Well if it is by design the that is completely idiotic.
Have you ever seen a NFL game where they included special team stats in the total yards? I certainly haven't.
If they want to shows them then show them in other sections that covers special teams statistics in a group of their own.
If that is true it is very disturbing to me makes me really wonder if they guys are actually watching football......
Go watch some football games, look at the half time and in game broadcasting and tell me when they display this:
Run Yards: x
Pass Yards: y
Total Yards:x+y+z
note: z=special teams yards
In reality it looks like this:
Run yards: x
Pass yards: y
Total: x+y
turnovers: z
etc...