{"id":248880,"date":"2025-07-30T20:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/248880\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:33:16","slug":"danny-smith-reveals-why-steelers-have-best-special-teams-unit-in-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/248880\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Smith reveals why Steelers have best special teams unit in NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/steelers-legend-jerome-bettis-shares-092536152.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> have vastly improved in all three areas of football this offseason \u2014 and one coach believes they have the best special teams unit in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday&#8217;s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, live from training camp, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a> special teams coordinator Danny Smith made his appearance memorable \u2014 and wasted little time hyping up his unit as the greatest in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were number one,&#8221; Smith said, referring to his special teams unit. &#8220;And that&#8217;s not me, man \u2014 that&#8217;s the players that I coach. They come out with rankings and that\u2026 I got good players, man. This organization will supply you with people. You gotta know what you&#8217;re doing. You gotta give them a direction. And these players will work their butt off if you know what you&#8217;re doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Steelers led the league in field goals made with 41, ranked second in field goal percentage at 93.2%, and tied for first in field goals blocked with two. Pittsburgh was also one of just six teams to return a punt for a touchdown \u2014 and special teams ace Miles Killebrew was named to his second consecutive Pro Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>From kickoffs to punts and field goals, Smith hit the nail right on the head \u2014 there is arguably no more complete special teams unit than the Steelers heading into 2025. But whether or not that\u2019s enough to end the almost nine-year playoff win drought remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date Steelers coverage, follow us on X <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">@TheSteelersWire<\/a> and give our <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Facebook page<\/a> a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2025\/07\/30\/steelers-danny-smith-special-teams\/85444864007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers&#039; Danny Smith backs special teams as best in NFL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers&#8217; Danny Smith backs special teams as best in NFL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers have vastly improved in all three areas of football this offseason \u2014 and one coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[40636,7,1720,6,955,7549,520,57,2360,24843,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-248880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-danny-smith","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miles-killebrew","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-pat-mcafee","13":"tag-pat-mcafee-show","14":"tag-pittsburgh","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","16":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","17":"tag-special-teams-unit","18":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114944095460121639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}