Special Teams

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Kope

The more I think about the upcomming season what I get the most interested to see is how much our special teams improve.

Here is my prediction: they will be what pushes us from 10 wins to 12.

I think we will win 10 due to continuity, Gibbs being comfortable, and the offense getting a little bit better.

What gets us to 12 wins is field position, returns or blocks.

Heck I will call it now- Special teams gets us the division.

Wow that's really optimistic. I hope you're right!

But I'll be happy with a 10-win season. I do think the special teams will look much better. Antonio Brown adds a lot of speed in the return game. And on coverage, against the Panthers there was a punt where the Carolina return man took it left towards the sidelines, and it looked like he was going for a big gain up the sideline. But Prieleau ran him down from behind, seemingly out of nowhere. That impressed me, our coverage teams should look better. But I'm really excited for the big-play threat Antonio Brown brings.