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Special teams coach Chris Horton talks about Stout, his relationship with John Harbaugh, and his brief time as a Giants player.
The New York Giants made former Baltimore Raven Jordan Stout the highest-paid punter in football this offseason. Special teams coordinator Chris Horton, who had that same role with the Ravens until joining John Harbaugh in New Jersey, explained why earlier this week.
“When you look at all the things that he can do on the field, for us punting is about protecting the punt and flipping the field. Jordan gives you that. He has the leg strength to do that,” Horton said. “When you talk about how the game has changed a little bit now that the drive starts starting a little further down the field from a kickoff return standpoint, Jordan has the ability to pin people down inside the 10, inside the 5. All those things come together.
“Not only that, he’s a great holder. Those three things make up a really good punter. So it’s not so much that you look at him and say, well, he’s the highest-paid punter. He got paid off of production. This is a production-based business. When guys perform well, they get compensated for it.”
Here are more takeaways from Horton’s first media availability with the Giants.