Michael Dickson was first-team All-Pro his rookie season. This contrasted with Seattle’s actual punting performance, which was below average. By last year the bloom was off the rose. Dickson had not transformed the position, and the fickle winds which drive popularity and therefore modern journalism had shifted. People once again gave no effs about punters.
When, wouldn’t you know it? Dickson started to play really well! In fact he’s on kind of a hot streak.
There’s some disagreement about exactly how to measure the value of a punter. Relying on average yards per punt is simply flawed reasoning.