pbmax
12-14-2010, 11:03 AM
Ever wonder what Special Teams coaches do to improve punt returns?
Look at the 26 second mark to see not just Sal Alosi but six total NY Jet inactive players, staff or assistants lined up as close as possible to the sideline in a neat little formation. It also appears they are as close to the endzone as the little white line permits.
Florio at PFT has a source who tells him that veteran special teams players can arrange this phalanx so that coaches have plausible deniability. That group is too neatly aligned, with no one else even close to them, for this to be an accident. Has anyone ever seen another team do this? The Jets can't be the first. Their special teams coach used to work for the Dolphins.
For a further hint, watch the guy immediately to Alosi's right. He seems like he turns his left shoulder in toward the field of play. Its a nice move, as it looks like he doesn't even see the gunner and that he is watching the ball travel down the field.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/13/league-jets-mum-on-alosi-for-now/
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/14/league-not-investigating-whether-alosi-alignment-was-coached/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h32GjasxOvU
Look at the 26 second mark to see not just Sal Alosi but six total NY Jet inactive players, staff or assistants lined up as close as possible to the sideline in a neat little formation. It also appears they are as close to the endzone as the little white line permits.
Florio at PFT has a source who tells him that veteran special teams players can arrange this phalanx so that coaches have plausible deniability. That group is too neatly aligned, with no one else even close to them, for this to be an accident. Has anyone ever seen another team do this? The Jets can't be the first. Their special teams coach used to work for the Dolphins.
For a further hint, watch the guy immediately to Alosi's right. He seems like he turns his left shoulder in toward the field of play. Its a nice move, as it looks like he doesn't even see the gunner and that he is watching the ball travel down the field.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/13/league-jets-mum-on-alosi-for-now/
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/14/league-not-investigating-whether-alosi-alignment-was-coached/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h32GjasxOvU