Last one, y’all. We’ve gone through every position group and now we get to the group that is its own platoon: the special teams.
Usually when we think of special teams, we think of kickers and punters. Maybe the return guy. And that’s it. But that’s not the full value of special teams. It’s in those dreaded hidden yards. How many yards does a team gain in an exchange of punts?
That takes into account not just the punter’s distance, but his directional ability. How often does the team allow a return? And for how much? I’ll show the breakdown on offense, and then show the simple net on defense, getting us a value of Exchange.