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Have there ever been players who were known as being elite in some super niche/specific roles? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by differential32@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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I'm not talking about a kicker, or a punter, or even like a short yardage back or something. Has there ever been a guy who was known for being an elite gunner (guy on the punting team who tries to down the ball on a punt that isn't fielded by a returner)? Or a special teams tackler? Or long snapper? I don't even know if people pay attention to things like this; just curious.

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[–] yalemartin@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I think Juju Smith-Schuster and TJ Houshmanzadeh are elite WR2's. Do not ask either of them to be a WR1, for some reason they can't do it. Not in their DNA.

But ask them to be a WR2 and they'll pop.