Football is a team game with three separate phases. Offense, defense, and special teams, and within those units are personnel packages, positions groups and specialists. A Super Bowl contender need not have a league-best unit across the board to succeed, however, you would be hard-pressed to find a championship team who can be considered, “weak” in any of these aspects of football.
While not a “sexy” 33.33% part of the game this world loves and craves, Special Teams is vital to the success of a team in any given season. Sometimes it is a specialist within special teams that creates an X-factor for a team.