If you count yourself amongst the group of people who believe that special teams play can largely be discounted when it comes to building a team, then you might want to revisit how the postseason went. Even if you factor out field goals, which are obviously extremely important, punting and coverage units were an important part of the narrative of several playoff games this year.
Holding this opinion would also put you on the bad side of T.J. Watt, if that is of any concern to you, who has learned just how important special teams is, and how much goes into it, over the past two seasons by watching his brother, Derek Watt, with the Pittsburgh Steelers.