John Riordan: Punter is most 'loathed' and ignored field position in NFL

In honour of Dan Whelan we’re going to start with the least admired position reserved for the 53-man roster which each of the teams have been announcing over the past few days, the Punter.

PUNTER: Green Bay Packers punter, Daniel Whelan. Pic: AP Photo/Mike Roemer

Just over two years ago, the gaffer asked me to bring back this column, a kind of sideways glance at happenings around the US sport scene, sometimes topical and sometimes completely out of leftfield.

Sometimes not even American. But only on those special occasions that merit me being drawn back to Cork.