Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, and the Houston Texans’ special teams have got to struggle. The Texans ‘‘mutually parted ways’’ with former special teams coordinator Larry Izzo this offseason after the team again failed to markedly improve from last year’s struggles. For an indication as to just how bad Houston’s special teams performance was last season, we need only to turn to Pro Football Hall of Fame voter Rick Gosselin. Gosselin took the time to rank all 32 special teams unit in the NFL. In Gosselin’s own words, here’s how he conducted the experiment:
Here’s the formula for the rankings: The league’s 32 teams are ranked in 22 kicking game categories and assigned points according to their standing – one for best, 32 for worst.