Mitch Wishnowsky - Punter (Utah) is a Free Agent

Originally posted by irief:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
Keeping a close eye on SB contenders Buffalo with the wiaving of Araiza. Aparently it's pretty easy to bring in top flight FA Punters that will be as good as any 4th round pick should ever be according to some on here. And I agree that there are some good ones ............ between the ages of 29 and 40. However, they havent signed one yet and they play next thursday.

Man, your defending Mitch like a girlfriend who's about to be dumped and replaced. Don't think the Bills are dumb enough to draft a punter in the 4th unless he's a sure fire generational talent.

The 4th round pick is on the FO. You should be posting your hate speech in there. No unfounded defense from me. But you certainly post as though he is your spurned lover. I think your love for the Seachooks dude is telling.

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
Keeping a close eye on SB contenders Buffalo with the wiaving of Araiza. Aparently it's pretty easy to bring in top flight FA Punters that will be as good as any 4th round pick should ever be according to some on here. And I agree that there are some good ones ............ between the ages of 29 and 40. However, they havent signed one yet and they play next thursday.

They signed that guy from Denver that Denver released cause they didn't want to pay him. I heard hes pretty good too.

32 year old timer Sam Martin is solid. Former 5th Round pick that Bills have to pay good $$$ for.

Same avg punts last season as Mitch 47.4yds.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
The 4th round pick is on the FO. You should be posting your hate speech in there. No unfounded defense from me. But you certainly post as though he is your spurned lover. I think your love for the Seachooks dude is telling.

Now you're saying he's better than Dickson? You must have thing for mullets.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
Keeping a close eye on SB contenders Buffalo with the wiaving of Araiza. Aparently it's pretty easy to bring in top flight FA Punters that will be as good as any 4th round pick should ever be according to some on here. And I agree that there are some good ones ............ between the ages of 29 and 40. However, they havent signed one yet and they play next thursday.

They signed that guy from Denver that Denver released cause they didn't want to pay him. I heard hes pretty good too.

32 year old timer Sam Martin is solid. Former 5th Round pick that Bills have to pay good $$$ for.

Same avg punts last season as Mitch 47.4yds.

Wish's average more impressive since half his games weren't in Denver.

Originally posted by irief:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
The 4th round pick is on the FO. You should be posting your hate speech in there. No unfounded defense from me. But you certainly post as though he is your spurned lover. I think your love for the Seachooks dude is telling.

Now you're saying he's better than Dickson? You must have thing for mullets.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

Originally posted by irief:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
The 4th round pick is on the FO. You should be posting your hate speech in there. No unfounded defense from me. But you certainly post as though he is your spurned lover. I think your love for the Seachooks dude is telling.

Now you're saying he's better than Dickson? You must have thing for mullets.

Originally posted by irief:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

Originally posted by irief:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
The 4th round pick is on the FO. You should be posting your hate speech in there. No unfounded defense from me. But you certainly post as though he is your spurned lover. I think your love for the Seachooks dude is telling.

Now you're saying he's better than Dickson? You must have thing for mullets.

I'll put it to you in language you can understand.

I have never said Dickson is better than Wishnowsky.

You are nothing more than a Wishnowsky troll.

Is it just me or was he crankin em a bit more than usual this preseason looked new and improved

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
The 4th round pick is on the FO. You should be posting your hate speech in there. No unfounded defense from me. But you certainly post as though he is your spurned lover. I think your love for the Seachooks dude is telling.

So much this!!
The denigration of a guy who clearly is able to hold his own in the game, simply because an organisation chose to select him higher than he himself expected was ever likely (let alone the fandom), makes no sense at all.
There are interviews just after he was drafted where he said he was looking at pay levels of 5th and lower. His hopes were never higher than that.

I suspect kickers/punters rarely expect to be drafted at all. It is not normally a high turnover position each year league wide, nor one that requires a backup twiddling thumbs on the sideline in the event of injury.
It will be telling what the FO think of Mitch when it comes to new contract. If Mitch out prices the FO's assessment of performance value, he's gone! However, if he ends up on second contract, that also is on the FO. No whinging, whining or pillow biting cries of despair will ever make it Mitch's fault.

@Rabbits, I happen to like keeping an eye on Dickson's exploits, if only to see what crazy he pulls out of the hat

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Is it just me or was he crankin em a bit more than usual this preseason looked new and improved

He definitely does. I want to see him continue to kick the hell out of the ball and stop with all the trickery that hasn't worked.

Originally posted by Who-is-Hayne:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
The 4th round pick is on the FO. You should be posting your hate speech in there. No unfounded defense from me. But you certainly post as though he is your spurned lover. I think your love for the Seachooks dude is telling.

So much this!!
The denigration of a guy who clearly is able to hold his own in the game, simply because an organisation chose to select him higher than he himself expected was ever likely (let alone the fandom), makes no sense at all.
There are interviews just after he was drafted where he said he was looking at pay levels of 5th and lower. His hopes were never higher than that.

I suspect kickers/punters rarely expect to be drafted at all. It is not normally a high turnover position each year league wide, nor one that requires a backup twiddling thumbs on the sideline in the event of injury.
It will be telling what the FO think of Mitch when it comes to new contract. If Mitch out prices the FO's assessment of performance value, he's gone! However, if he ends up on second contract, that also is on the FO. No whinging, whining or pillow biting cries of despair will ever make it Mitch's fault.

@Rabbits, I happen to like keeping an eye on Dickson's exploits, if only to see what crazy he pulls out of the hat

Based on the Seahags QB situation I can see Dickson being their MVP.
Dickson did make some good tackles and was involved in couple of trick plays but seems to have tapered off last couple of years barring a few flashes.

Mitch now has his old coach.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
Based on the Seahags QB situation I can see Dickson being their MVP.
Dickson did make some good tackles and was involved in couple of trick plays but seems to have tapered off last couple of years barring a few flashes.

Mitch now has his old coach.

And will still and forever fall short of being a 4th rounder. At least his sycophants are finally admitting it.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Is it just me or was he crankin em a bit more than usual this preseason looked new and improved

No, it wasn't just you. Hopefully he has his best year yet punting.

Been happy with Wish as this team's Punter. And something that gets overlooked but I don't take for granted…he's been flawless as Gould's holder. There's been quite a few pressure-filled kicks to win games at the end and he's been flawless holding every time - the GB playoff game in the snow last year stands out.

Originally posted by 9NERNATE:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Is it just me or was he crankin em a bit more than usual this preseason looked new and improved

He definitely does. I want to see him continue to kick the hell out of the ball and stop with all the trickery that hasn't worked.

Interesting listening to Pat McAfee who of course knows punting.. he mentioned Andy Lee as one of the guys who didn't work on any of that stuff in terms of having different punts he just cranks the heck out of the ball and has had a great career doing that. I liked having Andy Lee here.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by 9NERNATE:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Is it just me or was he crankin em a bit more than usual this preseason looked new and improved

He definitely does. I want to see him continue to kick the hell out of the ball and stop with all the trickery that hasn't worked.

Interesting listening to Pat McAfee who of course knows punting.. he mentioned Andy Lee as one of the guys who didn't work on any of that stuff in terms of having different punts he just cranks the heck out of the ball and has had a great career doing that. I liked having Andy Lee here.

As good as Lee was I hoped that there might be room for innovation in a phase of the game that could easily be replaced by a turnover on the 25.
Mitch would have likely spent some time with Pat during his coaching (prokick academy) to get picked to play College ball.