Since Bill Belichick took over as the New England Patriots’ head coach in 2000, the team has employed numerous punters with eight of them actually appearing in a regular season or playoff game for the team. When looking at the names on the list, one thing stands out: six of them are or were left-footed kickers. Those six men punted in the vast majority of Patriots games over the last nineteen seasons: 338 of a possible 344.
The other six games belong to the two men who were signed by Belichick’s Patriots despite being right-footed punters.