Lifelong, 45+ year Raider fan. The main reason our punters are so amazing is we give them so many chances to punt. 😞

The Shane Lechler and Seabass Janikowski combo was lethal

They also have had some iconic/great kickers over their years: George Blanda(Kicker and QB during his time with the Raiders), Sebastian Janikowski, and now Daniel Carlson. Raiders and special teams is something they've always had.

These past 20+ years by the Raiders have been a prime example that fantastic punting does not equate to winning. In other words, the offense and defense have failed the Raiders’ special teams unit year after year since 2002.

Well Lechler definitely got plenty of punting reps with that 2006 Raiders offense.

Ray Guy was One of Greatest Punter / Hall of Famer, May He R.I.P.

Marquette king was also crazy fast. There were so many trick plays that were possible. I never understood why his career ended so quickly.

10:40 I was literally about to make this comment before I heard you say it. Lechler’s gotta be the second punter in the HOF

I might have been waiting my whole life as a Raider fan and Ray Guy fan for this video.

I’m surprised the raiders let the bears take that Iowa punter this year in the draft

Marquette King's personality ended his career. He was kicked off the Raiders cause he pissed off the locker room. Remember when he took that picture with Aqib Talib making fun of Crabtree and the necklace incident? Bruce Irvin almost beat his ass during that whole drama. Soon after he was off the team. No punter is worth a locker room cancer.

I may be a big chargers fan and thus a big Raiders hater, but man do I love their specialists.

Long term series: punter history for each team?

Similarly Green Bay has had an insane run with their QBs.

Now *this* is what I subscribed for

this video makes me wonder how punting on 4th down became normalized and whether team roster sizes were embiggened specifically for punters/kickers, great vid! Way to make punting interesting

3 phases of football. i grew up watching lechler and king. now having cole is awesome.

This truly is something I think about way too much

Isaac (or anyone else reading this), can you help me find info about a memorable punt I have never forgotten since seeing it on TV in my childhood? I'm 99% sure it was Ray Guy - at least that's what I remembered through the decades. It had the weirdest bounce ever - it landed right on the goal line, bounced straight up and landed on the goal line again, over and over until it laid to rest on the goal line. I thought I remembered it as having been nicknamed (by the announcer or some reporter afterwards) "A Bean Too Much", because if it had been just inches shorter, it would have been a weird miracle punt instead of a touchback. Whether I remember the nickname correctly or not, I would think it would have made its way onto the internet as something fascinating, but I have searched for it several times in multiple ways and never found a peep about it. Perhaps you can find it, since you are great at digging into the history of punting.

Ruy Guy is a legend 💪🏾👊🏾💪🏾👊🏾 John Madden loved him

I love the high drop, flowy Ray Guy punt. It’s how I punt, except Ray could beat my punt stats with his non-dominant leg 😂

Giants probably had the best decade for a LB room ever from 1981-1990. Between Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson, and Carl Banks they combined for 18 pro bowls, 5 second team all pros, 9 first team all pros, 2 hall of famers, and Lawrence Taylor was defensive rookie of the year, three time defensive player of the year, and won an MVP.

it's wild that king never made a pro bowl, but was all pro

I loved this, please do more videos like it.

Thanks for sharing. I remember watching Ray Guy on television growing up. He was phenomenal. I can't think of another team with the string of punting greats the Raiders have had. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular (and football fan)

I have Ray Guy's autograph on a t-shirt I made. It said Ray Guy, Hall of Fame, if Ray's not in, the Hall is lame. This was 2 years before the Hall FINALLY did the obvious thing and inducted him. Ray struck me as the consummate Southern Gentleman. He was not hostile about it, he was extremely polite to everyone. Just a pleasure to listen to.

Closest I can think of is the Chicago Bears at the MLB position. Multiple HoFers at the position, but it's been more spread out.

I have a Janikowski jersey, but I need to get a Lechler one as well. Those are the two greatest Raiders from my childhood

Man I miss king... Dude was the most fun I've ever had watching a Punter

For what's its worth as a raider fan we never worry about our kickers and punters they turn out good but the problem is you cant win football games on kicks and punts alone.

bruh 63 yard banana kick can you imagine how much further it would go if they kicked it properly with a drop punt

This is like how Brazil has an amazing history of football/soccer because of crime corruption and low living standards for the masses

Also Fullbacks are an underrated spot on our rosters. I mean today there like 24 fullbacks. Former Raiders make up a good spot of them. Alec Ingold, Jakob Johnson, Jason Cabinda (was an LB for us), Jamize Olawale, Keith Smith…

Its insane at the quality of kickers we have had

Loved ray guy ! What a weapon he was, especially pinning the opponent deep . And Shane lechler was almost as good as he was !

The Titans with Hentrick, Kern and Stonehouse are second-tier dynasty .

