With nothing going right offensively and the losses continuing to pile up, Redskins coaches and fans alike are left searching for bright spots in an otherwise dismal season. Look no further than punter Tress Way, and then stop looking, because it gets ugly after the preseason waiver claim-turned Pro Bowl candidate.
Redskins Coach Jay Gruden praised Way during Monday’s conference call with reporters, calling him an “outstanding punter.” Since Week 1, fans and beat reporters have labeled Way, who went undrafted out of Oklahoma in 2013, the Redskins’ MVP.
Sure, it was initially suggested in jest, as much a comment on the failings of the rest of the roster as it was on Way’s performance, but it’s not a stretch to say that the NFL’s leader in punting average (48.6) has been the Redskins’ most consistently good player this season. Besides, no one ever put “MVP” and “Sav Rocca” in the same sentence. (Okay, almost no one.)
Week 1 at Houston: 5 punts, 49.2 avg., 2 inside 20
Tress Way is MVP so far...
— Neil Dalal (@NeilDalal96) September 7, 2014
Week 2 vs. Jacksonville:
4 punts, 49.8 avg., 1 inside 20
TRESS WAY EARLY SEASON MVP CANDIDATE
— MAGARuinedAmerica (@GrossUSAUSA) September 14, 2014
Week 3 at Philadelphia: 3 punts, 56.7 avg.
Tress Way for Pro Bowl
— Nato Jacobs (@dcmadness202) September 21, 2014
Week 4 vs. NY Giants:
4 punts, 58.3 avg., 1 inside 20
Tress Way, MVP.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014
Week 5 vs. Seattle:
8 punts, 49.9 avg., 1 inside 20
Tress Way for MVP
— Shubhi (@shooobs7) October 7, 2014
Week 6 at Arizona:
5 punts, 47.4 avg., 2 inside 20
Tress Way is my MVP so far this year!
— T. Wade (@WPotter10) October 12, 2014
Week 7 vs. Tennessee:
3 punts, 41.3 avg., 1 inside 20
Tress Way: MVP.
— Tom Schad (@Tom_Schad) October 19, 2014
Week 8 at Dallas:
5 punts, 46.2 avg., 3 inside 20
Tress Way should get Team MVP... He's been great this year!
— Faizan Ahmad (@Its_Primetime_) October 28, 2014
Week 9 at Minnesota:
3 punts, 45.3 avg.
Tress Way for MVP
— travis (@travisparks24) November 2, 2014
Week 11 vs. Tampa Bay:
4 punts, 44.3 avg., 1 inside 20
Tress Way -- 2014 Redskins MVP
— Aly (@aIewnes) November 16, 2014
Week 12 at San Francisco:
8 punts, 46.6 avg., 3 inside 20
During Sunday’s loss to the 49ers, the Tress Way MVP bandwagon really got rolling, with injured teammate Chris Baker jumping aboard.
Tress Way you are the real #MVP
— Chris Baker (@cbakerswaggy) November 23, 2014