By John Sigler | Saints Wire
The New Orleans Saints stand to field one of the best special teams units in the NFL, spearheaded by linebacker Craig Robertson. Robertson was a special teams captain in 2017 and 2018, and figures to lead the kickoff and punt coverage units again in 2019.
One teammate Robertson views as a serious asset isn’t who most teams would expect: third-string quarterback Taysom Hill.
“When I saw him run down on a kickoff for the first time, when he first did it, a lot of us were in the back of the (film) room just looking like, ‘Man,’ you know?” Robertson said after training camp practice ended on Sunday. “We knew he was fast and he’s a bigger guy, but you’d just never seen a quarterback run down on a kickoff like he did.”
Sure, most quarterbacks aren’t 6-foot-2, 230 pounds and can time the 40-yard dash in just 4.4 seconds. But it was still a shock to see someone in a quarterback’s jersey line up at the gunner spot: “And not only did he run it in practice because he’s a fast guy, but he was even faster in the game. And you don’t get that from a lot of guys, guys shy away from contact not knowing where the block is coming from. He took it head on and he’s been doing it day-in and day-out since the first time.”
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The New Orleans Saints stand to field one of the best special teams units in the NFL, spearheaded by linebacker Craig Robertson. Robertson was a special teams captain in 2017 and 2018, and figures to lead the kickoff and punt coverage units again in 2019.
One teammate Robertson views as a serious asset isn’t who most teams would expect: third-string quarterback Taysom Hill.
“When I saw him run down on a kickoff for the first time, when he first did it, a lot of us were in the back of the (film) room just looking like, ‘Man,’ you know?” Robertson said after training camp practice ended on Sunday. “We knew he was fast and he’s a bigger guy, but you’d just never seen a quarterback run down on a kickoff like he did.”
Sure, most quarterbacks aren’t 6-foot-2, 230 pounds and can time the 40-yard dash in just 4.4 seconds. But it was still a shock to see someone in a quarterback’s jersey line up at the gunner spot: “And not only did he run it in practice because he’s a fast guy, but he was even faster in the game. And you don’t get that from a lot of guys, guys shy away from contact not knowing where the block is coming from. He took it head on and he’s been doing it day-in and day-out since the first time.”
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