Michael Dickson

[Machinator 32099]

Still the best punter in the country.

 

[Neonmoon 38129]

 

 

Edited March 25, 2018 by Neonmoon

[texifornia 57027]

Damn straight this thread needed to come over here.

[Vertigo 20290]

Its no Texags Luicci top 44 award, but it’s something I guess. 

[satyanash 14561]

[ousux 5599]

Thats great for Dicko and all

But personally I'm hoping for less punting with the Dicko cousin and more excessive celebration penalties in the EZ. Just me tho

Edited March 26, 2018 by ousux

[ATXHorn94 71]

21 hours ago, ousux said:

Thats great for Dicko and all

But personally I'm hoping for less punting with the Dicko cousin and more excessive celebration penalties in the EZ. Just me tho

Agree, but when he does have to punt, I hope he Dickos it inside the 5.

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1613]

Never has a punter fucked a team so hard.  Mizzou is still feeling the effects of Dicko's dingus.

[DaysOff 7959]

Saw a tweet from practice with his cousin punting. Dude is jacked by Yancy. 

[Modessit 5603]

Special Forces? Is that what they're calling Special Teams now?

[Bullneck 19184]

1 hour ago, ATXHorn94 said:

Agree, but when he does have to punt, I hope he Dickos it inside the 5.

Secure the bag!

[Roofle 273]

Last year, Dicko punting was the most exciting thing our team did while on offense. I’m gonna miss him, but I hope we never have a punter see the field ever again.

[Topper13 3375]

[shadetree 66]

Who else punted last year? Dicko’s average and the plaque’s average don’t match up. Somebody brought down the team’s numbers. 

[Bevo in VA 342]

One of the QBs maybe on a quick kick?

[Machinator 32099]

 

[skipmcgee 231]

On 3/27/2018 at 4:35 AM, shadetree said:

Who else punted last year? Dicko’s average and the plaque’s average don’t match up. Somebody brought down the team’s numbers. 

According to Sports Reference, it was just Dickson.  But, that plaque says "Net Punting Average", which would include returns.

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Pato del Muerto 52530]

He graduated?

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Born Burnt 6181]

Stepdad: solid dude

Mom: wood

 

[Born Burnt 6181]

Anyone know why his dad is in prison?

 

[texifornia 57027]

2 minutes ago, Born Burnt said:

Anyone know why his dad is in prison?

 

Abetting a dingo in the unauthorized theft of a digeridoo.

[Born Burnt 6181]

2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Abetting a dingo in the unauthorized theft of a digeridoo.

Is there such a thing as an "authorized" theft?

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21909]

Ask Jimbo

[Machinator 32099]

Charlie Strong's contract at Texas.

[FriendofaFriend 93]

9.95ers

[TheFlyingBoat 906]

Does anyone have any highlight videos of his best punts strung together? I can find individual clips, but no full length video and that is a crime considering how good he is.

[Bevo in VA 342]

Just watch the Missouri game.  That was pretty much a highlight tape in itself.

[HOOK'EMHOOAH 1610]

On 3/28/2018 at 11:51 PM, Born Burnt said:

Anyone know why his dad is in prison?

 

Stealing bread?

 

It was great having Dickson at Texas. He's gonna keep fucking shit up in the League.

[Spawn of Cthulhu 2241]

6 hours ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

Stealing bread?

A little too much plundering.

[UDontKnow 10447]

On 3/29/2018 at 12:51 AM, Born Burnt said:

Anyone know why his dad is in prison?

 

All Australians are historically prisoners who couldn't pay their debts. So I would guess income tax evasion.

[RedDirtTexan 209]

Dude's a stud. A tremendous athlete. 

[TexArcher 37987]

I went to games a full hour early the last couple of years just to watch Dicko warm up.  He'd stand on the south goal line and punt it to the north 25 yard line over and over.  It was amazing.

[Sejjr 3246]

UDFA? It would be beyond idiotic of NFL teams to not draft this guy. He is an unbelievable weapon and will lock up that position for 20 years. Far more valuable than a 5th round project at any other position. 

[TheFlyingBoat 906]

12 hours ago, Bevo in VA said:

Just watch the Missouri game.  That was pretty much a highlight tape in itself.

I mean that's true, but then I have to skip through it to get to his punts. I was more wondering if one of those Shaggy video elites could whip up a highlight video/if they knew of one I was unable to find via Google.

[Vertigo 20290]

1 hour ago, Sejjr said:

UDFA? It would be beyond idiotic of NFL teams to not draft this guy. He is an unbelievable weapon and will lock up that position for 20 years. Far more valuable than a 5th round project at any other position. 

