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Durant Brooks, a sixth-round pick who was considered the strongest-legged punter in the draft this year and who beat out incumbent Derrick Frost for the job in training camp, is getting a taste of how tenuous an NFL career can be. The Redskins are near the bottom of the NFL in both gross and net punting yardage, and Brooks’ week-to-week consistency has been a big issue. He’s still not getting enough hang time on his punts and is struggling to hit back-to-back good punts. Special-teams coach Danny Smith is a stickler for details and is expecting his rookie to average a gross punt of 45 yards with a 4.5-second hang time, and Brooks is capable of it. The problem is that Brooks tends to follow a very good kick with a bad one, or vice versa. If Brooks doesn’t improve — he has gotten better at handling field-goal placements — we hear the Redskins won’t hesitate to find a replacement.
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