coffin corner

noun

: one of the corners formed by a goal line and a sideline on a football field into which a punt is often aimed so that it may go out of bounds close to the defender's goal line

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The majesty of a coffin corner punt. —

Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021 Bailey did some pre-practice work on his coffin corner kicks. —

BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2021 The other solution is to react once in the coffin corner. —

Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021 The easy solution is to not even get to the coffin corner. —

Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021 The Steelers tried to use a coffin corner-style kickoff to pin the Cowboys deep after an unnecessary roughness penalty on Dallas gave Pittsburgh 15 fewer yards to cover on the kickoff. —

John Owning, Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2020 What has happened to the strategy of the coffin corner punt in the NFL? —

Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017