Mike Vrabel Punting Was Most Cowardly of Year
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Titans coach Mike Vrabel was lambasted for his decision to punt on fourth-and-2 on the Ravens 40-yard-line with the Titans trailing 17-13 in the fourth quarter. Nothing encapsulated his confounding decision more than the always-objective surrender index, which, according to them, determines how cowardly every NFL punt is, quantitatively.
Here are the numbers.
TEN decided to punt to BAL from the BAL 40 on 4th & 2 with 10:06 remaining in the 4th while losing 13 to 17.
With a Surrender Index of 138.87, this punt ranks at the 100th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2020 season, and the 99.92nd percentile of all punts since 2009. Surrender Index (@surrender index) January 10, 2021