[murky]

[quote author=Durty Nelly link=topic=17255.msg198450#msg198450 date=1504047970]
We will be fine this season if every punt is fielded as a fair catch.  Exceptional punt return average for a season is 10 yards while the average is closer to 5 yards. 

Well, that's already off the table as we have already returned 3 of 7 punts, almost half.

The median (by team) average punt return last year was 7.85 yards.
But, it looks as if somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of all punts are returned at all, making the median return per punt something on the order of 2+ yards.

Last year Stanford averaged one punt return per game, and 6.8 yards per game in punt returns. Overall, it just doesn't matter enough to get to the top of my worry list.
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I may already be coming across as the jerk in this thread, but I can't help it.  Given your numbers, the median punt return counting the non-returns would be 0 yards.

And I'll take sun in eyes as an explanation.  It wasn't apparent to me watching the game live.  That's the sort of information the commentators could share that would be actually useful.

[murky]

[quote author=Durty Nelly link=topic=17255.msg198450#msg198450 date=1504047970]
We will be fine this season if every punt is fielded as a fair catch.  Exceptional punt return average for a season is 10 yards while the average is closer to 5 yards. 

Well, that's already off the table as we have already returned 3 of 7 punts, almost half.

The median (by team) average punt return last year was 7.85 yards.
But, it looks as if somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of all punts are returned at all, making the median return per punt something on the order of 2+ yards.

Last year Stanford averaged one punt return per game, and 6.8 yards per game in punt returns. Overall, it just doesn't matter enough to get to the top of my worry list.
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I may already be coming across as the jerk in this thread, but I can't help it.  Given your numbers, the median punt return counting the non-returns would be 0 yards.

And I'll take sun in eyes as an explanation.  It wasn't apparent to me watching the game live.  That's the sort of information the commentators could share that would be actually useful.