As is tradition. Sports Illustrated’s Rick Gosselin released his yearly special teams rankings, showing some love to football’s forgotten phase. Each year, he complies the best (and worst) special teams units with a statistical review of numerous categories, everything from field goals to blocks to net average.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Danny Smith’s unit finished a tick below average in the 2021 rankings, coming in at 17th place with 364.5 points (his scoring is like golf, lower is better). Unfortunately, there is no team-by-team analysis but his review noted the Steelers benefitted from having the second best (lowest) opponent net punting at just 38 yards.