I still don't know what a punt is and what it's good for. Could anybody explain it to me?
113018
To punt means to drop a ball and then kick it before it hits the ground .\n\nIt's is good for faster and harder speed of the ball.
955332
it is a online game in which you are placed in a leauge where you are bacically the "owner" of a team of players that you draft. what your players do in real life affects your score. each player gets "fantasy points" for certain things like touchdowns, field goals, rush yards, etc.\n\nthe complete list of scoring for Yahoo leagues:\n\nPassing Yards (50 yards per point)\nPassing Touchdowns (6)\nInterceptions (-2)\nRushing Yards (20 yards per point)\nRushing Touchdowns (6)\nReception Yards (20 yards per point)\nReception Touchdowns (6)\nReturn Touchdowns (6)\n2-Point Conversions (2)\nFumbles Lost (-2)\nOffensive Fumble Return TD (6)\nField Goals 0-19 Yards (3)\nField Goals 20-29 Yards (3)\nField Goals 30-39 Yards (3)\nField Goals 40-49 Yards (4)\nField Goals 50+ Yards (5)\nPoint After Attempt Made (1)\nSack (1)\nInterception (2)\nFumble Recovery (2)\nTouchdown (6)\nSafety (2)\nBlock Kick (2)\nPoints Allowed 0 points (10)\nPoints Allowed 1-6 points (7)\nPoints Allowed 7-13 points (4)\nPoints Allowed 14-20 points (1)\nPoints Allowed 21-27 points (0)\nPoints Allowed 28-34 points (-1)\nPoints Allowed 35+ points (-4) \n\nyou start one QB, two RBs, three WRs, one TE, one Kicker and one Defence
755506
Good Lord. You can get punted from the JW's?????\nI didn't know that. Thats just weird!\n\nMay GOD richly bless you.
52731
It's where you tackle a player of the opposing team in their endzone with the ball. It is worth 2 points.
776615
See, this is the problem that I'm having. Because if the field goal is tipped and returned, then it's yards (It's counted as a punt I believe), so I don't quite understand why these return yards shouldn't be counted. So, if a tipped ball would be considered a punt, why not one that isn't tipped but is caught and returned... makes no sense at all...\n\nI'm right there with you, it should have been counted as a punt, or actually a drop kick...\n\nHope we both find our answers... :)
729509
You have to be naturally good at it, like i'm a Freshman punter for my high school football team, you just have to know how to do ang get a technique that works for you
985309
it wasn't a punt return.\n\nit wasn't a kick return.\n\nhe ran back a missed field goal. there are no yardage stats for that.\n-nny
582264
Football basics.  See the below link.  Enjoy!\nhttp://www.playfootball.com/footballfacts/basics.html
883649
Once a ball is punted with a snap from the line of scrimmage, the possesion is changed unless touched by the receiving team.  This holds whether the punting team downs the ball after rolling or catches it on the fly.  The only way that the punting team can re-gain possession is (1) if the returner "muffs" the punt (when the ball hits off of him without him catching it) or (2) the ball in-advertently hits another member of the returning team and then gets recovered by the punting team.  \n\nOf course if the returning team tries to block the punt and misses and in the process knocks over the punter, it results in a 15 yard personal foul which brings an automatic first down with it.\n\nIf it is the kickoff (either at the start of a half or after a score) that whoever ends up with the ball at the end of the play has possession of the ball.\n\nExample: On a kickoff, the ball could be kicked deep to the returning team, they catch the ball and get tackled resulting in their first down at that spot.  BUT, If the kick is popped up short and the kicking team catches the ball, it is THEIR ball, 1st down at the spot that they catch it.  The kicking team cannot advance the ball once they gain possession.
835806
no its a touchback\n\nto get 3 pts for a field goal, the ball needs to be kicked off the ground a la field goal try or drop kick
407547
booters? I think you need to rephrase your question because the only thing I can think you mean is a punter. Which is illegal.
47180
Also, on a punt (which is different than a kickoff) sometimes the punting team will be really close to the guy catching the ball by the time he is ready to catch it. He might be able to catch it, but he's going to get smeared and probably drop the ball. At that point, it's better to let it go.
921622
zero speed? are you a dumb@ss, he also returns punts...and he returns them for TDs!! how can he be a punt returner with no speed?\n\nI bet he makes for a pretty good special teamer in the NFL.
63269
A pooch punt is one where the objective is to pen the opponent deep into their own territory.  A pooch punt is not kicked at full force.  It is kicked so that the ball is downed as close to the opponents end zone as possible.
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G'day Antwaan M,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nRoughing the kicker is a more serious offence. Roughing the kicker is defined as "Flagrantly running into or hitting the kicker after the ball has been kicked." It results in a 15 yard penalty against the offending team and automatic first down. It can even result in disqualification if particularly flagrant.\n\nRunning into the kicker is defined as "Making incidental contact with a placekicker or punter after the ball has been kicked. " It is a five yard penalty.\n\nIt was originally all defined as the one offence before running into the kicker was created in the 1980s for less serious offences.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
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NFL.com would proably help some. Watching is proably the best help though. Refs are actually doing a decent job now of explaining penalties, if there is anything to explain. As long as you try to wait until after the play is done your man should be happy to try to help you understand what happened. The problem with trying to explain during the play is that things are devolping so hard to explain it all as it happens. Easier to explain if there is a replay so that you know what is going to happen. Would almost be best to kinda get a tape of a game and have him explain it as it goes along. That way there is no importance to the game itself, not live so not really interrupting it.
679017
In the original game of football, before some of the rules changed, the main basis of scoring was to either drop kick a ball, punt, kicking field goals, and running with the ball much like rugby.  As time went on, the rules evolved with the game.  Why does it need to make sense?  Why don't you call your football soccer?  I think it sounds better.