One of the fundamental questions that we might often forget to ask when it comes to assembling a 53-man roster is just who is going to be filling key roles on special teams. Aside from the three specialist positions, virtually everybody else on a roster is going to be designated with a primary position on offense or defense, so special teams becomes viewed as secondary.
That is, of course, until a coverage unit allows a touchdown, or a returner muffs a kick and loses the ball. A wide assortment of things can go wrong when it comes to special teams that a lot of people simply don’t think about, generally because they don’t place much value on those jobs until something goes wrong.