When all else fails, punt and play defense...

[RavennaAl]

It took me along time to try kickoffs and returns. For many years, I just used a chart for kicks and returns. Then I met Jim Jackson who showed me the light. In return, I showed him my Flaming Fairies and the poor guy has never been the same. :p Using the chart to determine the length of kicks and then actually returning the kick back brought a new level of enjoyment to my game. But I still use charts for punts. I want to try something different, but I'm not sure just for to go about it.

I'm asking you guys, how do you handle punts? I know some leagues just have a standard 40 yard kick with no return. I want to actually try having kicks with actual returns. So, how long do you run the board before you stop it for the return? How do you determine if the punt is blocked? What about coffin corner kicks? Fair catches? What about muffs or fumbles? How do you set up the offense and defense to cover for returns that resembles real games? Does anyone have a somewhat realistic way to do punts that doesn't take forever to run?