For the second week in a row, the Washington Redskins have seen one of their players named as the NFC’s Special Teams Player of the Week.
Following Sunday’s victory over the Carolina Panthers, punter Tress Way was named the POY after a brilliant display of kicking left the Panthers with a long field ahead of them. Way pinned two punts inside the 20 yard-line, with an average punt of 58 yards and a long of 79…
It’s understandable if punting stats are a bit below the midway for the common fan, so let me just tell you that those numbers are highly impressive.
This award comes for Way just a week after undrafted rookie Steven Sims Jr. was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week following an impressive performance against the Detroit Lions in which he had a 91-yard kick return for a touchdown. Coupled with running back Derrius Guice being nominated for a POY award after his big day on Sunday as well, things are starting to look up in Washington.
