If there’s anything that Brenden Schooler’s field-goal block against the Dolphins showed, it’s that there’s still a spirit of innovation amongst the Patriots’ special-teams unit.
Whether it’s putting a player in motion on a block attempt, or the way they walled off the Jets’ coverage team on Marcus Jones’s game-winning punt return last year, the Patriots have shown flashes of being able to combine timing, execution, and imagination.
“I tell people that sometimes the best ideas show up at 1 o’clock in the morning when you’re just drawing stuff and doodling,” special teams coach Cam Achord said.