Bojorquez Brings Promising Resume as New Punter

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2 years ago

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Last season, one punter led the NFL in hangtime. Another punter led the NFL in touchbacks.

The punter who led the league in hangtime was JK Scott, who the Green Bay Packers released last week. The punter who led the NFL in touchbacks was Corey Bojorquez, the one the Packers acquired in a trade to replace Scott.

The raw numbers suggest the Packers made a major upgrade at one of their weakest positions. Last season for the Buffalo Bills, Bojorquez led the NFL with a 50.8-yard average and was fifth with a 44.0-yard net average. Scott, meanwhile, was 18th with a 45.5-yard average but a woeful 28th with a 37.0-yard net. In other words, in a hypothetical gameday punting competition between Bojorquez and Scott, the Bills would have gained 7 yards of field position with every exchange of punts.

Nonetheless, the Bills didn’t give Bojorquez a restricted free agent tender and couldn’t come to terms on a contract. So, Bojorquez joined the Los Angeles Rams, who added him to challenge Johnny Hekker – the team’s longtime but highly paid standout. Bojorquez did his part with a superb preseason but the Rams reworked Hekker’s contract and traded Bojorquez to Green Bay on Tuesday.

“Honestly, I had no idea,” Bojorquez said after Monday’s practice. “It would’ve been nice to stay, just for the fact I’m from that area and who doesn’t like a new stadium? But, really, I had no idea. Johnny’s a four-time All-Pro, one of the best punters to ever play, so trying to beat him for a job is dang near impossible. You need to have perfect games. Going into it, I was just trying to keep my focus on doing better than I did last year, which I feel like I’ve been doing and showing. Things worked out pretty nice.”

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yooperfan
Veteran Member

2 years ago

It’s been a while since the Packers have had a real quality punter.
I’m hoping he does well especially in the cold.
I’m anxious to see him play.
Hopefully he’s a better tackler than the last guy.
Actually I hope he never has to tackle!

dfosterf
Veteran Member

2 years ago

His highlights are great. He did jack up a returner in one of them. He can boom it...he also had a 12 yarder, but he felt bad about it. I really, really like this pick up.

wpr
Preferred Member

2 years ago

net yards is meaningless stat. More times than not it's blown coverage by the coverage guys. But it cold also be the kicker messing up and out kicking the coverage. Maybe putting the ball in the middle of the field instead of kicking to a sideline in order to hem the returner in. As a raw stat it doesn't tell us anything.
Same for touchbacks, If the LOS is the 45 you don't have much room to work with. If you are always kicking from your own 30 you have a lot of room to kick.
Almost everything is subjective on the kickers stats. Everyone hated Scott because they used a 5th round pick on him. I loved it because they had so few needs they COULD take a punter in the 5th round. He was decent. He hit a few shanks but everyone not named Ray Guy shanks a punt from time to time.

KRK
Veteran Member

2 years ago

I hope the guy barely sees the field...only as a holder for extra points.

In Luce tua Videmus Lucem KRK

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