**Kene Nwangwu on G&W's Special Teams: 'It's an Elite Buy-In' **After taking a Cleveland kickoff 99 yards for a TD in the first quarter on Sunday, RB/KR Kene Nwangwu spoke about the point on any run back when the thought of hitting paydirt hits him.
"It's usually been like the 40-yard line," he said on Monday. "You cross the 40, you kind of have an idea if you're going to score or not. But yeah, across the 40 I wasn't touched, I just got to outrun the kicker. And then, like any safeties on the sideline."
Now in his fifth season in the NFL, Nwangwu has returned five kickoffs for TDs, including one this season and one last season during his time with the Jets. And he's the first to acknowledge that it's never a solo effort.
"It's like elite buy-in, a bunch of guys just being selfless," said Nwangwu, who had 143 kickoff-return yards in the game. "You know, a kick return is so unique. You got 10 guys blocking, there's no glory for any of them if I score a touchdown. It's a very selfless team, and I think that's why we're finding a lot of success."
HC Aaron Glenn acknowledged how special the special teams were on Sunday when, in addition to Nwangwu's TD dash, Isaiah Williams (126 punt-return yards) had a 74-yard punt return for a TD.
"Special teams did a hell of a job of making plays, but there were some underlying things that really didn't show up on the stat sheet," Glenn said. "Some of our guys [LB Quincy Williams, for example] played in the other phases when it comes to special teams for us as far as coverage and things like that."