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Michael Dickson of the Seattle Seahawks and his MVPunter campaign appear to be completely on track with his record setting performance on Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Dickson averaged 59 yards per punt on six punts, an NFL record. His punts landed or were downed at a point on the field to average over 83 yards to go and were in the air for 4.295 seconds, of his six punts four of them were inside the 20 including two inside the 10 yard line. Still doubting that Dickson was worth a move up in the fifth round? Take a look at the punts for yourself.
Michael Dickson, punt 1: 60 yards, 4.62 seconds. From the 20 to the 20, complete field position reversal. pic.twitter.com/d46U4YQkba
— Sean Clement (@SeanFromSeabeck) September 10, 2018
Punt 2: 59 yards, 4.55 seconds. Jones lets it go because punts in this area of the field have a high (approximately 60% chance) of going in the endzone. Thorpe makes him pay downing it at the 2. pic.twitter.com/dGDeqfLrNb
— Sean Clement (@SeanFromSeabeck) September 10, 2018
Punt 3: 46 yards, only 3.23 seconds hang time. Not sure what went wrong for Dickson here, he didn't seem to get all of it. pic.twitter.com/UXCzowKMGo
— Sean Clement (@SeanFromSeabeck) September 10, 2018
Punt of the game: Punt 4, 69 yards, 4.74 seconds, out of bounds at the 6. Trades the Seattle 25 for the Denver 6. Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/Z3QFd5xl9m
— Sean Clement (@SeanFromSeabeck) September 10, 2018
Punt 5, another boomer. 57 yards, 4.55 seconds, out of bounds at the 13. Dickson took Jones out of the equation. pic.twitter.com/g5Y4YQ9IzG
— Sean Clement (@SeanFromSeabeck) September 10, 2018
Punt 6, 63 yards, 4.08 seconds. Jones doesn't catch it and Coleman downs it at the 19.
— Sean Clement (@SeanFromSeabeck) September 10, 2018
Out of Dickson's 6 punts yesterday, 4 were downed inside the 20. pic.twitter.com/oSlvF0252k
Dickson’s hang time wasn’t as high on a lot of these punts, which given the thin Denver air was a bit surprising. But his ability to plant punts on the edge of the field and in a couple cases take the returner completely out of the equation is fantastic. As he gains more experience and control, having only played since 2015, can we only expect him to get better? Well, there’s a hell of a thought.