Guarantee he gets drafted. Teams will be lowkey with him before the draft.to not tip their hand.

[clapclapclap 9000]

Yep.

[Sejjr 3246]

The 41 year old fat aggy punter was drafted in the 5th round in 2000. I bet Dickson goes in the 4th or 5th round. 

[Machinator 32099]

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/draft-michael-dickson-punter-extraordinaire

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Field position is huge in the NFL, and as much as it is important to be able to move the ball on offense, having a punter who can steal you an extra five yards between drives by pinning the returner to the sideline can be the difference between a successful and unsuccessful drive for any opponent. Coincidentally, that could also help the defense get the ball back for the offense in better field position.

It’s one of the things that doesn’t get discussed much, but having a better punter than your opponent can be a big factor in winning any game that turns into a field position battle.

The gulf between the top punters in the NFL and those who don’t quite make the grade is stark, so there are plenty of teams who could be in the market to add some youth at the position this year. It just so happens that former Texas punter Michael Dickson produced not only the highest grade at the position in 2017, but the highest grade we’ve ever given to a punter in four seasons of college football grading.

Dickson led the nation in a number of categories in 2017, including an average of 44.2 net yards per punt, a full 1.6 yards higher than Texas A&M’s Shane Tripucka in second place among all punters to play in at least 10 games this past season. His 47.5 yards per punt also ranked at the top, while his 42 punts inside the 20-yard line were five more than any other punter this season.

Dickson was also named as the Texas Bowl MVP after an 11-punt game in which he knocked a massive 10 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. A performance reminiscent of Graham Gano’s MVP winning performance as both a kicker and a punter in the Champ’s Sports Bowl victory in 2008 for Florida State over Wisconsin.

Where Dickson really separates himself though is in his PFF grade, and his 2017 performance was a new record for our college grading, by a considerable margin. Special teams in college are much more primitive than in the NFL and we often see players with great raw tools massively improving grade wise with NFL coaching. That is great news for the team that drafts Dickson, or brings him in as an undrafted free agent, because his base level is far higher than anyone to come along in the past four years – he’s basically the Aaron Donald of college punters.

So which teams could be candidates to draft Dickson during the NFL Draft later this month? Here’s three that make a lot of sense:

Philadelphia Eagles

Donnie Jones retired after winning the Super Bowl with the Eagles in February and while it was great for him to go out on top, it leaves the Eagles with a hole to fill at the position. Jones was tied for 13th among punters in the NFL with a 41.2 net yard average in 2017, but he was tied for just 26th with 23 punts inside the 20-yard line.

Chicago Bears

The Bears recently re-signed Pat O’ Donnell, but it was just to a one-year deal, so there isn’t much to keep them from drafting a potential replacement, especially after O’Donnell ranked tied for just 25th in the NFL with a 39.7 net yard average.

Oakland Raiders

The Raiders cut Marquette King last week, saving $3 million in cap room but leaving them with a huge hole on special teams as King the third-highest graded punter in the NFL in 2017. He ranked fourth in net yardage, averaging 42.7 net yards per punt. With a top-five punter leaving, could they draft the nation’s top punter to replace him?

 

[ousux 5599]

Is there such a thing as an "authorized" theft?
 

Never heard of the IRS?

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[shadetree 66]

Hopefully he doesn’t get drafted by Cleveland. He can probably overcome their suckitude but hopefully we wont have to.

[Born Burnt 6181]

3 hours ago, ousux said:

Never heard of the IRS?

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True. I've also heard ex-wives and their lawyers fall into this category.

 

[Vertigo 20290]

3 hours ago, shadetree said:

Hopefully he doesn’t get drafted by Cleveland. He can probably overcome their suckitude but hopefully we wont have to.

A cellar dweller team would get immediately better with Dicko. The stats around avg starting field position and scoring across the league are pretty remarkable. For a guy that can kill it inside the 20 80% of the time, that translates to a massive bump for defensive statistics. 

I remember Al Davis drafting Janikowski in the first round 20 years ago. This would be a draft pick that I wouldn't think twice about in round 3 or 4 if I were an aggressive GM looking to find the final pieces for a playoff run. 

Edited April 3, 2018 by Vertigo

[Yesh 930]

 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Mike "Donkey" Dickson

 

[Majorcholas 508]

Dickson and tucker have to be the best of the two kicking jobs we’ve ever had

[Biff Tannen 45692]

Baltimore should draft him and dominate the rest of league via kicking.

[shadetree 66]

Baltimore should draft him and dominate the rest of league via kicking.

That would be awesome. That would have the best special teams in the league by far for years to come.

[dutchmaster 0]

Hopefully the Texans trade up to get Dickson in the first round.