punters

[Danzig]

i'm sure everyone has seen the hit on the bengals punter by now. done for the year, with a broken jaw and cracked vertebra in his neck (ouch).

now...i'll always laugh when i see punters and kickers who half-assed and half-heartedly attempt a tackle.
now, supposedly punters are defenseless throughout a play. if so, perhaps they should put them in a different jersey? do we expect players to verify who they're blocking before a block? now, i thought this particular hit by the steeler was a bad hit anyway, because of where he placed his helmet. i don't think it was made worse because he did it to a punter.
should punters have a designated tackler? they kick and leave the field? hell, i've seen kickers leave the field rather than engage, which cracks me up. but it keeps them from getting injured too.

thoughts?