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Falcons Can't Afford to Try to Cut Corners When it Comes to Special Teams

The most underpaid player on the Atlanta Falcons this season was cornerback Brent Grimes ($392,000). The next most underpaid player was probably middle linebacker Curtis Lofton (about $450,000). And then comes kicker Matt Bryant ($755,000). You know about Grimes, the undrafted rookie free agent out of Shippensburg. He had...

Buccaneers Revamping Coaching Staff

The special teams coach on an NFL team touches nearly every corner of a squad. He can poke his head into any meeting room -- except for the quarterback room -- and have a notion to pluck this player or that player. Dwayne Stukes, the new Tampa Bay special teams coach, has access to a receiver as a gunner, a running back...

Adam Vinatieri Wins AFC Honor

INDIANAPOLIS -- Somewhat quietly, Adam Vinatieri has had perhaps his best season since joining the Indianapolis Colts five years ago. On Wednesday, he was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Vinatieri, the Colts' kicker and a 15-year NFL veteran, converted three of three field goals, including a 43-yard...

Devin Hester Wins Player of the Week Honor for 9th Time

For the ninth time in his five-year NFL career, Bears return man Devin Hester has been selected the NFC special teams player of the week. Hester was chosen for the award after he set a new NFL record with his 14th career kick-return touchdown in the Bears' 40-14 win over the Vikings. The previous record of 13 belonged to...

Devin Thomas Gets a Little Revenge

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Probably no one in the home locker room enjoyed New York's 31-7 domination of Washington today more than Devin Thomas. And why not? Cut by Washington first-year coach Mike Shanahan on Oct. 9, less than 2½ years after the Redskins had chosen him 34th overall in the 2008 draft, Thomas didn't play a...

Background on Special Teams

In American football, each team has eleven players on the field at one time. The specific role that a player takes on the field is called their position.

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