For Steelers special teams coordinator Danny Smith’s special teams units, success breeds success. After their third straight game of blocking a kick, the 70-year-old discussed building a culture. Now that he has that culture established, he is seeing the results—in different ways than in the past.
“They’re all ‘all in’, and now everybody wants their shot”, Smith said via transcript about the Steelers’ special teamers believing in the importance of blocking kicks. “‘Hey, when am I going to get my shot?’ And that’s a good thing. That’s a cool thing”.
Over the past three weeks, OLB Jeremiah Moon blocked a punt, and DLs Isaiahh Loudermilk and Dean Lowry blocked field goals.