Special Teams Have/Will Cost This Team

Other than our return game which is good with Antonio Brown, we have below average special teams. Major problems with the center of our lines giving up two blocked kicks in consecutive weeks (yes, one was fortunately called back). Sepulveda looked terrible yesterday. Suisham just isn't very good. He is in the bottom 10 of NFL kickers. I told my son before the year started, he will miss a game winning field goal this year. It hasn't happened yet, but I think it will. We probably won't make a change this year, but we better either draft a kicker or sign a free-agent. I have almost no confidence in him over 40 yards. Our coverage units are average at best and are greatly helped by the 5 yard change in kickoffs. I hope special teams won't cost us a game, but I think they will.

 

I agree, I posted about Suisham on here yesterday too! I dont have much confidence in him as a kicker at all, last year was not as bad, but he is just not consistent this year. I dont think sepulveda is that bad if he can stay healthy....If you watched the vikings game last night and saw their punter, you would think sepulveda is an all star compared to him. But the blocks are an issue as well! And dumb penalties such as the Mundy ruffing the kicker which gave the jags new life and they marched down and scored. And for the record, i think Antonio Brown is gonna take one to the house here pretty soon, he's been getting good returns and I think he's gonna bust one here any day now

 

Meh, our ST's is not as bad as it was just a couple seasons back. I see an improvement since then TBH. Especially having AB. I do wish we would have kept Fox though instead of Foote. Nothing personal against Foote but IMO Fox was just as good BUT also played on ST's. And was good on ST's.

Honestly I wish ST's was all we had to worry about. :-(

 

I think we need to spend a 4th or 5th round pick next year and get the best kicker availale. Sepulvda is good, but Suisham needs to go.

 

Our special teams have been worse, this last game was just an especially bad showing. The biggest thing we need to do is draft a kicker next year.

 

do they really need to draft one? can't they just pick up an UFA?

 

While we all know Suisham isn't the greatest kicker,I think what bothers me more is the timing in the game of these long distance attempts. Why would you try a 46yd field goal leading i believe 17-3 at the time ,against a offense that has done nothing at that point against you.You would be better off going for it or trying to pin them deep with a punt either scenario would at least be good practice for in a tight game against a tougher opponent. Is it me or does Coach T have a propensity for attempting these long field goals at the improper time,especially at Heinz. Giving teams a short field after a miss is a bad idea,I think. Dont even get me started on our red flag challenges (horrendous).

 

Ive been taking some time and looking at our stats from previous years. Suishams stats for last year were phenomenal. He was 14 attempts out of 15. The one FG he missed was from 40-49 yards, although he was 8 of 9 on fg between 40-49 yards last season. I'm hoping he can turn it around fast this year!