Comments on: Assessing the Value of NFL Punt Returners https://www.thespax.com/nfl/assessing-the-value-of-nfl-punt-returners/ Sat, 22 Aug 2020 18:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.8 By: Geoffrey Benedict https://www.thespax.com/nfl/assessing-the-value-of-nfl-punt-returners/#comment-2706 Sat, 22 Aug 2020 18:52:43 +0000 https://www.thespax.com/?p=3647#comment-2706 I’d be interested in comparing the returner to the teams offense for that season. I would suspect that Hester is even more valuable, because the offense on those Bears teams was so bad. At the same time, an offense like the Chiefs or Ravens might find very little value in a good punt returner, because field position matters less to their specific offense.

In Pittsburgh I call it the Ryan Switzer factor, is it better to have a punt returner that can put up better returns but with a higher risk of fumbling, or have a guy like Ryan Switzer who won’t give you much at all, but you can trust him to hand the ball to the offense reliably. I would love to be able to express the value of a return specialist by the type of offense it would take to negate their value.

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