Special teams reflect team's personality

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There are three rules a good special teams player must follow. The first is to never trail your own team. Second, always keep the ball on the inside of your shoulder. Finally, a good special teams player always maintains discipline in getting to the ball.

It's no surprise the remaining teams in the Super Bowl hunt all have excellent special teams units. Those units have helped these four teams make it to the cusp of the biggest football game in the world. Here's a closer look:

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Merril Hoge

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Former NFL fullback Merril Hoge is an analyst for a wide variety of NFL programs on television and ESPN Radio. An eight-year NFL veteran, Hoge spent 1987-93 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and joined ESPN in 1996.