Hammering the nail in the coffin (corner).

By rights, Rob Maver’s punts should come with a condolences book, handy-dandy shovel to turn over the earth and a short prayer of remembrance.

Apologies to retired WWE grappler Mark William Calaway and legendary carnivorous Saskatchewan Roughriders’ defensive end Bill Baker but a guy barely six-feet tall and a shade under 200 pounds classifies as the new Undertaker.

Maver’s punts, after all, are where the aspiration of opposing offences go to die.

“Inside the five or the 10, in that coffin corner’’ extolls his kicking sidekick, Rene Paredes, “there’s nobody better.

“That’s a fact.”

But if anyone required a quick refresher course …

The first Maver punt of Tuesday’s pre-season victory skipped out at the B.C. three-yard-line. His second hoist exited at the Lions’ four.

Come the second quarter, an 82-yard howler drove the visitors back to their seven and, best of all, a teasing, tantalizing, acutely-angled 48-yarder later nestled out of bounds mere inches inside the end zone corner flag, and was placed at the one.

Now most guys can’t plunk down a bag of groceries on the kitchen table remotely close to where their wife tells ’em, and Maver’s dropping footballs out of the sky, 45-to-50 yards away, into spaces the size of shoe box.

“It’s one of the things,’’ he says, “that I’ve always worked on and take great pride in: the ability to give Clay (defensive coordinator DeVone Claybrooks) and his guys 100-plus because when we start at that field position chances of them getting points are pretty low.

“I’m not the strongest guy in the league. That’s not to say I’m the weakest. I’m probably top-3, leg-strength wise. But I feel that’s the one thing separating me from everybody else, the ability to put the ball in those tight spaces.”

That innate ability, honed over constant practice repetition, has only added to the Stampeders’ arsenal.

“It definitely is, it’s a weapon,’’ agrees special teams coordinator Mark Kilam. “When you can employ those types of kicks, put teams in a hole, make them fight out from near their own goal-line.

“We made them start inside their 10, what, four times last game? That’s a big deal, believe me.

“We try to break up practice throughout the week, kicking on different parts of the field, using different styles of kicks.

“(Maver) comes in every year physically and mentally prepared. Over the years he’s evolved his game. Just a real pro.”

To possess diamond-cutter’s precision is difficult enough. To cut those gems while being attacked by a horde of rushing football players is another.

Hey, lots of people are able to shoot 3s on a basketball court without opposition. Not many can swish ’em with LeBron’s meat-hook in their face and the shot-clock down to nothing.

“Honestly, I don’t even notice those things anymore,’’ Maver confesses. “I’m really comfortable when I’m back there punting. That starts with a great scheme, knowing I’m going to be protected back there as long as I get rid of the ball in time.

Kicker Rene Paredes, long snapper P.L. Caron and punter Rob Maver

“So I don’t have to worry about getting hit, which helps. My long-snapper, P.L. (Caron) puts back great balls. Makes it really easy for me not having to move outside my frame.

“And then it’s just kind of a matter of feel. I know my landmarks on the field. I’ve been doing this now for several years. I feel I have to bring a dynamic skill-set at certain areas of the game, otherwise I wouldn’t still be here.”

Unsurprisingly, one of Maver’s biggest boosters is placekicker-pal Paredes.

“I’m extremely happy and proud of what he’s done. We practice here in the off-season together so I know how hard he works,” says Parades.

“That’s something Kilam wants him to be very good at. And he’s been doing it ever since he became the punter here.

“You see him do what he did Tuesday night … it’s fun to watch.”