Tory Taylor 46.3 avg, Trenton Gill 46.1 avg - What will Bears do with the extra 0.2 yards of field position?

[Salvaged Ship]

Lol all these posts about the punter. Hurry up and get here season!

 

[modo]

Gill's hang time is better than Taylor's. There are reasons for that, but just clarifying.

I don't think anyone's arguing that Trenton Gill is better than Tory Taylor, or that the only two options were keep Trenton Gill or draft a punter in the 4th.

There are always other options. Poles did what he thought would impact the team.

 

[Bearly]

I posted this in another thread as well. Excuse the dup

Poles:

"I didn't expect him to get much further. Definitely didn't think I'd be able to pick him up when we got into the fifth round," Poles said Wednesday when speaking to a former All-Pro punter on The Pat McAfee Show. "And, really, the thought process there is to make anyone we're playing really uncomfortable. I didn't play much in the NFL, but I know running onto the field and having the ball spotted inside the 10-yard line is a very uncomfortable feeling. It's disheartening at times. And I love taking advantage of field position. And, really, that should help us with points, as well."

 

[Bust]

Yes Plox

 

[remydat]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1788205432256766123

 

[Les Grossman]

Here's the article:

"There was no way he was getting to the fifth round. We got angry coaches on other teams saying 'I can't believe you guys took him' ... in a good way. ... 'We got it wrong and you guys got it right.' So that's cool when you hear your peers say stuff like that. And kudos to Ryan and his staff because he wouldn't have lasted to the backend of the fourth and [he] definitely would've been gone in the fifth. I got that confirmation from three teams already."

So whether you like it or not, Taylor was a known hot commodity come Day 3 of the draft. That's why the Bears jumped at him. And that's why coaches from three other teams, as Hightower mentioned, are kicking themselves (no pun intended) for not taking him, either.

Tory Taylor pick leaves teams kicking themselves in ‘angry texts,' coach says

Ryan Poles and the Bears took a leap in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, selecting Iowa punter Tory Taylor to become the new leg of the team. It’s a daring pick to draft a punter that early. Usually, special teams players go late in the draft, if at all. But, with their last pick in the...

www.yahoo.com

 

[jazzmcfunk]

Well in the most extreme case .2 yards can mean the all difference. Ask Kevin Dyson and the 2000 Titans:

 

[TL1961]

Here's the article:

"There was no way he was getting to the fifth round. We got angry coaches on other teams saying 'I can't believe you guys took him' ... in a good way. ... 'We got it wrong and you guys got it right.' So that's cool when you hear your peers say stuff like that. And kudos to Ryan and his staff because he wouldn't have lasted to the backend of the fourth and [he] definitely would've been gone in the fifth. I got that confirmation from three teams already."

So whether you like it or not, Taylor was a known hot commodity come Day 3 of the draft. That's why the Bears jumped at him. And that's why coaches from three other teams, as Hightower mentioned, are kicking themselves (no pun intended) for not taking him, either.

Tory Taylor pick leaves teams kicking themselves in ‘angry texts,' coach says

Ryan Poles and the Bears took a leap in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, selecting Iowa punter Tory Taylor to become the new leg of the team. It’s a daring pick to draft a punter that early. Usually, special teams players go late in the draft, if at all. But, with their last pick in the...

www.yahoo.com

So, other NFL teams confirm they'd have picked him in the 4th, but pundits say it was wrong, so many will continue to consider it a mistake.

Bottom line- He needs to play well and silence the critics. That's the only thing that will change minds.

 

[DefNextYear]

You are using raw numbers which is stupid because the number of starting punters is not equally split among the groups. Again if only 5 punters were 5th or earlier, 5 were 6th/7th and 22 were UDFA then the flaw in your logic is obvious. The reason more UDFA punters are in the top 10 is because there are more of them in the population. Hence why people use percentages. In the above only 5 out of 22 UDFA made the top 10. That again is only 23% success. By contrast 3 out of 5 made it in those drafted in the 5th or earlier so that is 60% success and 2 of 5 in the 6/7th which is 40% success. Get it yet?

This is probably the most critical piece. The bucket of punters selected high is small, so the total number of punters successful will be less as a raw total. It needs to be number of successful divided by the total number drafted in the round.

Just to make something up, it’s like saying there are more receivers starting in the NFL drafted after round 1 than those drafted in round 1. It’s probably true cause there’s just a bigger pool of players… but it doesn’t give the true success rate per round. Or it’s like saying there’s more reported crime in the state of Texas than New York City and therefore you’re more likely to experience crime in Texas than in New York City.

 

[ChicagoBearsSinceBirth]

 

[SlickWilly]

Here's the article:

"There was no way he was getting to the fifth round. We got angry coaches on other teams saying 'I can't believe you guys took him' ... in a good way. ... 'We got it wrong and you guys got it right.' So that's cool when you hear your peers say stuff like that. And kudos to Ryan and his staff because he wouldn't have lasted to the backend of the fourth and [he] definitely would've been gone in the fifth. I got that confirmation from three teams already."

So whether you like it or not, Taylor was a known hot commodity come Day 3 of the draft. That's why the Bears jumped at him. And that's why coaches from three other teams, as Hightower mentioned, are kicking themselves (no pun intended) for not taking him, either.

Tory Taylor pick leaves teams kicking themselves in ‘angry texts,' coach says

Ryan Poles and the Bears took a leap in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, selecting Iowa punter Tory Taylor to become the new leg of the team. It’s a daring pick to draft a punter that early. Usually, special teams players go late in the draft, if at all. But, with their last pick in the...

www.yahoo.com

Can’t be true. @Toast88 says it’s foolish to take a punter before the 6th round!!

 

[Toast88]

Can’t be true. @Toast88 says it’s foolish to take a punter before the 6th round!!

Lol, if he’s good, I won’t really care

 

[DaaBears]

I liked the pick until I heard he put ketchup on hot dogs.

 

[remydat]

Fuck ketchup or mustard on hot dogs. Mayo is where it is at.