According to SFdata9ers, Tampa Bay currently ranks among the NFL’s best special teams units through two games, a major turnaround from what became one of the team’s biggest weaknesses last season. The change starts with Danny Smith. Tampa Bay hired Smith after moving on from Thomas McGaughey following a disastrous 2025 season. The Bucs allowed five blocked kicks, finished 27th in kickoff return yardage, and ranked 30th in opponent starting field position following kickoffs.
Things became so bad that Tampa Bay essentially stopped trying to cover kickoffs late in the season,
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