Chiefs sign former Bills Punter Matt Araiza

[wazu]

A big development in KC: Chiefs are signing former Bills punter Matt Araiza, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 22, 2024

[RealSNR]

But how well he ever learn how to hold on place kicks???

I mean, only like 100% of rookie punters ever figure out how to hold in their first offseason!!!!

Okay, 99.9%. The Bengals rookie punter apparently can’t hold

[ShortRoundChief]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

Matt is #1 in Avg punt distance (52.3). and net yards (45.7)

He has only punted 16 times which puts him at #30 in the league

8 have gone inside the 20 yard line, which puts him in 6th place in terms of percentage of punts inside the 20 (50%)

3 have gone into the end zone (touchbacks) which is actually pretty high in absolute numbers as well as percentage of punts. Currently, most touchbacks per punter is 4.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/playe...Yards/dir/desc

I’d feel a bit better if the reason why he hasn’t kicked so much wasn’t because of turnovers and field goals.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Yeah he has a leg, but punt distance isn't the only thing that says if your a good punter or not. You can boom punts all day, but if they're going into the endzone, then it doesn't really matter and you lost a good chunk of that punt.

This is the kind of high-level inside info that keeps me paying the ChiefsPlanet $99 annual membership fee. You just can't get stuff like this anywhere else but here.