact that there were only 21 return yards on 7 freaking kicks.

BigHairedAristocrat · #14 09-05-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by fent

his first and third kick were bad, but the rest were decent kicks...pinned them inside the 20 twice and inside the 25 on 2 others then of course the 53 yarder.

I agree. Even the first and third weren't THAT bad. I am not afraid of him punting like I was with Frost. He got good hangtime on most of them too.

Farmer Ted · #15 09-05-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bergiemoore

He was the best player out there in a Skins uniform, IMO.

He looks like he'll be solid. I really liked the hang time, and the fact that there were only 21 return yards on 7 freaking kicks.

If our cover guys had made the one tackle where they had McQuarters pinned back for an 8 yard loss, the #'s would be even better.

Considering that he took a hard shot right to the family jewels his second time out there, I think he did pretty good. That's got to shake anyone up a little bit. He was a little slow on the draw a few times, though.