Panthers add P Michael Palardy

[jdpanther5]

Rams article on him from last year.

Apparently in college he was both a kicker and punter. Looks like that carried over to the pros a bit since there are articles of him trying out at both positions. 

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

8 minutes ago, jdpanther5 said:

Rams article on him from last year.

Apparently in college he was both a kicker and punter. Looks like that carried over to the pros a bit since there are articles of him trying out at both positions. 

 

Much like our boy Swayze Waters.

[MHS831]

29 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

If Swayze's hip holds up, he'll be our punter. If he can sustain around a 48 yard average, he could become our own Shane Lechler.

In Canada, Killer.  They have a bigger field (length and width), which means fewer balls going out of bounds and fewer "inside the 20" kicks.  But the biggest reason the numbers are higher---no fair catches.  How many balls hit the ground and rolled due to that rule?

[pantherclaw]

Don't draft punters.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Waters vs Palardy

[frash.exe]

ONE OF US

ONE OF US

[TNPanther]

 Palardy was in a couple of my classes at UT. He was god awful during his first two years but finally learned how to kick the ball by his junior year. Hope he sticks with the team as it would be awesome to have a Vol suiting up on Sunday's as a Panther.

[TheSpecialJuan]

12 minutes ago, TNPanther said:

 Palardy was in a couple of my classes at UT. He was god awful during his first two years but finally learned how to kick the ball by his junior year. Hope he sticks with the team as it would be awesome to have a Vol suiting up on Sunday's as a Panther.

nice

[KillerKat]

12 hours ago, MHS831 said:

In Canada, Killer.  They have a bigger field (length and width), which means fewer balls going out of bounds and fewer "inside the 20" kicks.  But the biggest reason the numbers are higher---no fair catches.  How many balls hit the ground and rolled due to that rule?

Is there a stat that doesn't include the bounce?

[stan786]

Yeah I was at Tennessee when he was there and I was shocked how much better he got by his senior year, definitely a better punter than kicker.  Not sure if he's good enough to be an NFL punter, but I'll enjoy watching.  Also he's left footed.

[MHS831]

33 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Is there a stat that doesn't include the bounce?

Good question.  I am not sure.  I have not seen one, and I will check later.  I am speculating that the stats would be different.  When I saw that punting average, I got excited too.

33 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Is there a stat that doesn't include the bounce?

I wonder why punters can't also be the kickers? It would seem that you could learn to do both.  Maybe it is like playing baseball and golf at the same time.

[Khaki Lackey]

Waters and Palardy should Reaux-Chambeaux for the roster spot

[CWORS]

Camp competition...

[Bartin]

3 hours ago, stan786 said:

Also he's left footed which Gettleman seems to like.

Based on what? Source for this? I know Belichick only uses left footed punters because he believes the ball spinning the opposite direction from what returners are used to is an advantage, but I have never heard anything about Gettleman having a preference for left footed punters. Nortman is the only punter that we've had since Gettleman has been here and he is right footed.