Mckay has been around football his whole life. His father, john, was a legendary coach with the tampa bay buccaneers in the enefel and before that, at the university of southern california. The unit that executes these kicking plays is neither an offensive nor a defensive team. They are called special teams, of which the punter or playcee kicker are most critical. If we were doing this podcast 15 years ago, i would have said to you, who are the specialists on the team? And you would have said all the other guys. But here'sthe twist. In american football, you mostly don't kick the ball, you mostly throw
Adam Smith famously argued that specialization is the key to prosperity. In the N.F.L., the long snapper is proof of that argument. Just in time for the Super Bowl, here’s everything there is to know about a job that didn’t used to exist.