{"id":818275,"date":"2026-05-24T04:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/818275\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:25:15","slug":"steelers-new-special-teams-coordinator-immediately-makes-smart-decision-with-chris-boswell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/818275\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers’ New Special Teams Coordinator Immediately Makes Smart Decision With Chris Boswell"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Pittsburgh Steelers Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman knows not to mess with what\u2019s working. Chris Boswell is the best kicker in franchise history,<\/a> and while Crossman will coach him, he won\u2019t mess with Boswell\u2019s routine created under previous coach Danny Smith.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Crossman confirmed Boswell\u2019s habit of not kicking until June will remain in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a great sliding scale in this world, and guys that are highly productive, things that they\u2019ve done, if they\u2019ve been highly productive, I\u2019d be a knucklehead to change that,\u201d he told reporters via a team-provided transcript. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be some things that are different, but his routine is not going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Years ago, Boswell and Smith changed his offseason roadmap, opting to wait to until June to start back up.\u00a0The two have publicly discussed it<\/a> since at least 2023. An approach that\u2019s preserved Boswell\u2019s leg throughout his 30s and maintained his position as one of the league\u2019s best kickers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI start kicking later in the year, June 1st,\u201dBoswell said via the team\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> after signing his record-tying contract extension. \u201cMe and Danny Smith worked that out about four or five years ago. I really felt like it helped keep the leg fresh throughout the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u2019s also annually brought in a second kicker on the offseason roster who will handle much of the training camp and preseason duties. After the draft, the Steelers signed Kansas\u2019 Laith Marjan, who possesses a good leg<\/a> and had a great 2024 season before running into issues his senior year.<\/p>\n

Kickers can play until their 40s, but Boswell\u2019s only gotten better with time. His ability to hit from distance has spiked throughout his career even before the NFL allowed teams advance time to modify \u201cK-balls\u201d<\/a> that\u2019s creating league-record numbers.<\/p>\n

Since Boswell\u2019s age 30 season, he\u2019s making nearly the same rate of his field goals (87.4 percent) and far more from 50-plus (40) than he did throughout his 20s (88 percent conversion rate, nine from 50 or longer).<\/p>\n

Athletes are creatures of habit. Especially specialists. Boswell staying in the same routine that\u2019s served him well is important for his mindset and, of course, his body. Like any player, they can fatigue and tire at year\u2019s end. That impacts power, technique, and overall production at a position where the margin of error is thin.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a good player,\u201d Crossman said of Boswell. \u201cSo, we\u2019re happy to have him.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Crossman, sometimes the best thing a coach can do is nothing at all. To resist the urge to \u201ccoach\u201d and feel productive by fixing something that isn\u2019t broken. Crossman, however, will work with Boswell in other areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very in-depth coach,\u201d Boswell said of Crossman. \u201cHe knows his X\u2019s and O\u2019s. He\u2019s going to push you to get the absolute best out of you every single day. There\u2019s no day off. We\u2019ll constantly be working to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two are putting in work in the spring. That can come in the form of talking technique, situation, and picking up where he left off with holder Cameron Johnston. Boswell just won\u2019t kick until the calendar flips over. That should start June 2nd when the team begins its three-day mandatory minicamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Pittsburgh Steelers Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman knows not to mess with what\u2019s working. Chris Boswell is…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":818276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[115129,336697,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-818275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-chris-boswell","tag-danny-crossman","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116627657556589896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}