Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee says he considers a statement this week by the NFL's head of officials that punters are defenseless players throughout a play to be a setback for players at his position. McAfee made his comments in a radio interview Thursday on "The Dan Patrick Show," expounding on thoughts on the topic he had previously shared with Yahoo! Sports. "This defenseless thing, I don't really know what it means. It kind of sets us back a little bit as a position," McAfee said Thursday. McAfee said punters understand the risks when they're on the field and he doesn't think he's ever been targeted by a player during a return. Source: ESPN
do not care who you are or what position you play,keep your head on a swivel on a punt or kick return or an interception,or else you may pay the price like the bengals punter did the other night.
It's bullcrap...a lot of times the punters make the tackle...FAR from defenseless and Huber was right in the middle of the play...lol @ the league.
I mean yea it was a more violent block than it had to be, but he wasn't defenseless. Is the guy just supposed to not block him because he's a kicker?
I'm willing to bet that Garvin didn't even realize that was the punter. A lot of these guys on special teams are just blocking based on seeing the opposite color jersey and hitting what ever they can.
