Mat McBriar admires Shane Lechler

Mat McBriar has a strong leg. If he wanted - or was asked - he could hit the 90-foot digital board at Cowboys Stadium or launch 69-yard punts. But even McBriar was stunned at the performance of Oakland punter Shane Lechler Thursday. Lechler punted nine times for 493 yards and had a long of 69 yards. He also had punts of 66, 59 and 55 yards. It looked as if Lechler's punts came out of a Jugs machine. "Oh, my gosh," McBriar said when I just mentioned Lechler's name, but then he added something that surprised me: "Definitely there's a wind out there. It was blowing left to right, so what does that make it, westerly?" McBriar said. "At the end of the game it switched." McBriar talked about the board with Lechler after the game. Last week I asked McBriar if opposing punters have been pre-occupied with the board that if it affected their performance. "He said he couldn't care less," McBriar said. "In pregame he said it loo...