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During the primary half of Thursday Night Football, Crawshaw despatched the ball away 4 instances however could not pin it inside the Raiders’ 20-yard line on any event. His best effort traveled 51 yards, although he managed simply a 38.8-yard average following a number of mishaps.

Crawshaw additionally fumbled the ball earlier than executing one other punt, and one of his makes an attempt sailed straight out of bounds during a disastrous opening. Making the scenario even more embarrassing, Raiders punter AJ Cole produced one of the season’s best performances, pinning the ball at Denver’s one-yard line twice.

“AJ Cole is having the best punting game of all time in the same game Jeremy Crawshaw is having the worst game of all time,” one fan wrote on X. “AJ Cole vs. Jeremy Crawshaw isn’t a fair fight. This shouldn’t be televised. It’s too graphic. Brutal,” one other added.

“That’s one of the worst-looking punts I’ve seen in my life,” a third wrote. “Jeremy Crawshaw booed after his fourth punt. 3.88 seconds of hang time. It went straight out of bounds. It’s like preseason all over again. 38 yards net and gross,” one other critic added.

The 24 yr outdated Australian was the only punter chosen within the 2025 NFL Draft following an spectacular collegiate profession at Florida. Crawshaw first gained recognition by Nathan Chapman’s ProKick Australia academy earlier than drawing NCAA consideration.

During the preseason, the punter posted underwhelming numbers, recording 44.5 yards gross and 35.07 yards internet per attempt. Despite this, head coach Sean Payton included Crawshaw on the 53-man roster and pledged his assist for the rookie. Addressing issues about Crawshaw’s preseason efficiency, Payton said, “Keep working with him and developing with him. That’s part of it. I think we’re going to be happy with him and his ability.”

Payton additionally famous that Crawshaw sometimes finds his groove after his opening kick of the competition. “It seems to always be that first punt. So we’re going to create some situations where right in the middle of a practice, we’ll have a punt before we get to a punt period,” Payton mentioned.

“The reality of it is, you get an at-bat. You don’t get four at-bats, five at-bats. So, trying to create those singular events for him, I think, will help, too.”

Crawshaw had moved previous his preseason errors and got here into Week 10 averaging 47.6 yards throughout 38 punts, inserting 18 inside the 20-yard line. But his efficiency in opposition to the Raiders acquired off to a catastrophic starting.