Gas2No99 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 How bad were the Jets on special teams? We'll tell you Dick Semen-iESPN Staff Writer You don't need me or anybody else to tell you the New York Jets struggled on special teams in 2015. Obviously, coach Todd Bowles thought so, firing coordinator Bobby April at the end of the season. This might be considered piling on, but ... NFL reporter Rick Gosselin has published his annual special-teams rankings for the Dallas Morning News and the Jets are No. 31, ahead of only the San Diego Chargers. Gosselin rates every team in 22 categories, assigning points -- one for the best, 32 for the worst. A lot of football people, including New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, reference the DMN rankings when discussing special teams. In the past three years, the Jets have gone from ninth to 20th and 31st, which explains why they'll have their fifth special-teams coach in five years when Bowles hires April's replacement. The DMN's ranking is consistent with ESPN's rating system, which puts the Jets at No. 30 in StEPA (total expected points added by special teams). Statistically, the Jets finished 32nd in net punting, 23rd in kickoff return average, 30th in opposing punt-return average and 23rd in field-goal percentage. They also allowed a league-high 24 points on special teams -- two punt returns, a blocked punt and a fumble recovery. DETAILED REPORT IN NEXT POST: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas2No99 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Rick Gosselin's NFL special teams rankings, 2015: Cowboys lost Dwayne Harris, their best player, and improved This Story is About... COWBOYS Ashley Landis/Staff Photographer Dallas Cowboys kicker Dan Bailey (5) is lifted up by his teammates after scoring the game winning field goal during the fourth quarter of their game against the Washington Redskins on Monday, December 7, 2015 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. The Cowboys won 19-16. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News) When offensive coordinator Scott Linehan lost his best player, the Cowboys offense went south. Two broken collarbones suffered by Tony Romo cost Linehan 12 starts from his Pro Bowl quarterback and the offense collapsed from seventh in the NFL in 2014 to 22nd in 2015, scoring 192 fewer points. When special-teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia lost his best player, surprisingly, his special teams improved. The Cowboys vaulted from 13th in the NFL in special teams in 2014 to fourth in 2015, according to rankings compiled annually by The Dallas Morning News. The league's 32 teams are ranked in 22 categories and assigned points according to their standing - one for best, 32 for worst. The Baltimore Ravens finished with the best special teams in the NFL this season with 231 points, followed by the New York Giants (271.5), Jacksonville Jaguars (295) and Cowboys (310.5). The Cowboys opted not to resign Dwayne Harris last offseason, which cost Bisaccia his best punt returner, best kickoff returner, best gunner on the punt team and best coverage ace on the kickoff team. Harris signed with the Giants in free agency and was a key figure in New York's ascension from 25th in the NFL in special teams in 2014 to second this season. He returned both a kickoff and punt return for a touchdown, with the kickoff TD providing the winning points in a 27-20 victory over the Cowboys. But Bisaccia persevered with perhaps the best kicking combination in the league in Dan Bailey and Chris Jones. Bailey converted a league-best 30 of his 32 field goal attempts and Jones finished third in the NFL with a net punting average of 42.5 yards. Jones also recovered a fumble, which gave him a share of the team lead, and Tyrone Crawford, David Irving and Danny McCray all blocked kicks. Jeff Heath emerged as a coverage ace in the absence of Harris and rookie Lucky Whitehead showed promise late in the season as a kickoff returner. But Bisaccia needs to do something about the punt returns in 2016. The Cowboys finished 29th in the NFL with an average of 5.5 yards. The Giants finished seventh with Harris at 10.2 yards. The 23-place jump by the Giants wasn't even the greatest improvement by a single team. The Jacksonville Jaguars finished 27th in special teams a year ago but leapfrogged all the way to No. 3 this season. The Jaguars were helped along by rookie Rashad Greene, a fifth-round pick out of Florida State, who led the NFL in punt returns with an average of 16.7 yards. The Ravens finished in the Top 10 in 14 of the 22 categories to run away with the team crown. They finished in the Top 10 in all the major punting categories with Sam Koch -- punting, net punt, inside-the-20 punts and punt coverage. The NFL's 32 teams are ranked in 22 kicking-game categories annually by The Dallas Morning News with points assigned in each category according to their standing (one for the best through 32 for the worst). Here are the composite standings: Rank Team Composite ranking 1 Baltimore 231 2 NY Giants 271.5 3 Jacksonville 295 4 Cowboys 310.5 5 Philadelphia 313 6 Pittsburgh 316.5 7 Denver 320 8 Cincinnati 331 9 Kansas City 332 10 Minnesota 333 11 New England 342 12 Chicago 349 13 Washington 350.5 14 Detroit 352 15 Miami 355.5 16 Buffalo 357 17 Green Bay 360.5 18 St. Louis 361 19 Cleveland 362 20 Indianapolis 369 21 New Orleans 372 22 Atlanta 374.5 23 Houston 389.5 24 Seattle 