Special teams in one-third of the game

[JonCJG]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9536257

 

[Angus]

Here is a look at the top special teams contributor on each team last year:

Team Player Pos. No. of plays Where are they now

ARI Harold Morrow FB 264 Free Agent
ATL Kevin McCadan* DB 314 Carolina
BAL Darnell Dinkins* TE 342 Cleveland
BUF Sam Aiken WR 352 Buffalo
CAR Karl Hankton WR 304 Carolina
CHI Brandon Ayanbadejo LB 347 Chicago
CIN Anthony Mitchell DB 340 Cincinnati
CLE Sean Jones DB 347 Cleveland
DAL Terrance Copper WR 321 Dallas
DEN Keith Burns LB 320 Denver
DET Wali Rainer* LB 354 Dallas
GB Marviel Underwood DB 283 Green Bay
HOU Tory Evans LB 388 Houston
IND Gerome Sapp* DB 272 Baltimore
JAX Tracey White* LB 290 Green Bay
KC Gary Stills* LB 375 Baltimore
MIA Yeremiah Bell DB 386 Miami
MIN Rod Davis LB 309 Minnesota
NE Don Davis LB 381 New England
NO Fred McAfee FB 307 New Orleans
NYG James Butler DB 402 New York Giants
NYJ Rasheed Washington DB 285 New York Jets
OAK Tim Johnson* LB 387 Baltimore
PHI Quinton Mitchell DB 411 Philadelphia
PIT Sean Morey WR 307 Pittsburgh
SD Stephen Cooper LB 407 San Diego
SF Terry Jackson RB 310 San Francisco
STL Madison Hedgecock LB 366 St. Louis
SEA Isaiah Kacyvenski LB 344 Seattle
TB Ryan Nece LB 342 Tampa Bay
TEN Cody Spencer LB 366 Tennessee
WAS Mike Sellers FB 359 Washington
* -- indicates 2005 team leader

 

[Anguillidae]

DET Wali Rainer* LB 354 Dallas

This is a mistake. Rainer signed with the Texans.

But we got Boiman, who played a lot (335) of special teams plays with the Titans last year.

And Pat Watkins is considered as an elite special teams player.