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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 947942" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>I would love to know what other NFL teams do in this regard. I don't follow any of them close enough to know. My understanding of why special teams is mostly compromised of backups is for 2 big reasons.</p><p></p><p>First, injuries to starters. Probably in itself a good reason you don't want someone getting a good clean knockout shot on one of your starters as they are running down the field on a suicide mission. Also within that, starters may have just completed a series of downs and could be tired.</p><p></p><p>Second, practice time. Now you can't tell by the Packers special teams (that they practice), but due to practices being very limited by the NFL, they don't have as much time. So if your special teams groups consist of 3 starters from offense and 4 from defense, those guys would lose practice time with their respective units.</p><p></p><p>I get that with what we saw the last...way too many years, the instinct is to say "we need better players on special teams." Actually, I think they are already there, we just need more consistent players and ones that don't make mistakes, which I really believe comes down to coaching. Maybe Gute will decide to spend a late draft pick on a return specialist, but I doubt we see many starters lining up in special teams in 2022, unless it is during a very crucial part of a game. (onside kick, playoffs, etc.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 947942, member: 7261"] I would love to know what other NFL teams do in this regard. I don't follow any of them close enough to know. My understanding of why special teams is mostly compromised of backups is for 2 big reasons. First, injuries to starters. Probably in itself a good reason you don't want someone getting a good clean knockout shot on one of your starters as they are running down the field on a suicide mission. Also within that, starters may have just completed a series of downs and could be tired. Second, practice time. Now you can't tell by the Packers special teams (that they practice), but due to practices being very limited by the NFL, they don't have as much time. So if your special teams groups consist of 3 starters from offense and 4 from defense, those guys would lose practice time with their respective units. I get that with what we saw the last...way too many years, the instinct is to say "we need better players on special teams." Actually, I think they are already there, we just need more consistent players and ones that don't make mistakes, which I really believe comes down to coaching. Maybe Gute will decide to spend a late draft pick on a return specialist, but I doubt we see many starters lining up in special teams in 2022, unless it is during a very crucial part of a game. (onside kick, playoffs, etc.) [/QUOTE]
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