Niners Go Into 2018 With Solid Specialists
One area where the 49ers look solid this offseason is in their special team's duo of kicker Robbie Gould and punter/kickoff specialist Bradley Pinion.When the analytic website Pro Football Focus recently graded the special teams of every NFL team, the 49ers came in at No. 9, with PFF noting:"Gould made an outrageous 17-of-18 field goals between 40 and 49 yards (with another 4-of-4 from beyond 50). It's a wonder why the analytically-sound 49ers coaching staff had Bradley Pinion kicking off so deep, but he answered the bell there, with 64 of his 79 kickoffs resulting in touchbacks."The 49ers didn't rank quite as high in the extensive annual special-teams rankings by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News, who placed them 15th. Among the highlights for the 49ers in the statistical categories compiled by Gosselin, the 49ers were:No. 2 in punt coverage (giving up 4.18 yards); No. 3 in field goals (39); No. 2 in field-goal percentage (95.1 percent); and tied for No. 2 in special-teams takeaways (2).Gould, 36, is under contract for one more season, for $2 million. Pinion, 23, is entering the final year of a four-year deal and will earn $705,000 in 2018.Gould, in particular, was one of...
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