vike daddy Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Vikings punter Ryan Wright has only played six career NFL games, but his previous outing captured attention from around the league — and the science world. To gain a better sense into Wright's success and his impressive leg, we spoke with Dr. Tim Gay, a physics professor at the University of Nebraska. Gay's first assessment of Wright's 73-yard punt was his physical attributes. Wright is listed at 6-foot-3, 245 pounds, making him the second heaviest punter in the NFL behind Pittsburgh's Pressley Harvin III, who is 6-foot, 255 pounds. Dr. Gay: "There are two things that matter: The mass of the guy's leg — so a bigger player has an advantage there — but it's also the foot speed. The mass helps you. But the bigger mass of a big guy over that of a small guy's leg helps you only if you can get that foot speed up to the same value … it's a complex intertwining of foot speed and leg mass." Gay also said in order to have a 73-yarder, kickers and punters need to find the "sweet spot" of the football. On a football, that point is 5.5 centimeters below the center of the ball. Gay points out that the reason kickers changed to soccer style kicking with the side of their foot is to increase the surface area and better their odds of hitting the sweet spot. "I think if you miss it by half a centimeter you're probably OK, but if you miss it by two centimeters you're probably not OK," Gay said. Gay then addressed the components of power and flight of the ball. With quarterbacks, a deep pass has the nose of the ball pointing up at the beginning of its air travel before facing down on its way to the receiver. A punt, meanwhile, can have the nose facing up and continue spinning on its descent. "You'd expect a ball that turns over (nose down) to go farther in general because it has less air drag on it," Gay said. Gay estimates that elite punters can get the ball to spiral — with either the nose up or nose down — about 75 percent of the time. https://www.vikings.com/news/physics-professor-breaks-down-ryan-wright-73-yard-punt?fbclid=IwAR3PrmAeb4rdDTa9GEP_4_O2A9-v0rGG_z6DtEBvgHKBHy97ptM8ljeVZOk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SteelKing728 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Is the Kicker position an issue this year? Should we be concerned at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, SteelKing728 said: Is the Kicker position an issue this year? Should we be concerned at all? Yes Joseph has been very disappointing after the training camp and preseason that he had. However, I think the only route to take is to hope he can work out of his funk. Don’t take the approach of the past regime and play musical chairs with the position. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) I never get the feeling that it's a mental thing as in having the yips with Joseph. He capable of making big kicks but I think he's just an average kicker at this point. I don't think it pays to replace him now Edited October 30, 2022 by vikesfan89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, SemperFeist said: Don’t take the approach of the past regime and play musical chairs with the position. more like walk the plank. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 The Minnesota Vikings held a surprising tryout on Thursday afternoon by hosting punter Brock Miller. Miller is a 31-year-old punter that has only been on an NFL roster for three months when he was with the San Francisco 49ers during the 2017 offseason. He did punt for the New Jersey Generals this past spring in the USFL and was successful. He averaged 46.3 yards per punt on 31 punts with 10 of them being pinned inside the 20-yard line. https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2022/11/03/vikings-ryan-wright-jalen-reagor-tress-way-brock-miller/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3QQP8ZVALonPxNYomIurB7vR0Qbx3cEa6Enf_OhSJs60HD9gtlUp-xenc huh? a punter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) ha! here's why... Miller is a left footed punter, and the Vikings will be facing one in Tress Way in Washington. This is a smart strategy by the Vikings, as the ball spins differently with a left-footed punter. Edited November 3, 2022 by vike daddy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP_allday2869 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Why would we try a punter out? Ryan Wright has been a total boss this year. The only thing I can think of is that maybe Wright may be hurt or sick somehow? Not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, AP_allday2869 said: Why would we try a punter out? Ryan Wright has been a total boss this year. The only thing I can think of is that maybe Wright may be hurt or sick somehow? Not sure. anybody want to school this young man in what he should already know...? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 43 minutes ago, AP_allday2869 said: Why would we try a punter out? Ryan Wright has been a total boss this year. The only thing I can think of is that maybe Wright may be hurt or sick somehow? Not sure. Could have just read the post above yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP_allday2869 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Lmao my brain just totally skipped that second post for whatever reason 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshpit23 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 1 hour ago, AP_allday2869 said: Lmao my brain just totally skipped that second post for whatever reason 😂 You must be using your right hemisphere as you LEFT out the reason we brought in Brock Miller. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 1 hour ago, AP_allday2869 said: Lmao my brain just totally skipped that second post for whatever reason 😂 do not skip my posts. there will be a quiz. but look at what at we're seeing lately coming from O'C.... he talks about how many games throughout the whole NFL have been decided by one score so far... he talks about how it's a handful of plays in these games that are keeping it close or turning the corner and making them runaway scores... he brings in a left footed punter he has no intention of signing, for practice reps, because the next opponent's team, who O'C hopes will be punting frequently, is left footed... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 other than WASh's big kickoff return to start the second half, how did we do yesterday on ST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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