Brant Boyer understands the deal. As an NFL special teams coordinator, he cannot pick and choose the talent. He instead needs to mold his special teams unit around what’s available.
One man who’s no longer making his summer home Northern New Jersey is Trenton Cannon, a Mike Maccagnan sixth-round selection in 2018 who was quickly scooped up by the Carolina Panthers after the New York Jets decided to cut ties earlier this summer.
This means Boyer’s special teams took a hit. Cannon was one of Boyer’s “special” special teamers.
“When you lose a guy like that, it hurts,” Boyer admitted to reporters on a Monday conference call.