Heading into Super Bowl 53, most of the focus is on the battle between offense and defense. Will the New England Patriots be able to move the football against a star-strudded Los Angeles Rams unit? And will offensive coaching wunderkind Sean McVay be able to crack the riddle that Bill Belichick and the Patriots’ defense will present? The game-deciding play, however, may very happen in the oft-forgotten third phase: special teams.
After a slow start into the season, New England’s kicking game units have performed well as of late — in part thanks to the in-season additions of Albert McClellan and Ramon Humber.