Linked Statistics by FootballOutsiders: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamst/2019
As of the end of the regular season, we statistically have the #1 Special Teams Unit in the NFL. While we have plenty of areas to focus on gearing up for 2020, our Special Teams was undoubtedly top tier in 2019. I can't recall the article, but in (circa) November Bill Belicheck actually commented that Cincy had the best special teams group in the league.
As per the Link-- This page lists an estimate of how many points, compared to league average, each team receives from the five elements of special teams: field goals/extra points, kickoffs, kick returns, punts, punt returns. The total is then converted into a DVOA percentage so that it can be added in to offense and defense to create total team DVOA.
Field goal rating compares each field goal to the league-average percentage of field goals from that distance. Yards of field position from the other four elements of special teams are translated into points using a method that gives each yard line a point value based on the average next score an NFL offense is worth from that point on the field. Kickoffs and punts are based on net yardage. Kickoff returns and punt returns are judged on return yardage only. These numbers are then adjusted for weather and altitude based on stadium type (cold, warm, dome, Denver) and week.
And, the 2019 numbers don't appear to be a "fluke" season, because we were #7 in the NFL with our same Specialists in 2018.
As of the end of the regular season, we statistically have the #1 Special Teams Unit in the NFL. While we have plenty of areas to focus on gearing up for 2020, our Special Teams was undoubtedly top tier in 2019. I can't recall the article, but in (circa) November Bill Belicheck actually commented that Cincy had the best special teams group in the league.
As per the Link-- This page lists an estimate of how many points, compared to league average, each team receives from the five elements of special teams: field goals/extra points, kickoffs, kick returns, punts, punt returns. The total is then converted into a DVOA percentage so that it can be added in to offense and defense to create total team DVOA.
Field goal rating compares each field goal to the league-average percentage of field goals from that distance. Yards of field position from the other four elements of special teams are translated into points using a method that gives each yard line a point value based on the average next score an NFL offense is worth from that point on the field. Kickoffs and punts are based on net yardage. Kickoff returns and punt returns are judged on return yardage only. These numbers are then adjusted for weather and altitude based on stadium type (cold, warm, dome, Denver) and week.
And, the 2019 numbers don't appear to be a "fluke" season, because we were #7 in the NFL with our same Specialists in 2018.
