How Special are Special Teams?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Good points Schneed. Like I said I was determined to write an article about how important special teams was and the crux of my argument was going to be starting field position, and especially how Al Saunders really benefited from guys like Dante Hall and Az Hakim.

But then when I did some digging I was thrown off. Like finding out the Easter Bunny doesn't exist, my world was turned upside down.

Yeah, special teams play is an interesting animal. In most games it doesn't play a significant role; probably enough games to make people think it's a rather insignificant part of football. Then right when you start thinking that, your team loses a game on a big special teams play. Every now and then special teams pop up and make all the difference in a game.