394 25 Oakland 399.5 26 Tampa Bay 406.5 27 San Francisco 411 28 Tennessee 429.5 29 Arizona 434 30 Carolina 447 31 NY Jets 456 32 San Diego 490.5 KICKOFF RETURNS Best: Minnesota, 28.3 yards Worst: Carolina, 18.5 yards Cowboys: 8th, 25.1 yards PUNT RETURNS Best: Jacksonville, 11.6 yards Worst: San Diego, 4.2 Yards Cowboys: 29th, 5.5 yards KICKOFF COVERAGE Best: Buffalo, 17.2 yards Worst: San Diego, 27.5 yards Cowboys: 15th, 23.9 yards PUNT COVERAGE Best: Green Bay, 4.2 yards Worst: Seattle, 13.3 yards Cowboys: 11th, 6.8 yards STARTING POINT Best: Minnesota, 25-yard line Worst: Tennessee, 19.7-yard line Cowboys: Tied for 8th, 22.5-yard line OPPONENT STARTING POINT Best: Buffalo, 19.9-yard line Worst: Chicago, 24.2-yard line Cowboys: Tied for 23rd, 22.2-yard line PUNTING Best: St. Louis, 47.9 yards Worst: Minnesota, 41.6 yards Cowboys: 17th, 45.1 yards NET PUNTING Best: St. Louis, 43.7 yards Worst: Arizona, 35.4 yards Cowboys: 3rd, 42.5 yards INSIDE THE 20 PUNTS Best: St. Louis, 41 Worst: San Diego, Tampa Bay, 15 Cowboys: 14th, 27 OPPONENT PUNTING Best: San Diego, 43.1 yards Worst: Tennessee, 48.2 yards Cowboys: 16th, 44.9 yards OPPONENT NET PUNTING Best: Cleveland, 36.4 yards Worst: Tennessee, 43.0 yards Cowboys: 26th, 41.16 FIELD GOALS Best: Pittsburgh, 35 Worst: Miami, 13 Cowboys: Tied for 6th, 30 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Best: Cowboys, NY Giants, 93.7 percent Worst: St. Louis, 67.7 percent OPPONENT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Best: Miami, 72.4 percent Worst: Philadelphia, 100 percent Cowboys: Tied for 14th, 83.3 percent EXTRA POINT PERCENTAGE Best: Cowboys tied with five teams at 100 percent Worst: Jacksonville, 82.1 percent POINTS SCORED Best: Washington, 20 Worst: 14 teams tied at 0 Cowboys: Tied for 8th at 6 POINTS ALLOWED Best: 16 teams tied with 0 Worst: N.Y. Jets, 24 Cowboys: Tied for 18th at 6 BLOCKED KICKS Best: Baltimore, Oakland, 5 Worst: 10 teams tied with 0 Cowboys: Tied for 4th with 3 OPPONENT BLOCKED KICKS Best: Cowboys tied with nine teams with 0 Worst: Carolina, 5 TAKEAWAYS Best: Buffalo, Tennessee, 4 Worst: Seven teams tied with 0 Cowboys: Tied for 10th with 1 GIVEAWAYS Best: Eight teams tied with 0 Worst: Oakland, 4 Cowboys: Tied for 18th with 2 PENALTIES Best: Arizona, 9 Worst: St. Louis, 29 Cowboys: 28th, 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmajet Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Wait, Westy said firing the ST coach was cowardly, so clearly it wasn't a coaching problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 How bad were the Jets on special teams? YOUR MOM COULD TACKLE KERLEY. OHHHHH SICK BURRRRNNNNNNN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 How bad were the Jets on special teams? YOUR MOM COULD TACKLE KERLEY. OHHHHH SICK BURRRRNNNNNNN She would get a penalty flag because he usually called for the fair catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Only thing I give them a pass on is FG percentage. When you lose your kicker half way through the season, there isn't much you can do. I was literally yelling at the TV every time they ran out a kick off, almost never even made it to the 20. Just giving up yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 arizona #29, carolina #30 that could be a factor this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetdawgg Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Denver is the best of the 4 teams left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Really the most telling is how many points we gave away, shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadienJetsFan Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Yup, we sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdhc Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Atlanta where we are getting our next ST coach not great either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brown Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 How bad were the Jets on special teams? We'll tell you Dick Semen-iESPN Staff Writer You don't need me or anybody else to tell you the New York Jets struggled on special teams in 2015. Obviously, coach Todd Bowles thought so, firing coordinator Bobby April at the end of the season. This might be considered piling on, but ... NFL reporter Rick Gosselin has published his annual special-teams rankings for the Dallas Morning News and the Jets are No. 31, ahead of only the San Diego Chargers. Gosselin rates every team in 22 categories, assigning points -- one for the best, 32 for the worst. A lot of football people, including New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, reference the DMN rankings when discussing special teams. In the past three years, the Jets have gone from ninth to 20th and 31st, which explains why they'll have their fifth special-teams coach in five years when Bowles hires April's replacement. The DMN's ranking is consistent with ESPN's rating system, which puts the Jets at No. 30 in StEPA (total expected points added by special teams). Statistically, the Jets finished 32nd in net punting, 23rd in kickoff return average, 30th in opposing punt-return average and 23rd in field-goal percentage. They also allowed a league-high 24 points on special teams -- two punt returns, a blocked punt and a fumble recovery. DETAILED REPORT IN NEXT POST: These kinds of stats costs you games period!!! Good Grief!