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Few people in the world have a job as easy as Tim Masthay.

But even he can get bored sometimes.

The Packers punter hasn’t gotten a lot of work this season, and that’s generally a good thing. But he admitted it has its challenges also.

“This has been a weird, weird year, but particularly weird the past month for me and for our punt team,” Masthay said, via Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “Minnesota, the game at Minnesota, was a fairly normal rhythm. We had four punts, and they were scattered throughout the game. At least in my time here, we’ve never been a team that’s punted heavily, because we’ve always had a strong offense. So having four or five punts a game, scattered, that’s kind of the normal.

“This year, it’s not been that way at all. Especially the last month, as far as home games, I’m not sure I’ve punted in the first half since September or maybe early October. I can’t remember.”

For the record, Masthay hasn’t punted in the first half of any of his last three home games (going back to Oct. 19). Since then, the Packers have scored on 16 of their 17 first-half possessions, the other a fumble in the red zone which he wouldn’t have been needed for anyway.

Twice this year, he hasn’t had to punt at all. He’s punted just 37 times this season, the fewest in the NFL.

“Has he been complaining about the lack of punts?” quarterback Aaron Rodgers joked. “I thought he was a good teammate, that he wanted to win first and not just get his stats up. He is the all-time leader in net average, and I think gross average. He shouldn’t be complaining too much. Give him a little rest.”

Masthay gets more rest than almost anyone in the NFL. And as weird as it is, that’s a good thing.