Punters, some would say, are a necessary NFL evil. Because they produce no scoreboard points directly and a new crop of them arrives every draft and undrafted free agency signing period, they usually are quite replaceable. The annual churn at the position, from team to team, in and out of the league, can be turbulent.
Yet sometimes it's smart football not to churn and just let the cream rise. That could be what's happening with Jets punter Austin McNamara .
"I'm just coming to work every single day," McNamara told nyjets.com reporter Susanna Weir after Thursday's practice ahead of Sunday's return to MetLife Stadium against Carolina, ticking off the relationships he's been building with special teams coordinator Chris Banjo, ST assistant coach Kevin O'Dea, kicker Nick Folk, snapper