TK Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 For Immediate Release August 20, 2014 REDSKINS CLAIM P TRESS WAY LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they have acquired punter Tress Way via waiver claim. In addition, the team waived punter Blake Clingan. Way (6-1, 215) originally entered the NFL as a college free agent with the Chicago Bears on April 28, 2013. He was waived by the Bears on Aug. 25, 2013. He later re-signed with the Bears on Jan. 1, 2014 before being waived on Aug. 18. Way punted collegiately at Oklahoma from 2008-12, appearing in 53 games with 250 punts for 10,988 yards (44.0 avg.) with 36 touchbacks and 91 punts downed inside the 20. He owns Oklahoma’s school record with 71 career punts of 50 or more yards. Way, 24, attended Union H.S. in Tulsa, Okla., where he was a member of the all-state teams for both The Oklahoman and Tulsa World. He was born on April 18, 1990. Clingan (6-3, 223) originally joined the Redskins as a free agent on April 9, 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 this punter battle is a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darc Requiem Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Clingan was just plain bad. I'm not surprised that they brought in another Punter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cumberland Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 love good competition.. hopefully it will push malone to do even better... with that said, punters are a dime a dozen, imho.. even if none of the current ones perform, there'll be someone out there... no worries here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Punter equals fg holder. I hope this doesn't negatively affect the kicker competition. Yet the new guy also needs to show he can hold fg attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 this punter battle is a disaster. When you cut someone and bring a new player in off the street to compete, one can't argue that the punting situation is at least in need of some help. Being very optimistic, maybe this guy will guy will suddenly get it and earn the job. One can hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregpeck99 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 This does not pass the smell test. Awful late to be uncertain about who your punter is ... an above average punter is critical to a playoff contender. Nonetheless ... great moniker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cumberland Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Being very optimistic, maybe this guy will guy will suddenly get it and earn the job. and to add to your post, a ray guy would be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflow78 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 This does not pass the smell test. Awful late to be uncertain about who your punter is ... an above average punter is critical to a playoff contender. Nonetheless ... great moniker! Yeah, if they'd just cut Clingan and signed a different position, you could say that Malone convinced them that he's the guy (though I haven't seen it yet), but when you cut a guy halfway through the preseason and bring in another, that tells me Clingan was awful and Malone isn't doing all that much better. I'm not a "punters mean everything" guy, but I don't like this much. Of course, as long as he can give the team 35 yards and enough hang time to stop most returns, fine. We can live with that for one season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 His name sounds like an address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I hope this guy is competent. Nothing worse than losing games because of the kicking part of it. Strange that the most useless an easily done away with part of "foot"ball, is the annoying kicking part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyHolt Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Shorter kicks typically mean better coverage. Think Mike Bragg. It seems punters are not asked to kick directionally anymore, so having a less than stellar punter shouldn't be a huge deal. They just boom it at the end zone and hope the gunners can down it at the one. That they actually succeed only in doing - perhaps 10% of the time. Just don't be Mr Frank Shank and we should survive. It should not be hard to beat out Malone, obviously. If our offense can dominate, as we are built to do, it's really a non issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 His name sounds like an address Or a shampoo. Tresemme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownRocks111 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 If Malone can't cut it, and this Way guy can't cut it... we have to go back to the one with the meaty rump. No homo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice_of_Reason Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I probably value good punters more than most. Sure, they're just a punter. But field position is so important, I think they're value is always understated. Same with kickers. Do you know what Tom Brady's legacy would be without Adam Viniteri? "Can't win the big one" Every SB they won, and the tuck rule game came down to a FG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'm always surprised how hard it is to find a good punter. Only one got drafted this year, so out of all those other guys you'd think they're be a couple that were pretty good you could bring in here as UDFA. The competition for those guys around the league can't be that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Back in the days of Deacon Jones and such, kickers and punters were loathed. But in those days, there wasn't a premium on STs. Kickers and Punters are just as vital as the other positions. As been evident over the last 15+ years, we've not been able to find either one on a steady basis and it's cost us. I would have loved to have had what the Raiders had with Janikowski and Lechler. The Raiders were laughed at for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Punters are weird. You have Kirby Van Der Kamp, widely considered the top rookie punter, go undrafted and not even get a training camp invite. The best of the 2014 draft class can't even get an invite over guys like Malone and Clingan? I got to think that somewhere out there is a decent punter to be had for essentially free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 This guy is the sucks btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I know nothing about punters. I remember thinking that Durant Brooks was going to be our savior and he turned out to be pretty stinky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I know nothing about punters. I remember thinking that Durant Brooks was going to be our savior and he turned out to be pretty stinky.Quite so. And don't forget Derrick Frost. We made the mistake of using both of those 'skins cast-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattermind Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Way outpunted Malone for what it's worth. Stories suggest he has a big leg but needs to learn the nuances. Hocker and Way. I could live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diehard Otis Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I'm down with the folks that have expressed the importance of punting. Given where the Gruden program stands (mere days before Year 1), a strong kicking game could keep us in a lotta ballgames. I'll admit that I haven't followed the punter issue closely, but drafting competition for Forbath made it clear that this Head Coach is serious about the kicking game. I hope he gets this one right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJ Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Punter Colton Schmidt of SF has given Andy Lee all the competition he can handle this year in punting during the preseason. He also is a KO specialist and can be used as an emergency FG kicker as well. Keep an eye on this guy as a possible replacement for Malone/Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 hmmm, Colton Schmidt looks like a decent punter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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