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How AJ Cole’s numbers in Raiders preseason opener would stack up against rest of NFL

I saw a commenter complain that we had two consecutive (!) articles about punters. So, by popular demand, enjoy a third.

AJ Cole’s performance in the Raiders’ preseason opener won him the Raiders punting job over incumbent Johnny Townsend. How good of a game was it? Let’s see how his numbers in the game stack up with those of the punters in 2018.

Cole averaged 43.0 yards per punt. While that punt average would have been just below the numbers the man he just beat out for the punting job put up last season (43.