8. Lions' special teams: Here is the thing about the kicking game in the NFL: technique wins over scheme. Special teams are all about getting off of blocks, winning with leverage, staying in coverage lanes and breaking down to make an open field tackle.I knew once somebody came here and was able to develop him and train him like he started to get trained with Norv (Turner) in 2006 that you would start to see some of the physical stuff come out. I'm just so happy for him because he found a guy in Jim Harbaugh who coached him the way he needed to be coached."New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning speaks to the media after NFL football practice, Thursday, J game will mark the second time two former No.

That's a subject I covered in my wideranging piece in the Globe this morning. It's something to keep in mind if Texas' Sergio Kindle or Earl Thomas, or Florida's Maurkice Pouncey, or Fresno State's Ryan Mathews, or even Alabama's Kareem Jackson are available to the Patrio