Special teams

[marcmoustache]

I’m looking for suggestions on special teams and kick coverage. Do we think it’s just the gunners ST values that go towards your coverage scores or is it more of a overall team score. I ask because I always have a couple of special teams specialists in my MP teams but am consistently poor on kick coverage.

[Hammer]

I always thought that the team overall counted, but the gunners were valued as more important. When the teams coverage is weighted, perhaps 50% for the 2 gunners, 50% for the rest of the team. Nothing to base this on, just seems logical.

[MrDNA]

A study on this would be very interesting to me, because I am obviously doing something wrong. All my teams give up huge kick returns with alarming regularity despite the time I allocate to special teams in training camp and my "specialists" at gunner. Huh.

[beargrowlz]

One of the things I try and do with my 53 man roster is to sign backups at linebacker, in the secondary and at the offensive skill positions that have good special teams ratings. I then set my offensive and defensive line to "No Special Teams" and those players I was able to fill out my roster with that are good at special teams as "Recommend Special Teams".

I also don't hesitate to use my starters on special teams if they have good special teams ratings.

I've generally had some pretty good success operating that way.



Cheers,
-Bear

[TurfToe]

How is your kicker's kickoff distance and hang time. Long kicks with minimal hang time is a guarantee for good return distance. And the obvious, short kickoffs yield good field position for the opponent but not necessarily long returns. Just something else to consider.