Michael Dickson's performance puts him in an elite tier of Super Bowl punters

The thread we needed today

Dickson had punts downed at the 2, 4, and 6. He allowed 4 total return yards on 7 punts. Only one of his punts was returnable. Legendary stuff

Michael Dickson's performance tops Johnny Hekker's losing effort in the 13-3 punt bowl of 2018. We're comfortable calling it the new greatest punting performance in a Super Bowl. (He should have won MVP)

If we look at more recent Super Bowls only, Dickson still doesn't win the crown for highest pEPA/p. That honor goes to Eagles' punter Braden Mann in last year's Super Bowl (.28 on 2 punts). Still, Dickson's night was much more impressive than Mann's given the higher volume.

So if we're calibrating for history, Dickson (.27 pEPA per punt on 7 punts) loses out to Miller (.46 pEPA per punt on 7 punts). He also loses out to Steve Weatherford (NYG 2011) (.29 pEPA/p on 4 punts).

That said, look at basic Net Yards, Dickson clears both (47 vs 42 vs 35)

Our custom punter EPA metric includes an adjustment for era. Punters in 2025 are so much better than punters of the past that it's silly to compare their raw numbers

Dickson had an awesome night, but in 2004, Patriots punter Josh Miller punted even better than his contemporaries

Michael Dickson had the greatest punting performance in a Super Bowl of all time!

But it depends how you count 🧵

It will all come down to Michael Dickson

MICHAEL DICKSON WEAPON!!!

Honestly they should have punted and played for the safety

😬😬😬 yikes

Folks, we got ourselves an old fashioned playoff punt off in the snow

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Terrific punt from Crawshaw. Getting so much love from the broadcast!!

Baringer struggling so far

Jeremy Crawshaw with a brilliant punt to start the game…getting the love from Nantz

Our rankings of todays punters during the regular season:

Jeremy Crawshaw 19th
Bryce Baringer 23rd

Michael Dickson 2nd
Ethan Evans 20th

Michael Dickson was snubbed

Even when controlling for the effects of field position from the dynamic kickoff, punters have been quite a bit worse this year than in the past few years.

Is it weather? something else?

Week 15 Punter Rankings

Ryan Wright jumps into the first spot after a strong week.

Weird punting season overall.

The dynamic kickoff has messed up field position.
Decreased opportunities for open field punts+increased value of pin deep punts may end up changing our priors

Week 13 punter rankings:

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YALE STORMS THE FOELD

YOU’RE NOT GONNA KEEP THEM OUT OF THE YALE BOWL TONIGHT!!!

Ethan Evans 100% won the rams that game

Game is too good to have a fully fleshed take on this atm, but in the era of dynamic kickoffs and long FG range, the late game pin deep punt has become a super valuable play

Week 10 punter rankings:

-Rigo remains on top
-Bailey, Stout, and Evans having impressive seasons
-Braden Mann has dropped off in a big way since his impressive start to the season

Week 5 punter rankings:

week 4 punter rankings:

Week 3 punter rankings:

Colts should consider punting more, they're very good at it