... the time puts Peyton Manning eight yards away from the red zone after the two-minute warning. Punting would have put Peyton about 80 yards away, so there still would have been plenty of time for him to march ... like, but it’s pretty hard to come up with a realistic combination of numbers that makes punting the better option. At best, you could make it a wash. Nate Silver weighs in on this side as ...

... . This kind of analysis is still in its infancy with football. Just this year, we've seen these discussions of punting. The odds show that your chances of getting a 1st down on 4th and short are quite good and give you a better chance of winning than punting in these situations. Bill Belichick has evidently been listening, because he went for it on 4th and 2 ...

Oakland’s ineptitude on offense has been a boon to Shane Lechler in his bid to break the NFL’s single-season punting record. Lechler, who already owns the league record for career average, is having his best season so far and is making his strongest bid yet to beat Sammy Baugh’s 69-year-old record of 51.4 yards. A four-time Pro Bowl pick, Lechler leads the NFL with a 52.3-yard ...

... ;M, has at least one punt of more than 50 yards in each of his last 31 games. Of Lechler's 61 punts this season, 32 have gone for more than 50 yards. He leads the NFL in net punting average at 44.5 yards. This could become the year of the punter. Lechler is among a group of eight punters, including Mat McBriar of the Cowboys, with a net average of 40-plus yards. From 1976-2008, that happened ...

... William Woodson of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, was so outraged that his girlfriend's 13 week old pit bull puppy wouldn't behave during the Steelers game that he kicked the dog to death, reportedly punting it down the street. If Woodson is such a big Steelers fan, how about he gets to participate in their next practice? Without pads, and maybe dressed in a Cincinnati Bengals uniform.

... Federer at Wimbledon was one of the building blocks of Harry Findlay’s punting empire, and knowing that you have class on your side is reassuring and can be profitable.& ... week we have the chance to learn from the greatest gambler of them all, although he would argue that what he does is as far from punting as you can get. Before Brian Howard and a naked Paulo Barreto took over my thoughts, ...

I am prepared to punt 1 unit long of the Direxion Tech 3x Bear ticker TYP here at $10.58 I am also prepared to add a 2nd unit long of TZA here at $12.67 Good speculating to you all and please remember to never forget that "an investor is a speculator who made a mistake and will not admit it". Open Positions: Long 1 unit Direxion Large Cap 3X Bear ticker BGZ @ $19.34 Long 2 units ...

When the Chiefs and Raiders face off on Sunday at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum two of the best players on the field will be the punters – Dustin Colquitt (left) and Shane Lechler (right). That doesn’t just say something about the lack of talent on both of these rosters as evidenced by their combined record

... someone actually get rich from a contest in the middle of a sporting event. But during halftime of a rugby match between the Saracens and Springboks, a man named Stuart Tinner was brought onto the field to participate in a punting contest. Tinner, a 24-year-old rugby fan, had to punt a rugby ball and hit the cross bar from 30 meters away. He took the ball, punted it off of his right foot and it ...

More photos » by Morry Gash - AP Browse more photos » Injuries, Injuries, injuires...from Mike McCarthy: Cullen Jenkins had some ankle swelling. He'll probably miss some practice time this week. Desmond Bishop also had an ankle sprain. He'll probably miss some ...