Mitch Wishnowsky - Punter (Utah) is a Free Agent

Originally posted by ronniefreakinlott42:

Originally posted by Who-is-Hayne:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Can we talk about how this guy is the first(probably) punter in NFL history to get hit with an unnecesary roughness penalty? It just had to be an Aussie.

It's the fault of the opposition putting in undersized receivers. Mitch has to bend too far to avoid bumping helmets. Plus he's an Aussie

That should stop putting little girls up against him.

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:

Originally posted by FLTrippin:

Mitch is 32nd in the league in Avg yards/punt with 43.3, and 14th in net avg with 42.2. Im guessing thats because we rarely punt from deep in our own territory, so he only has to punt 30-40 yards most of the time to pin the opponents.

The one stat that POPS out is the fact that hes punted 20 times and opposing kick returners only have a total of 2, yes, TWO return yards total.

Most impressive.

That's ridiculously good. Wow

A draft pick well spent I think.

Originally posted by English:
A draft pick well spent I think.

Don't raise that chestnut. Some people will be triggered.

Originally posted by FLTrippin:
Mitch is 32nd in the league in Avg yards/punt with 43.3, and 14th in net avg with 42.2. Im guessing thats because we rarely punt from deep in our own territory, so he only has to punt 30-40 yards most of the time to pin the opponents.

The one stat that POPS out is the fact that hes punted 20 times and opposing kick returners only have a total of 2, yes, TWO return yards total.

Those 3 and outs that are few and far between are killing his average lol.

Originally posted by Goatie:

Originally posted by English:

A draft pick well spent I think.

Don't raise that chestnut. Some people will be triggered.

That's why I said it! The pick was entirely justified imo.

Awesome point: of the 8 players taken in the 2019 draft, 2 are on our Injured Reserve list. One was claimed off waivers by another team. And the other 5 are all active players. Now that is what I call drafting!

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by Goatie:

Originally posted by English:
A draft pick well spent I think.

Don't raise that chestnut. Some people will be triggered.

That's why I said it! The pick was entirely justified imo.

Awesome point: of the 8 players taken in the 2019 draft, 2 are on our Injured Reserve list. One was claimed off waivers by another team. And the other 5 are all active players. Now that is what I call drafting!

There was nothing silly about this year's draft. The manager and coach are working together and are managing the whole crew of sub coaches, scouts, trainers etc and we are reaping the dividends this year. Funny thing is when Kyle and John got the role I was always confident this day would come. It was always just a matter of time, some around the zone are a little impatient but satisfaction isn't born from instant gratification.

Someone look up the last time a punter got a unsportsmanlike illegal hit penalty. Been watching football for 30+ years, I don't remember any on a punter.

Ain't mad at Wish when it happened lol He actually saved a TD the way the return was going.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by FLTrippin:
Mitch is 32nd in the league in Avg yards/punt with 43.3, and 14th in net avg with 42.2. Im guessing thats because we rarely punt from deep in our own territory, so he only has to punt 30-40 yards most of the time to pin the opponents.

The one stat that POPS out is the fact that hes punted 20 times and opposing kick returners only have a total of 2, yes, TWO return yards total.

Those 3 and outs that are few and far between are killing his average lol.

Quantity doesn't equal quality. He's not the masaiah punter everyone promised with a 4th round pick

Originally posted by FLTrippin:

Mitch is 32nd in the league in Avg yards/punt with 43.3, and 14th in net avg with 42.2. Im guessing thats because we rarely punt from deep in our own territory, so he only has to punt 30-40 yards most of the time to pin the opponents.

The one stat that POPS out is the fact that hes punted 20 times and opposing kick returners only have a total of 2, yes, TWO return yards total.

But you watch on TV and the first thing announcers say is his average is sub par. I don't think one, not ONE lousy announcer has noted his total returns come to 2 (TWO ) yards. NEVER have ever heard that from the announcers. I bet they don't even look at that kind of stat. What good is 45 yd average if the punts get returned 10-15 yds each kick??

One other thing....on Kickoffs, it appears WISH doesn't have enough leg to get the ball into the EZ. If you note, he will kick it exactly to the 1 yard line, forcing a return and often ball ends up well short of the 25. When kyle wants it in the EZ, WISH whistles it there. But those short kicks...just watch...they all land about the 1 yd line. Somehow he can kick it exactly that far whenever he wants. If kyle wants in EZ, ok, it goes there on those kicks.

