Analyzing Arizona’s special teams entering 2019

Photo by Robert Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesSpecial teams are often the black sheep of any football team. Nobody would argue that special teams have as much of an impact as offense or defense, but there’s still a huge part in each game for those players to play.

Last season, Arizona’s special teams could best be described as mediocre. Lucas Havrisik was a pretty good kickoffs guy, J.J. Taylor scored a touchdown on a kickoff, and everything else was pretty bland.

Havrisik and Josh Pollack could never quite figure out place kicking, combining to miss eight of 27 field goals. Dylan Klumph and Shun Brown ranged from average to good in the punting and punt return games, respectively,…