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Some Clarification is in Order: Special Teams and NFL Trends
Special teams is one of the more unique aspects of the NFL, it takes players from both sides of the ball and puts them in situations that only happen a dozen or so times a game. And with these unique plays, we've seen a unique style of player arise in the NFL in recent years, the returner. Devin...
OSS: Special Teams Ninja
View/Download Larger Version >> | More OSS >> "Dave Toub and his unit of special teams ninjas are without a doubt one of the best in the league." -Reason #3 on why the Bears will win the North in 2010
Return Game Getting Ridiculous Again
So far this season the Bears punt return unit has looked much better than last year. There's still a zero in the TD column, but overall the return men seem to have more room to run. In 2008 Devin Hester looked mortal by not taking any punts back to the house, especially after his first two...
Patriots 2009 Draft Grades: Special Teams earns an MA
Mission Accomplished. The Patriots had been well served by LS Lonie Paxton, who snapped on every punt, extra point and field goal attempt in the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons. In 2003 he missed the last three games of the season plus the playoffs when he tore his right...
Oakland Raiders: S&BP Raiders 2008 Player Achievement Awards - Part V: Special Teams Player of the Year
The Silver & Black Pride 2008 Player Achievement Awards continues its series as we move to part V - Special Teams Player of the Year. The S&BP Community decided overwhelmingly its choice for the 2008 Offensive Player of the Year with 65% of the vote you chose: Zach Miller. You have...
Cowboys Draft 2009: To Whom Do We Turn For a Big Return
Bill Parcells had the right idea when he selected LSU return man Skyler Green in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL draft. At the time Green was widely regarded as the #2 kickoff/punt return prospect in the draft, behind only Miami's Devin Hester. Unfortunately for Cowboy fans the Bears got the right...
Brian Murphy Named Vikings' Special Teams Coordinator
The other day, Access Vikings reported. . .twice, in fact. . .that the Beloved Purple had chosen to promote special teams assistant Brian Murphy to the position of special teams coordinator. He replaces Paul Ferraro, who left last month to take the position of linebacker coach with the St. Louis...
Cowboys Autopsies: Special Teams
It was a mission doomed from the beginning. The Cowboys staff was well aware of their special teams shortcomings in '07, and gave unit coach Bruce Read maximum assistance this year. In camp, every special teams drill was broken down into small units, with multiple coaches giving the players...
Hurricane Raven to Hit Houston Monday Night
As if Hurricane Ike wasn't enough, Hurricane Raven will follow it up on Monday night as it will come ashore with its full brunt of power directly over Reliant Stadium, beginning,oh, say around 8:30pm. The leading edge of the storm will last for two quarters, er, I mean 30 minutes, followed by the...
49ers-Seahawks Matchups #2: Who has the advantage
We started out discussion of 49ers-Seahawks matchups yesterday. Some of today's discussion centers on matchups that have been affected by injury, be it significant or otherwise. You never want to get too confident, but when you're facing a team that has been decimated by injury, your chances have...
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