Barry from MS

Special Teams rankings for 2016.

KO coverage: 27th with allowing 56 yds per game & 20th with 22.6 per return.
Punt coverage: 11th with 8.2 yds allowed per return & 14th with 14.8 per game allowed.
We gave up 78.6 "hidden yards" per game.

KO returns: 31st with 16.5 per return & 31st with 28.9 yds per game.
Punt returns: 9th with 9.6 per return & 22nd with 13.8 yds per game.
We had 42.7 hidden yards per game.

So...we were -35.9 yards per game in the Hidden Yardage department.

Football Outsiders had us ranked 27th in ST.

Tied for 12th best with 15 ST penalties & 15th best with 136 penalty yards.

FG percentage: 12th with 87.5% FG (excluding blocks) & 98% EXP. However....

Blocked kicks: 29th with 5.9% of our kicks got blocked. No blocked punts.
How many blocks of any kind did we get? I recollect ZERO, but I could be wrong on that (couldn't find the stats).

Tied for last in Non-Offensive TDs.

Oh, and all you Fantasy Football nuts: Our DEF/ST ranked 32nd via ESPN.

May Greg McMahon accept the Wanker County High School Assistant Coaching job in 2017. Happy New Year!

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day" ~ Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
"Honor: if you need it defined, you don't have it" ~ Ron Swanson

hagan714

direct correlation to injuries at LB CB and S.

I would love to see the saints sign a proven impact player for ST.

ie. Brynden Trawick (27) / 6'2' / 225/ Oakland Raiders

Dual threat returner in the draft would be nice too.

K Major

Anyone notice how well Lutz has kicked the ball since the Saints brought on special teams coach O'Dea?

Will Lutz certainly has the powerful leg & what I've noticed over the last three weeks is that the elevation of his kicks has improved as well.

Rugby Saint II

So......we're not last? Crap! That means McMahon still has a chance.

triman

we need some new blood in the ST coaching. Mc should pack