Bengals Ranked #1 Special Teams Unit in NFL (EOY)

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(01-01-2020, 11:46 PM)BoBengal Wrote: Bill Belichick, Mike Vrabel, and I aren't in full agreement with that.  Many could argue that it's easier to find the players that have the fundamentals of speed, discipline/ability to follow the plan of a play, and the blocking/tackling basics.

For example, the Pats are on their 4th kicker of the season (Kai Forbath, Nick Folk, Mike Nugent, and Stephen Gostkowski), and so are the Titans (Ryan Succop, Cody Parkey, Cairo Santos, Greg Joseph)... and none of the 8 have performed well in the nightmare kicking (field goals, longer PATs, and kickoffs) season for them.

Bullock, Huber, Erickson, Phillips, and Harris have been unsung heroes for this team the last few seasons.  Just like anyone in any league at any level, they make mistakes, but as a whole the unit has been exceptional.

Aside from his return that was called back (which shouldn't have been called back), Phillips did next to nothing on teams... I'll even go as far to say he was a POS on teams and that Erickson had a significantly better year.

It's a complete lack of vision; I have NEVER seen one of our returners run into the back of a blocker, since Caldwell did it a few times in 2009 (he was removed in favour of BScott, soon after). Phillips did it 3 times on Sunday and somehow, didn't see somebody RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM, on his interception return.

Wilson isn't a burner by any stretch, but has great acceleration and his vision is STUPENDOUS. That's why Erickson is as good a returner as his results have shown; the guy is not the fastest, but he's great at finding holes and moving within the blockers.

For PRs, I'll stick with Erickson and KRs, Wilson all the way.

Leave Phillips at CB.