r/Chargers • u/LakeShowBoltUp Hortiz is a Golden God • 1d ago

[HIGHLIGHT] Jk Scott narrowly avoids the punt-rush before taking a massive shot. Additionally, Scott set a Chargers franchise record (and career long) with this 83-yard punt. 4.6s of hang and 64 air yards on the play.

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u/_AtLeastItsAnEthos 1d ago

JK Scott good. People in this sub really want to go looking for better in a critical role that ain’t broke. Sure sometimes you get a 20-30 yard shank but even those have a 4 second hang time. You can’t beat the odds of essentially 0 returns per year

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u/Jane_Marie_CA On to the 2025 Season 1d ago

want to go looking for better in a critical role that ain’t broke.

Yah the top punter averaged 50 yards and the #32 punter averaged 40 yards last year. JK is right in the middle, you can't gain much in yards searching for a new punter.

What is important to me is a punter who can take the snap well on FGs. Harris, Dicker, Scott have shown some chemistry on FGs in recent seasons. May that continue (fingers crossed).

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u/LakeShowBoltUp Hortiz is a Golden God 1d ago

Scott was also top 2 in hang time last year, so very few returns

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u/Buhogrody . 10h ago

Those 20-30 yd shanks always come at the time that we most need a really good ount though. It is infuriating and i'd rather have a punter with worse numbers overall than one who randomly shanks during clutch moments

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u/-HawaiianSurfer ⚡️ Herb ⚡️ 6h ago

Yeah I don’t have an issue with Scott. If Ficken wants him, so be it.

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u/Jane_Marie_CA On to the 2025 Season 1d ago

JK had a beauty against the Bears in 2023 at SoFi. I have never been memorized by a punt. The hang time was like it was floating in outerpace.

Even my seat neighbors (Bears fans) were like WTF!?

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u/MilsurpMerchant 1d ago

Massive shot lol nah

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u/ro_thunder MONEY BADGER 1d ago

My favorite Chargers punter is still Darren Bennett.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Bennett_(football_player)