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Sayers, Hester among all-time special-teamers

Gosselin selected 22 players on a first team and 22 on a second team—with each consisting of a kicker, punter, kickoff specialist, holder, long snapper, personal punt protector, kickoff returner, punt returner, two interior blockers, two edge kick blockers and 10 coverage aces.

Two former Bears are on Gosselin's first team, kickoff returner Gale Sayers and punt returner Devin Hester. Second-teamers include holder Brad Maynard, long-snapper Patrick Mannelly, coverage aces Brendon Ayanbadejo and Larry Whigham, and interior kick blocker Alan Page.

To form a full 53-man special teams roster, Gosselin added nine "wildcard spots," one of which went to Julius Peppers as an interior kick blocker.