Special teams coordinator Brant Boyer has done it again. For the third time in four years, the New York Jets had one of the best special teams units in football.
According to analytics website Football Outsiders, the 2021 Jets ranked second-best in the NFL when it came to special teams DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average), trailing only the Baltimore Ravens. Boyer led the Jets to first in 2018 and fourth in 2019, though his unit had a down year in 2020, ranking 29th.
The DVOA stat measures a team’s efficiency in the five facets of special teams – field goal/extra point kicking, punting, kickoffs, punt returns, and kickoff returns.