Brian Schneider has been the Seattle Seahawks’ special teams coach since 2010, aka the start of the Pete Carroll era. From that season through 2013, we enjoyed great special teams, namely the excellent kicking from Steven Hauschka, Jon Ryan being Jon Ryan, the legendary punt coverage unit of 2013, outstanding abilities to block punts and kicks (Red Bryant, anyone?), and the terrific play from Leon Washington and Golden Tate as returners.
From 2010-2013, they were 2nd, 16th, 3rd, and 5th in DVOA.
Those days are gone.
Seattle ranked 24th in DVOA this season, and just imagine how much worse they’d be if not for Michael Dickson.