No one is mentioning Special Teams?

[taldolfin]

This game could easily come down to who starts with the best field position. I hope that Walker and Minor on kickoffs can give us room to breathe. We cannot be trapped in our end of the field all night with a team that has as many blitz packages as Pitt. I guess I am worried somewhat from our dress rehearsal game against the Panthers. We played Great Def, Avg Off and the most horrible Special teams I have seen in a long time. I want to see a good game but for God's Sake I hope a boneheaded muffed kick or a darn return does'nt turn this game around.......unless its in our favor....:D

 

[Regan21286]

We added Keith Adams, who's a much better ST and backup LB than Labinjo so that's a plus. We might even have Russell fielding punts and kickoffs to give Welker a breather since he's our 3rd WR.

 

[Kdawg954]

We added Keith Adams, who's a much better ST and backup LB than Labinjo so that's a plus. We might even have Russell fielding punts and kickoffs to give Welker a breather since he's our 3rd WR.

Yea I definetly see Russell on the kickoffs . . . . but I doubt anybody else is back there on punts besides Welker.

 

[cnc66]

Don't forget now, Saban said we weren't playing our starting unit on the runback. P-burg is good, we will have to play hard in all three aspects in order to win this one.

 

[dwhorton]

wow great insight taldolfin. miami has ans has had one of the top five special team units the last 5 years or so. if this becomes a def. game field pos. will be huge.

 

[foozool13]

Special Teams doesn't mean muchin the preseason cuz that is where we try out ALL of the questionable players so there isnt n e consistency. In the regular season we have a top 5 SP Teams

 

[Dors156]

keith adams just made our st unit alot better.hes a great st player.we'll be fine tommorrow im just hoping we can stop holmes with his good speed

 

[Ohiophinphan]

Keep in mind also, Mare will not have to try and kick from a dirt infield!