There’s a story Sam Koch tells about the day when his eyes opened to the depth of knowledge required to be an elite NFL punter.
It was the spring of 2008, and the Ravens had just brought in a new special teams coach, Jerry Rosburg. Koch had been the starting punter for two years and a pretty good one, he thought. So this unfamiliar coach asked him to quote his numbers. “That is very impressive and remarkable for sucking so bad with fundamentals,” Rosburg told Koch.
This blunt, potentially awkward exchange planted seeds for the Wolfpack, the detail-obsessed, relentlessly excellent unit that would include Koch, kicker Justin Tucker and long snapper Morgan Cox.
