When you set a bar as high as the Eagles did with their 2014 special teams performance, anything beneath that level of dominance can be, justifiably or not, a disappointment. This is a lesson the 2015 Eagles special teams have learned.
"Yeah, we knew teams would be gunning for us this year and we had to respond to that challenge," ace special teamer Chris Maragos said. "Some teams got us a little bit early in the season. It wasn't a matter of us playing down, it was a matter of them playing at such a high level.