One year after finishing 21st in the league on special teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers improved four spots in 2023 in Rick Gosselin’s annual special teams rankings, moving up to No. 17 overall Friday in the end-of-season rankings.
It can be difficult to quantify special teams in the NFL today. Of course, special teams can be judged on things like the amount of return yards on kicks and punts that are allowed, as well as field goals made or missed, and average yards per punt.
However, those numbers rarely tell the whole story when it comes to a specific special teams unit, nor do they help compare one special teams unit to another.