We’re always 3 n out so our punters get mad reps and start to master it 😂😂😂

that boy aj cole is so different!!! glad hes on my team!

theres a video on YT of Chiefs GM Brett Veach catching a TD pass from Chiefs OC Matt Nagy in the mid 2000s 😎

You should talk about Ryan Stonehouse’s crazy rookie season

Could you make a video talking about the different types of punts that you listed in the video? Thought everyone just tried to bomb it as hard as they could until today. Id just wanna see something with some examples maybe and a brief description. I know it's a lot to ask but figured I would anyways 😁 if you read this thanks for your time!

Well done

The Bears drafted sauerbrun in the 2nd round, then told him not to kick it so far.

Can we get a video on my boy tress way?? Love him as a life long Washington fan

I always liked king as a punter , should of signed him

Ray Guy once downed his own punt.

Raider fan here I seen at lot of terrible offensive play so many 4th downs we punt so much that our punters had no other choice but to be great even today Aj Cole is one of the best punters in the league and our kicker be great to cause we rarely score TDs

I'm still waiting on the video about CFL Punters.

packers with quarterbacks did the same thing

I’ve got a lot of love for the Raiders

Do Raider Field Goal Kickers.

AJ might honestly be the best yet

Marquette King played just six nfl seasons. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

King could also run fakes or salvage bad snaps into 1st downs running. To your question Green Bay with QB's and Steelers with coaches is the only groups I can think about off the top of my head.

Have you seen the bears punter from ia? Pretty talented guy, without him the don't go to the big ten championship game. Anyhoo🤘

17:06 titans with running backs

I guess the Raiders have a Dynas "kicking"tee????

We do got the kicking team on lock That's a fact

I'll always feel like they cut King on personal issues

7:20 "they actually almost brought him in a couple times" huh? 😂

Pittsburgh Steelers Coaches is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head. I'm 40. There have been 3. Likely for you there have only been 2 in your lifetime lol

Vikings and wide receivers.

I literally just bought 4 tickets for the raiders MNF game this year. Get on KZfaq and this is the first thing that pops up. Destiny? Nah

Song at 14:20?

John “mad a sack”? Haha

Vikings on wrs Carter moss Thielen harvin diggs Jefferson Packers on qb is obvious to look into I’m thinking rams RBs but don’t feel like looking it up but you know the rams have had running backs

John cis a more?

I think that my all time goat punter is pat mcafee, anyone else?

🦁 Now! 😊⚒️💙

Great video, I’m an AI- Prove you’re an Al Davis too

RN4L ☠️

Weird flex? But okay…

Shane L. My dude

So punting really doesn't matter... Look where all that elite punting got them

I get this channel geeks out over punters, and while Ray Guy was truly great, simply put, using a First Round Pick on a punter is absolutely insane. As good as Mr. Guy was, there is a concept in economics called Opportunity Cost at play here. They aren't just selecting Ray Guy. The Raiders are NOT selecting lots of other talented players. How much yardage does Ray Guy get you every week? 20 yards more than a replacement level punter? 40? No punter in the world is worth the talent you are giving up by drafting him. Three Hall of Famers were undrafted behind him: WR Drew Pearson, OG Joe DeLamielluere, and some QB from Oregon named Dan Fouts. Just the CHANCE to get any of those guys in the draft would be better than drafting a punter. It's like Devin Hester. Okay, fine. You have to put him in the Hall of Fame? Last time I checked, TDs on returns are worth the same as other TDs. Every yard Mr. Guy saves you is just one yard. Yes, Special Teams are important, but let's not get crazy here. It's still the third most important unit of a team, and it always will be.

man u messed up u didnt talk about janakowski well u did but not the right name it wasnt shane it was sebastion janakowski

We'd have 6 Lombadis if we didn't get fucked by the biased NFL. OAKLAND RAIDERS FOREVER 🏴‍☠️

Hey, Mr. Narrator, if you're posting videos about the Raiders, you just CANNOT butcher the pronunciation of John Matuszak. Hint: His nickname was "The Tooz." You pronounced it, "John MATIZIK. He's Raiders royalty. So, say it like, "MA-TOOZ-AK!!!" :-)

Your statement that punting started to become important only in the 1950's is horribly misinformed, especially for a channel dedicated to punting. Punting was a major tactical part of the game in the early years of the NFL. Might be worth you doing some research for another video, although there's pretty scant video from that period.

First please pin me I love your videos

That's because the best punters want to play for the only team to draft a punter in the first round wouldn't u.

I think King would have worked out if our HC was like AP. But I also agree that you can't be giving up penalties as a punter. Especially excessive celebration penalties 😂

Marquette was the best

You young people have little grasp of the English language, especially vis-a-vis pronouns.