Chiefs Rookie Review, Week 4: Wharton, Townsend shine vs. Patriots
Tommy Townsend
Four games into the new era at the punter position for the Kansas City Chiefs, and undrafted rookie free agent Tommy Townsend has already set a franchise record, leading many fans to wonder: Dustin who?
On Monday night, Townsend saw a heavy workload as far as Chiefs punts are concerned, being summoned to boot the ball four times against the Patriots. In those four kicks, the rookie averaged 60.8 yards per kick.
I gotta give credit to Tommy Townsend, that although change is difficult and I miss seeing Dustin on the team...our new rookie punter has been doing pretty good! He should get even better with more game experience. pic.twitter.com/zEwKZQSs9r
— Connie Jo (@cjkc_life09) October 6, 2020
Perhaps more impressively, as Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest notes, that average is the second highest in NFL history for punters kicking at least four times in a single game. That’s impressive.
It is fair to say that special teams coordinator Dave Toub and general manager Brett Veach knew precisely what they had in their new punter, and that made them feel very comfortable moving on from longtime punter and fan favorite Dustin Colquitt.