Let's just go ahead and start talking about P Michael Dickson
 

Colquitt's old and expensive. He's gone.

This guy, though...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSHGxN2VQAAphml.jpg:large

https://theathletic.com/195780/2017/...exas-missouri/

Looks awesome.

Veach and Toub will wait until the 6th or 7th though, if not just bring in an UDFA.

I think you can draft punters high, though. This team just has bigger needs at all three levels of the D.

with a name like dickson, how can you go wrong.

Fyp

Kickers named Dickson and Buttkicker

Perfect for CP

As a Longhorns fan I can tell you the guy is the truth.

What he did against Mizzou is pretty routine. He can finesse it in on a short field, but he can bomb it with hang time too. Amusingly, the Longhorns just signed his cousin out of the same program in Australia.

He won us a couple games this season. He routinely pinned teams back and forced them to augment their playcalling...allowing Orlando's defense to tee off with teams backed up against their endzone.

https://twitter.com/texasfootball/st...72028614238208

As long as we don't use a 3rd like we did on colquitt. I'm firmly against using high draft picks on specialists.

You’re undervaluing punters.

Playing against a good punter is like playing uphill.

Chiefs have, what, a 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th?

In the 6th I'd take him in a heartbeat. I'd honestly consider him in the 4th. We have a tendency to overvalue the success rate of late round picks and if you can get an unquestioned starter who saves you a few million/season in cap space while simultaneously getting you probably a 20 yd/gm advantage, I'd think that's a nice use of the pick.

It may be too cute by half, but there's genuine cost savings there that can then be plowed into getting a little more surefire contributor at positions that are harder to project in the draft. Let's just say for instance that the money saved by taking this guy in the 4th is directly allocated to re-signing Albert Wilson, haven't you effectively used that 4th on Wilson?

Like I said, it's maybe a little too cute but I think it's a smarter way to look at things in an era where front offices are getting progressively more crafty with the cap. Just saying "don't use picks on specialists" is a little too basic, IMO.

Punters are undervalued. I'd spend a draft pick on him easily if he's as good as advertised. Being able to flip field position in the event your offense falters is huge for the defense.

They'll get a Comp Pick for Foles, which may be higher than expected if he can win a playoff game or two.

They're also reportedly in line for three conditionals -- a 6th for Isaiah Battle, and 7ths for David Irving and Marcus Cooper.

Right on. And Even if the guy never takes a snap he won’t even be a blip on the radar after Tampa traded up in the second to draft a kicker that was horrific.

If you want to think about cost effectiveness I can't think of a better value than drafting what will probably be the best punter in the NFL and paying hima punters salary with 3rd round money for the next 15 years because if you don't take him in the 3rd he won't be there.

bet dorsey picks him up at the top of the 3rd in fact.

Rumor is a couple agents have told him he'd be a 3rd round pick.

Call me crazy, we got damn good value out of that pick.

If we had as many picks as we did last year I'd have no issue whatsoever. With the limited number we have this year I might be more inclined to pass.

For someone that can flip field position like that frequently, I think I'd consider him as early as the late 2nd. Kicks like that have extreme value.

Not really high on taking a punter early but, I trust Toub. If he wants him, go get him.

Corey Bojorquez (New Mexico) is just as good and is a lefty (you know, like Colquitt).

Is this really the year we let Colquit go? I mean people put this crap in their offseason plan every year but it never happens. The more I think about it, the more I think he stays.

We're about to get a front-row seat to find out just how valuable that is.

The playoff game might as well be seen as a Dickson vs. Colquitt tryout. Brett Kern has been a monster this year; almost certainly the best punter in the game. He's done huge things for TN.

So if we feel like we're battling uphill all day while Kern is pinning us back and Colquitt can't answer, I feel like perhaps we need to make a splash on Dickson. If it turns out that the advantage Kern has provided over Colquitt this year is either flukey or easily overcome, I'd still cut Colquitt but I'd have no problem grabbing another less accomplished punter later in the draft and coaching him up.