Dan T. Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Redskins punter Tress Way is currently leading the NFL in punting average at 53 yards per kick. His 77 yard punt against the Giants is the longest in the NFL so far this year. Despite shaky special teams, he's 7th in the NFL in net average at 43.1 yards. He's taken over for Kai "Lightfoot" Forbath on kickoffs, and has 9 touchbacks in 18 kicks. Tress Way is the Redskins' MVP for the first four games of 2014. To me, he came out of nowhere and landed in our laps. So who is Tress Way? He's a 24 year old left footer who attended the University of Oklahoma., where he finished as the Sooners' all time leader in punt average at 44 yards per. He also did kickoffs and some place kicking at OSU. He's 6'1" and 215 pounds. He was born in Tulsa and went to Union High School there. Here is the Union High School logo: Yes, the Washington Redskins are the second team named "Redskins" that Tress Way has played for. Before every game he and his Union High School Redskins teammates would chant "All my life, I wanted to be a Redskin! Work, work, baby, work, work!” Then they would run out of a smoke-filled tepee and onto the field. Oh the irony.He was signed out of college by the Chicago Bears as an UDFA in April 2013. They kept veteran Adam Podlesh and waived Tress in August. He was back in Bears camp in 2014, but they waived him again on August 18. (They kept Pat O'Donnell, a punter they spent a 6th round draft pick on.) The Redskins, to my eternal gratitude, snapped him up on August 20 to replace over-the-hill Sav Rocca. He's been kicking the **** out of the ball ever since. His brother Cole was a punter at Tulsa before signing with the Kansas City Royals system as a pitcher, even though he hadn't played baseball since high school. BTW, brother Cole is 6'11", 235 pounds(!) Tress is married to Brianna, a former softball and soccer player. Tress Way, Thunderfoot. Glad we got him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 We shall bestow the golden calf award upon him We are the Redskins what could go wrong there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobisimo Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I haven't done any unofficial timings, and I haven't seen anything reported on his hang time, but every time he kicks I start to think he's outkicking the coverage before remembering our awful special teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlldaySkins Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes Tress is one of the only bright spots so far in this young season. By the way his wife is smoking hot. How do I know this? Just look at his twitter page. Yes I follow about every Redskin on Twitter, even the punter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrobert Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 This thread makes me sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSO Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks for this thread, made me smile about something Skins-related for the first time since Thursday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetAlfred Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 How did you find out he's a redskins fan? Mighty cool BTW Tress Way for Redskins DPOY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes Tress is one of the only bright spots so far in this young season. By the way his wife is smoking hot. How do I know this? Just look at his twitter page. Yes I follow about every Redskin on Twitter, even the punter. Tress and Brianna: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkskin Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 He has been a bright spot...and she is pretty damn hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goskins10 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I really wanted to mount a serious argument against this, but sadly I could not. Don't get me wrong, I like the kid and am glad we have him. He is doing a great job. However, something is horribly wrong with your football team when the punter is the MVP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Drift Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Most depressing thread of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The guy can kick, but the special teams can't cover. I think the MVP should be Santana Moss because he hasn't been involved in this abomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins island connection Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yea, that type of MVP screams 'we suck'. Maybe its just my past experiences, and not to offend her or Way in any way [ no pun intended ], but she appears, to me, to have a little 'psychotic look' in her eyes. I know the look very well; my ex g/f had that very same look, and I believe caused her shrink to quit his job and started flipping burgers. Note to Way; if her eye starts twitching, run like hell and don't look back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I think Keenan Robinson would disagree, but no disrespect to Way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yea, that type of MVP screams 'we suck'. Maybe its just my past experiences, and not to offend her or Way in any way [ no pun intended ], but she appears, to me, to have a little 'psychotic look' in her eyes. I know the look very well; my ex g/f had that very same look, and I believe caused her shrink to quit his job and started flipping burgers. Note to Way; if her eye starts twitching, run like hell and don't look back. In the photo, you can't see the butcher's knife in her left hand. Seriously, though, I don't see "the look" that you do. Maybe you're projecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 shows your how pitiful this franchise is when your punter is your 1st quarter MVP. This team never wants to do a full rebuild and tries to half ass it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins/psu1981 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Remember when we drafted former Ray Guy Award winner Durant Brooks in the 6th round in 2008? You can really tell how much we valued the draft in the past 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComManDersFan57 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Wasn't so long ago that we were calling Sav Rocca our MVP. Hope history doesn't repeat itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins/psu1981 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I like what i see from Tress Way thus far. I would like to see opportunities however where we have a good chance of pinning a team inside the 10 or 5. If memory has served me these past 4 games, there hasn't been many opportunities to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repo_4 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 And it makes it even funnier that Bruce was driving in his convertible and saw Tress sitting at the bus stop waiting for his ride to the local Food Lion for his grocery bagging job, stopped and asked "Hey, need a job?" And now we have the best punter in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 She's a pretty girl, but I'm not sure I'd consider her "smoking hot." I guess everyone's interpretation of what smoking hot is, is different. Sad that we have to look at a punter for the bright spot on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Today at Arizona: Five punts, 47.4 yard average, 2 punts inside the 20. Yay Tress Way. Fire the other 52, but yay Tress Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Tress Way averaged 45.3 yards on three punts Sunday in Minnesota. His 51 yard punt came from deep in Redskins territory, helping avoid really bad field position. He still leads the league with a 49.4 average. Get this... if that average were to hold up through the season, he would have the 8th best single season punting average IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL. Here are the all-time single season leaders: 1. Sammy Baugh 51.4 1940 WAS2. Shane Lechler 51.1 2009 OAK3. Andy Lee 50.9 2011 SFO4. Shane Lechler 50.8 2011 OAK5. Brandon Fields 50.2 2012 MIA6. Thomas Morstead 50.1 2012 NOR7. Donnie Jones 50.0 2008 STL8. Tress Way 49.4 2014 WASHis 77 yard punt earlier this season is still the longest so far in 2014. His net average, dependent on his shaky coverage team, ranks 7th in the league at 41.5. At this point in the season, he deserves a Pro Bowl trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfl guru Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Truly a bright spot. Im hoping he maintains it and solves that revolving door. His leg plus an experienced, hard running gunning crew could really help us out in setting up field position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Guy is a weapon. Finally we have a legit punter and not some other teams used toilet paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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