The 2018 season has been riddled with penalties and a lack of big plays for the Detroit Lions‘ special teams unit, but changes to the coaching staff and roster have shown their commitment to improving the team.
There are many roles on special teams that need to be addressed. Every NFL team needs to make sure that they have players who can make tackles on kick and punt returns, returners who can make big plays and give the offense good field position to work with, big bodies to block for field goals when the offense can’t capitalize, and guys who can defend against opposing kickers and try to block kicks.