“Tracy is one of the best special teams coordinators out there, and he knows how to put guys in the position to be successful, so I’m excited about that.
But as for replacing Johnson and Franks, “it’s definitely something that’s crossed my mind.
“I’m super excited for those guys and the opportunity that they have because they played extremely well last year and were huge in terms of driving the ship and special teams and everything like that, so I want to give them their credit, but I would say, I mean my challenge to guys would be, don’t try to be last year’s unit.
“Let’s be our own unit, whatever that looks like, and still make plays and get excited and all that stuff, but just have your own personality. We don’t need anybody to be Feleipe Franks. Feleipe is Feleipe, and we love him for that,” he said. “But whoever wants to step up and make plays, I don’t care if somebody has 20 tackles in the season and they never celebrate one time because that’s production, that’s all we want when we’re out there. We want production, we want smart plays, and we want the ball.”
As Scott and his wife gathered their brood to head home for the day, it was with a much lighter step than when he stepped into the building at this time last year. At that point, he was on a one-year deal with a new coaching staff, a part of a team with a long way to go and mostly questions.
Now, his little family has grown, he’s back in the same place for another year, the team started finding their footing down the stretch last season, and Nick Scott can feel confident in himself, this defense, this special teams unit, and this team.