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powpow Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 These kinds of stats costs you games period!!! Good Grief!! Rex you phat bastad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 You guys keep ripping on Kerley, but I think the punt returns were well above average by most of the rating systems. The punt cover is where they were truly horrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Rex you phat bastad Buff had the best stat as far as opponents starting position and their D still sucked. Rex took fine special teams play and a stacked defense and made them mediocre. But he beat the jets at the end so he's a great coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 You guys keep ripping on Kerley, but I think the punt returns were well above average by most of the rating systems. The punt cover is where they were truly horrific. You only have to see one of any number of game changing kick returns late in this year and in the playoffs to see that you don't just want a guy to catch the ball and stumble forward for a league avg return. Other teams punters wee consistently out kicking coverage all yea and I think kerly had one big return, we never made teams pay for launching 60 yarders from their endzone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaJetsFan Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 How bad were the Jets on special teams? YOUR MOM COULD TACKLE KERLEY. OHHHHH SICK BURRRRNNNNNNN She would get a penalty flag because he usually called for the fair catch. Fact!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Only thing I give them a pass on is FG percentage. When you lose your kicker half way through the season, there isn't much you can do. I was literally yelling at the TV every time they ran out a kick off, almost never even made it to the 20. Just giving up yards. that and PR. half the battle of a PR is not fumbling. say what you want about Kerley but he has sure hands. Coverage units were awful, punting wasn't good. Fgs and PRs were fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant wait Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Arizona and Carolina ranked 29 & 30, didnt seem to effect them too badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Arizona and Carolina ranked 29 & 30, didnt seem to effect them too badly We essentially lost two games due to special teams so it affected us badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant wait Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 We essentially lost two games due to special teams so it affected us badly. We also won the Giants game on a missed FG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Special teams is ultimately why were weren't in the playoffs, and I cannot recall a better year to have made the playoffs... no exaggeration, we could have been playing for the ******* Lombardi this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 We essentially lost two games due to special teams so it affected us badly. At least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I don't need no lamestream math to tell me what I seen with my own eyes, poindexter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 My research says Quigley was a fine punter when not kicking between the end line of the Jets zone and the end line of the opponents zone. Further more fat kickers misses did not cost as as much as feared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 My eyes are all I needed to see how bad we were on specials... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UntouchableCrew Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 It's incredible it got so bad so quickly after Westhoff left. How nice would it be to have an actual return game and not fair catch every punt ever received? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 They didn't get worse when Westhoff left. They actually improved. Mike Westhoff, a special teams coaching pioneer, retired as the Jets' coordinator after the 2012 season. In the three years since, the Jets finished ninth, 20th, and 31st in Gosselin's rankings. They finished 10th, 16th, and 25th in special teams DVOA, under coordinators Ben Kotwica in 2013 and Thomas McGaughey in 2014, before April arrived with Bowles' first staff. In Westhoff's final season, the Jets were 19th in Gosselin's rankings and 21st in special teams DVOA. http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2016/01/heres_exactly_how_putrid_the_jets_special_teams_we.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UntouchableCrew Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 They didn't get worse when Westhoff left. They actually improved. Fair enough -- I'm talking more about Westhoffs overall tenure than his last year though. We definitely had great special teams under him -- how many return men did we send to the Pro Bowl? 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Fair enough -- I'm talking more about Westhoffs overall tenure than his last year though. We definitely had great special teams under him -- how many return men did we send to the Pro Bowl? 5? I think specials were fading for a bit under Westhoff. In particular from the point where he retired and came back. The kick return was kind of his specialty and I think they have added a bunch of rules that legislated away much of his coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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