The Patriots have been in need of bringing in some new energy at special teams, and the recent signing of Los Angeles Rams coordinator Jeremy Springer certainly provides that.
With Cam Achord seemingly having some difficulty in recent years and the return of Joe Judge not improving things, it wasn’t a surprise that new head coach Jerod Mayo opted to go in a different direction.
As Mayo continues re-staffing his team following the departure of Bill Belichick, going in a different direction on special teams definitely appeared to make sense. The club has had a surprising number of long returns in the kicking game in recent years, along with struggling to develop kickers, the latter of which continues to be a glaring issue.