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Special Team Signings

chknwing

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Signing players exclusively to play Special Teams is kinda stupid. You waste roster spots this way. The idea is to find players who can play other positions as well as special teams. Now if Wright cant catch a football, hes not needed, if Hudson cant cover a wr, hes not needed. Point is, carolina had good special teams when they had players that could play multiple positions.

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Signing players exclusively to play Special Teams is kinda stupid. You waste roster spots this way. The idea is to find players who can play other positions as well as special teams. Now if Wright cant catch a football, hes not needed, if Hudson cant cover a wr, hes not needed. Point is, carolina had good special teams when they had players that could play multiple positions.

Ever heard of Karl Hankton. Best ST player we ever had. Was listed as a WR, but could not catch a cold.

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http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/returning/sort/yardsPerKickReturn/position/defense

2009 kickoff coverage ranking: 30 - Allowing an average of 24.8 yards per kickoff return

2009 punt coverage ranking: 29 - Allowing an average of 11.0 yards per kickoff return

Yeah, our special teams is fine. Let's ignore low cost players and risk putting our highly paid starters on ST where they could get injured. ??????????

I'd be fine if they signed a couple more special teams studs. Field position is huge in the NFL, and when our defense starts drives on the damn 40yrd line they're going to struggle.

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Signing players exclusively to play Special Teams is kinda stupid. You waste roster spots this way. The idea is to find players who can play other positions as well as special teams. Now if Wright cant catch a football, hes not needed, if Hudson cant cover a wr, hes not needed. Point is, carolina had good special teams when they had players that could play multiple positions.

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Special teams accounts for up to 1/4th of each pro football game. And that quarter of the game can make a huge impact on the outcome.

Defenders rely on great kickoff and punt coverage to keep an opponent pinned deep in their own territory. Each yard that the special teams can keep the opponent from getting makes it that much harder for them to score. Why is it important to boom kicks out of the endzone during kick-offs? Because even high power offenses fail more often than not if they have to go 80 or more yards to score. Crank it down to 75 yards to score and their odds of scoring increases greatly. And if they should break one and get past the 50-yard line, they are almost guaranteed of coming away with at least a field goal.

So gunners and overall kick coverage are important. On punts, being able to down the ball within the opponent's 10-yard line starts a clock on when you will most likely score again. If an offense fumbles or throws an INT here, it is almost a guaranteed score. And if they can be held and forced into a three and out, chances are you'll get it inside of the fifty. (See above).

And no one should have to explain how important field goals and extra points are.

Special teams are important and there are some folks who specialize in playing on them. And just remember, who would have known about Steve Smith if he hadn't been our kick returner?

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Signing players exclusively to play Special Teams is kinda stupid. You waste roster spots this way. The idea is to find players who can play other positions as well as special teams. Now if Wright cant catch a football, hes not needed, if Hudson cant cover a wr, hes not needed. Point is, carolina had good special teams when they had players that could play multiple positions.

Very few 5th/4th/3rd string linebackers/recivers/ cornerbacks can do anything special in a game, and will get very few playing time within the season. Therefore it's smart to use those backups for somthing they can contribute to in every game i.e special teams

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