I heard from some Ravens fans who questioned the team’s move last week to make a long-term commitment – which included more than $7 million in guaranteed money – to punter Sam Koch when the team is going to need all the salary cap space it can get next offseason.
My response is that Koch is one of the steadiest, most reliable and most respected players in the Ravens locker room. And he’s been damn good at what he does for a long time. The Ravens don’t ask Koch to boom 60-yard punts down the middle of the field -- they ask him to nullify opposing return games and pin the opposition inside the 20-yard line with his directional punts toward the sideline.