Husker Poyer Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Devin Hester did a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and was asked who the punter was he hated going up against. His answer: "Sam Koch. If Sam was allowed to punt the way he did in practice, you didn't want to catch none of his balls. He had a leaf ball. It wasn't a knuckleball. Imagine a leaf dropping 100 feet from the air the way it swoops back and forth. It looked like a leaf falling from the sky. Only faster." It was a very solid AMA, usually they can be kind of a crap shoot but he answered some good questions. https://old.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/czmsxb/im_devin_hester_the_nfl_recordholder_for_punt/ 2 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Oh my god...great idea! I am going to the update status with it! Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Devin Hester, most notably of the Chicago Bears, speaks the truth. Because he was a Bear. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Far be it from me to question Devin Hester or doubt the abilities of Sam Koch but it seems to me the leaf ball he describes would be near impossible for a punter to control. They can do some things like a knuckleball etc. but I would think simple physics would preclude his swooping back and forth like a leaf description. Maybe with some wind current help but surely not because of how it was kicked...? Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 5 hours ago, JJ Husker said: Far be it from me to question Devin Hester or doubt the abilities of Sam Koch but it seems to me the leaf ball he describes would be near impossible for a punter to control. They can do some things like a knuckleball etc. but I would think simple physics would preclude his swooping back and forth like a leaf description. Maybe with some wind current help but surely not because of how it was kicked...? Physics?? What are you...some kinda nerd! Quote Link to comment
Husker Poyer Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 6 hours ago, JJ Husker said: Far be it from me to question Devin Hester or doubt the abilities of Sam Koch but it seems to me the leaf ball he describes would be near impossible for a punter to control. They can do some things like a knuckleball etc. but I would think simple physics would preclude his swooping back and forth like a leaf description. Maybe with some wind current help but surely not because of how it was kicked...? Someone did include this video of Sam talking about punting. I'll admit I didn't watch the entire thing...because it's about punting...and I just don't have that kind of patience. https://youtu.be/5oZYO0FbZ_A 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Sam Koch announces his retirement after 87 16 seasons in the NFL. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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