When the San Francisco 49ers went from Richard Hightower as a special teams coordinator to Brian Schneider, it was like the saying, “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Outside of Robbie Gould’s excellence, the coverage units were shaky at best, the return game was non-existent, and the special teams units were a net negative.

During the first month of Brant Boyer, it felt like he picked up where his predecessors left off. There was a special teams penalty on the first punt of the season. The kicker missed his first field goal attempt. His next kick was blocked.

We’ll never know how much of a say Boyer had in releasing Jake Moody, but up until Eddy Pineiro’s injury a couple of weeks ago, the 49ers had one of the highest-rated field goal units in the NFL. Pineiro was the most valuab

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