The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed punter Jordan Berry earlier during the offseason and while that move wasn’t a huge surprise, the fact that they signed him to a two-year contract was and that’s mainly because his stats from 2018 weren’t overly impressive.
In addition to posting one of the NFL’s lowest gross punting averages in 2018 of 43.7 yards, Berry’s net punting average of 38.8 yards was just as bad in the rankings and certainly not a number that special teams coordinator Danny Smith liked talking about this offseason.
In defense of punters, averages and net averages aren’t always a great representation of how the player performed and I was somewhat able to show why that is in regard to Berry last offseason.