re: New Punt formations...

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These guys are just used to take on blockers allowing the other guy to come unimpeded to the punter.

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Yeah, but the "fastest guy" can't get to the punter any faster than the other rushers can. It makes no difference if the "fast" rusher is fast or not, because there is no way for him to reach the punter until the blockers are engaged by the other rushers.

Furthermore, as I said earlier, the shield can block more than 3 people--the fourth rusher can't magically run through the shield just because three more bodies were added to it. He has to run around the shield, OR he has to be lucky enough for one of the blockers to get 'lured' out of the way by another rusher. If the blockers are disciplined, they'll prevent a rusher from reaching the punter.