The bright spot on the Detroit Lions for the first four weeks of the 2020 season has been easy to spot. Punter Jack Fox has been a special find.
Fox has been so good in his first month as the Lions’ punter that he earned the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September. Now Fox has also earned a spot on Pro Football Focus’ All-Pro team for the first quarter of the 2020 NFL season.
The explanation from PFF was succinct,
By far the highest PFF punting grade of the season so far, Fox is at 93.6, and no other punter is even above 80.0.
Fox is averaging 53.4 gross yards per punt on 17 attempts. That’s on pace to shatter the league record of 51.4 set by Hall of Famer (as a QB too) Sammy Baugh way back in 1940. Not bad for a second-year pro signed as a street free agent.