But announcers have occasionally noted, "short of the EZ..that ball will be brot out." They have no idea that was exactly where WISH put it...nor why.

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by Goatie:

Originally posted by English:
A draft pick well spent I think.

Don't raise that chestnut. Some people will be triggered.

That's why I said it! The pick was entirely justified imo.

Awesome point: of the 8 players taken in the 2019 draft, 2 are on our Injured Reserve list. One was claimed off waivers by another team. And the other 5 are all active players. Now that is what I call drafting!

And those 5 are starters or contributors, Bosa, Deebo, Wish, Greenlaw, and Skule all contributing this season.

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:

Originally posted by FLTrippin:
Mitch is 32nd in the league in Avg yards/punt with 43.3, and 14th in net avg with 42.2. Im guessing thats because we rarely punt from deep in our own territory, so he only has to punt 30-40 yards most of the time to pin the opponents.

The one stat that POPS out is the fact that hes punted 20 times and opposing kick returners only have a total of 2, yes, TWO return yards total.

But you watch on TV and the first thing announcers say is his average is sub par. I don't think one, not ONE lousy announcer has noted his total returns come to 2 (TWO ) yards. NEVER have ever heard that from the announcers. I bet they don't even look at that kind of stat. What good is 45 yd average if the punts get returned 10-15 yds each kick??

One other thing....on Kickoffs, it appears WISH doesn't have enough leg to get the ball into the EZ. If you note, he will kick it exactly to the 1 yard line, forcing a return and often ball ends up well short of the 25. When kyle wants it in the EZ, WISH whistles it there. But those short kicks...just watch...they all land about the 1 yd line. Somehow he can kick it exactly that far whenever he wants. If kyle wants in EZ, ok, it goes there on those kicks.

But announcers have occasionally noted, "short of the EZ..that ball will be brot out." They have no idea that was exactly where WISH put it...nor why.

Net Avg takes returns into account. It's not good.

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:

Originally posted by FLTrippin:

Mitch is 32nd in the league in Avg yards/punt with 43.3, and 14th in net avg with 42.2. Im guessing thats because we rarely punt from deep in our own territory, so he only has to punt 30-40 yards most of the time to pin the opponents.

The one stat that POPS out is the fact that hes punted 20 times and opposing kick returners only have a total of 2, yes, TWO return yards total.

But you watch on TV and the first thing announcers say is his average is sub par. I don't think one, not ONE lousy announcer has noted his total returns come to 2 (TWO ) yards. NEVER have ever heard that from the announcers. I bet they don't even look at that kind of stat. What good is 45 yd average if the punts get returned 10-15 yds each kick??

One other thing....on Kickoffs, it appears WISH doesn't have enough leg to get the ball into the EZ. If you note, he will kick it exactly to the 1 yard line, forcing a return and often ball ends up well short of the 25. When kyle wants it in the EZ, WISH whistles it there. But those short kicks...just watch...they all land about the 1 yd line. Somehow he can kick it exactly that far whenever he wants. If kyle wants in EZ, ok, it goes there on those kicks.

But announcers have occasionally noted, "short of the EZ..that ball will be brot out." They have no idea that was exactly where WISH put it...nor why.

Net Avg takes returns into account. It's not good.

Bloody hell. The guys had done absolutely nothing wrong. Enlighten me who was your choice at that spot? I started a thread asking, I didn't see your answer of course.

Originally posted by jcs:

Net Avg takes returns into account. It's not good.

Gross average is a useless way of judging a punter without looking at all the other stats in context. Punting would he a hell of a lot easier if the objective each time was just to kick the ball as far as you can, no matter if you outkick your coverage or how many times you might boom it into the endzone.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by jcs:
Net Avg takes returns into account. It's not good.

Gross average is a useless way of judging a punter without looking at all the other stats in context. Punting would he a hell of a lot easier if the objective each time was just to kick the ball as far as you can, no matter if you outkick your coverage or how many times you might boom it into the endzone.

Stats like punts inside the 20 and return yards are far more important. The goal of a punter is field position. Half of Wish's punts(5th best) land inside the 20 with no return. So that's 10 out of 20 punts where our defense has had great field position.