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          New England Patriots

          Big 4 on special teams

          • Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterNov 7, 2011, 09:00 AM ET
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              Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.
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          FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When putting together the 46-man game-day roster, Patriots coach Bill Belichick stresses the importance of special teams. With this in mind, here are the players who appeared on multiple special teams units in Sunday's loss:

          Four units

          S Josh Barrett*

          WR Matthew Slater

          LB Jeff Tarpinian

          LB Tracy White

          Three units

          S Sergio Brown

          S James Ihedigbo

          Two units

          CB Kyle Arrington

          TE Dan Gronkowski

          LB Gary Guyton

          CB Antwaun Molden

          LB Rob Ninkovich

          RB Danny Woodhead

          * Led team with two special teams tackles