Special Teams Exposed
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Washington's special teams allowed another big play in Sunday's loss to Baltimore, this time the most glaring mistake of the season. Baltimore rookie B.J. Sams returned a punt 78 yards for the game-winning touchdown in the Ravens' 17-10 victory, creating a new set of problems for special teams coach Danny Smith.
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The majority of NFL assistant coaches are anonymous figures, blending into the sideline among a sea of players. But not this one.
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In his never-ending search for areas that need improvement, coach Tom Coughlin found one in the phase of the game he is known to emphasize: special teams.
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Jed Weaver knows a little something about the Patriots from his years in Miami. He also attended the wedding of his friend, Patriots special team specialist Larry Izzo . Now all the newest addition to the New England roster has to do is learn the offense.
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Virginia Tech is known as one of the nation's leading special teams performers.
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Offense, defense, special teams -- the industry has it all.
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Camouflaged in garb, transparent in talent. As the very best of Major League Lacrosse made itself at home at Harvard Stadium yesterday, the identities of the All-Stars may not have been so obvious, as the league's brightest wore green and sand-colored military uniforms.
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MIAMI (Ticker) -- For the third straight game, No. 5 Miami&#39;s special teams were magical against Louisiana Tech. Redshirt sophomore Devin Hester returned two punts for touchdowns to highlight the Hurricanes&#39; 48-0 thrashing of the Bulldogs.
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By JOEL ANDERSON AP Sports Writer. decade. He never expected to get the job, at least not so soon and not in. assistant and the team&#39;s director of player development.
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Meanwhile, down in The Apple . . . An organization is exposed.
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Jetsâ special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff spent all season on crutches, on doctorâs orders, after surgery on his left leg in February. Coaching is what carried him through this season, what gave him strength.
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They had been a vital part of the Patriots' attack in recent years.
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Coach Dennis Erickson invited the media into his own personal nightmare during a news conference Monday. Erickson unveiled an injury report 18 names long, which constitutes about a third of the team.
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MILTON -- It was a game of impersonations. The special teams units from both teams looked like Charlie Brown in the Peanuts comic strip, whiffing every time they tried to kick the ball. Westwood quarterback Jeff White ran like scrambling Michael Vick of the Atlanta Falcons, and the Archbishop Williams offense attempted an imitation of their Super Bowl foes. In ...
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Spying scandal renews push to allow one defensive player to be connected to a coach on the sideline.
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com senior editor. The âfamily treesâ of NFL coaching staffs are often fascinating and worthy of deep study that usually reveals a lot about the head coach&#39;s fundamental philosophies of offense, defense, drafting, etc.
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The specialists who snap the ball and hold it for kickers labor in obscurity--except when they screw up