Eagles Sport Top-Ranked Special Teams in NFC East
by David ElfinOnly one kicker has ever been named the NFL's Most Valuable Player, Washington's Mark Moseley in 1982. The first coach to hire a fulltime assistant to coach special teams, George Allen, earned his greatest success with the Redskins, including the signing of Moseley, in 1974.
Allen's first special teams coach, Dick Vermeil, turned the moribund Philadelphia Eagles into a playoff team in his second season and a Super Bowl contestant in his fourth. The most prolific return man in NFL history, Brian Mitchell, played his entire 14-year career in the NFC East with the Redskins, Eagles and New York Giants, missing only Dallas.
And the NFC East's track record on special teams isn't just history. No NFC division has more seniority among its special teams coaches than Philadelphia's Bobby April (20th season working with the position group), Dallas' Joe DeCamillis (18th) and Washington's Danny Smith (12th).
So who has the NFC East's best special teams?
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by David ElfinThey have some of the greatest nicknames in NFL history: the Purple People Eaters, the Fearsome Foursome, the Steel Curtain. And so many unforgettable players have played the position: Reggie White, Deacon Jones, Bruce Smith, Warren Sapp, Bob Lilly, Doug Atkins, Buck Buchanan, Ben Davidson, Mean Joe Greene, Gino Marchetti, just to name 10.
Of course, I'm talking about the defensive line, a position group that helped win Super Bowls for the 2007 New York Giants (Michael Strahan, Barry Cofield, Fred Robbins and Osi Umenyiroa), the 1987 Washington Redskins (Charles Mann, Dave Butz, Darryl Grant and Dexter Manley) and the 1977 Dallas Cowboys (Too Tall Jones, Jethro Pugh, Randy White and Harvey Martin) and scared the heck out of opposing offenses for the 1988 Philadelphia Eagles (Clyde Simmons, Jerome Brown, Mike Pitts and White). In short, there's a pretty strong tradition of defensive line excellence in the NFC East.
So who has the best line in 2010? As was the case at quarterback, running backs, receivers/tight ends and the offensive line, it's the Cowboys.