Stud No. 10 – Britton Colquitt
For much of the season we had to file the Denver punter in the “Duds” section of our weekly ups and downs analysis, but for the past two weeks Colquitt has returned to the form that made him one of the deadliest weapons in the field-position game just a few years ago.
On Sunday, with the help of Kayvon Webster, Colquitt was spectacular. He averaged 47.7 yards on his kicks, 41.1 net. A 28-yard return by Danny Amendola that was the result of several missed tackles skewed his average on what was a phenomenal day otherwise.
On four occasions he pinned New England inside their 20-yard line. Twice in the fourth quarter the punt unit had the Patriots starting drives from inside their own 10-yard line.
Postgame, Peyton Manning had this to say about the Broncos punter and his unit: “Colquitt was awesome, Kayvon [Webster] was awesome, downing those punts down on the 4-yard line. We had two possessions In a row where we didn’t have points, but we changed field position and it was that kind of game in the second half.”
