Posts in category Special Teams

Football is a game played with eleven players on each team. All NFL and college football fans know this. Aunt Sally knows this. So how …

Measuring special teams effectiveness with the stats can be tricky. There’s only one way to know which units are consistently performing at a high-level and which …

Most kick returns for a touchdown are big plays, changing the momentum in the game. This is not one of those plays. The Chicago Bears …

Darren Sproles punt return for a Philadelphia Eagles touchdown against the Carolina Panthers helped lift his team to a 7-2 record. Special teams have been …

Punters are weird, weird people. Often employed as the holder for field goal and point-after attempts, they handle the ball more than most NFL players. …

Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots is one of the best punt returners in the NFL. Not the best of all-time ‒ that’s still Devin …

How did Julian Edelman get free for a big punt return against the Bears? Most people head for the beer stand when the punter takes …

The New York Jets tried to use new acquisition Percy Harvin to execute a spectacular special teams play: a lateral to a hidden player in …

If A Fake Punt Return Is So Good That No Reliable Video Exists, Did It Really Happen? I encountered a major problem when trying to …

There comes a time in every football coach’s career where he has to answer questions about his specialists. Maybe his kicker shanked an easy kick …