OT: Ray Guy dead at 73
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Would you say he was the first player to position the punter as a strategic weapon during a game? Maybe it's just because I grew up watching him, but that's how I view his legacy.
I remember when the kicker, and punter were players who were primarily guys who were regular position players.
I'd say he and Reggie Roby are the GOATS of punters.
At the time, we never saw anyone do what he did so consistently or at all for that matter. Other teams accused the Raiders of filling the balls with helium.
George Blanda (the guy who would come off the bench for the Raiders in the 4th quarter, lead them on a game-winning drive, and then kick the extra point) is the example who comes to my mind. One factor in ending this was the switch to the soccer-style place kick which often was best performed by Europeans. (Garo Yepremian is an early example of that.)
Korsak will boom a 75-yarder this weekend, in his honor.
"His kicks went so high that one that hit the Superdome scoreboard 90 feet above the field in a Pro Bowl helped put “hang time” into the football vernacular. His ability to pin the opponent deep with either high kicks or well-positioned ones was a key part of the success for the great Raiders teams of the 1970s and 80s."
Ray Guy, first Pro Football Hall of Fame punter, dies at 72
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 72. Southern Mississippi, where Guy starred before becoming the first punter ever ta…
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He changed how the position was looked at forever. I remember how much heat the Raiders took for drafting him so high.
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