[News] Ravens Agree To 5-Year Deal With Punter Sam Koch

[BR News]

The two side have reached a verbal agreement that could lock up the Ravens punter long-term.

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[YYZ66]

Awesome. Hopefully Tucker will be next.

[CrazyGuy]

Punters are people too!

[Bohica5]

Great job! ....but i would not break the bank on Tuck......unless he learns to pass.....

[J. Naranjo]

If we extend now Tucker we will get that Wolfpack for years. Two of the best at there positions

[CeddyJay]

Great Move! Hopefully we can work on getting Yanda and Tucker done before the start of the season.

[ravens4life86]

Thats all good, but Tucker long term and Yanda extension..?? Still waiting. Not pleased until the big guns are done.

[The Greek]

awesome news

[iluvpurple]

One down, a couple more to go !!

[NorthDakotaRaven]

Hopefully the Clippers don't swoop in before he signs the dotted line

[TheBigPurpleBird]

I know this won't make headlines, but Koch is one of the top weapons in the game. He consistently puts the defense in a good position, and not only are his coffin punts accurrate, I can't count the number of times in the past when the offense left him to punt inside his own 20 and he still flipped the field. Couple that with his snagging skills as place holder and its one of the reasons tucker is as good as he is. You never see a bad place no matter how terrible the snap or conditions, (not ragging on cox either). I don't know why punters don't get more respesct, I guess maybe because nobody likes seeing him on the field because it means the offense failed. No matter how good he does on 4th down, its always a disappointment. I love his shirts though, I need to get one.

[AvianBrain]

It's great to have a good punter on the team with a long term deal. But, let's hope his punting attempts go way down this year while the number of holds for extra point attempts goes way up!

[SSRavenFan]

Well done, Sam - you deserve it. Least anyone forget - you burned what, 7-8 seconds off the clock taking that safety in the super bowl then boomed the ensuing punt too far for them to fair catch and try a FG to tie the game. That alone is worth 15 million in my book!!

[Grapple Raven]

Great!  Now let's get Tucker wrapped up.  I like keeping the Wolfpack together...if it ain't broke don't fix it... as they say! lol 

   

[January J]

Well done, Sam - you deserve it. Least anyone forget - you burned what, 7-8 seconds off the clock taking that safety in the super bowl then boomed the ensuing punt too far for them to fair catch and try a FG to tie the game. That alone is worth 15 million in my book!!

huge play that gets forgotten.

[Mrmann2010]

This is great as long as he puts the ball in the red zone . 

[RavensInNC]

Well done, Sam - you deserve it. Least anyone forget - you burned what, 7-8 seconds off the clock taking that safety in the super bowl then boomed the ensuing punt too far for them to fair catch and try a FG to tie the game. That alone is worth 15 million in my book!!

 

^--- This!!! Huge play in the Super Bowl. Very smart play and easily forgotten about. 

 

I am glad to see this deal happen as punters/kickers are often passed around the league like a yawn and Koch seems like a great guy who is not only excellent at his job but also a great team player. 

[ellicottraven]

Very good! Now we can move on to the rest. Tucker, Yanda and K.O! Sign them all so we are good to go.

[757RavensFan]

I honestly think Koch's deal will play a factor in getting Tucker to sign long term as well.  Tucker knowing that 1/3 of his crew is back for possibly 5 years will probably make him want to stay as well.

[January J]

I honestly think Koch's deal will play a factor in getting Tucker to sign long term as well. Tucker knowing that 1/3 of his crew is back for possibly 5 years will probably make him want to stay as well.

yessir! I think he may be up next, this could push him to get it done. $$$ is the driving factor of all deals no doubt, but believe it or not friendships and familiarity play a role as well.

[berad]

Congrats, Sam, the Wolfpack dines on your dime tonight lol

[BallSoHard808]

Punters are people too! Go Ravens!

[balfan23]

Not bad for a guy that some were calling a possible cap casualty going into this off-season.

 

Not really sure the comment about it helping the teams immediate salary cap situation is relevant, in that we aren't saving huge money and we don't seem to have a real need for clearing space at this juncture. It seems to be more about securing him for the future and maintaining consistency in our awesome special teams group.

[ravenwildman]

Excellent news! Best punter in the league! GO RAVENS!

[L.A.Ravens]

RAVENS!!!!

[JustinB]

Well I wasnt expecting that, but very happy to keep Koch for a few more years

[hen826957]

This is a great to have Sam a Raven of life he's a great punter. He's very underrated and should be in the Pro-Bowl and plus he literally makes no mistakes either. It's glad to have him on board. Hopefully Ozzie will extend Marshal Yanda or K.O before the season starts because I'm really getting kind of nervous losing those guys at least one extended this year. I'm not worried about Tucker not getting extended because he could be easily sign. We could wait for next year if we want to but as of right now Yanda and K.O. are the most important to get sign before they hit the free agent market.

[hen826957]

Also I think Sam is one of the best punters in the league as well. :-)

[hen826957]

Does it free cap by sign long term for this year and next? How that goes?

[stixfix69]

I would prefer to get Yanda or KO signed next as a franchise tag that we could use on Tucker next year is much less for a kicker than 2 top OG's......