Don’t laugh, but this week’s Johnny Hekker-Sam Koch matchup is the punting equivalent of that Todd Gurley-Adrian Peterson running back battle a couple of weeks ago in Minnesota.
OK, Hekker couldn’t help it.
“No,” he said, laughing at the Gurley-Peterson comparison. “It’s gotta be a slow week in sports for punter vs. punter matchups to be a headline.”
We beg to differ. First off, there’s rarely a slow news week at Rams Park. This week alone there was a quarterback change ... more shuffling on a tattered offensive line ... a defense intent on getting its swagger back after an off-day vs.