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The 2018 Jets season was short on bright spots on both offense and defense Brian Burns Jersey , but they did pretty well on special teams.Kicker Jason Myers was reliable throughout the season and found a spot on the AFC Pro Bowl roster. He’s joined on that roster by kick returner Andre Roberts, who is also PFT’s choice for the top special teams player of the year.Roberts signed with the Jets as a free agent in the offseason and scored on a punt return to help the team to a win on the first Monday night of the season. Roberts also had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in Week 16 and was one of only two players to score touchdowns on both plays this season.Jakeem Grant of the Dolphins was the other player to do that, but injury kept him from playing the entire season. Roberts had several other big returns over the course of the season to help a sputtering offense get points off of short fields. He led the league with an average of 14.1 yards per punt return and finished second with 29.4 yards per kickoff return, although it should be noted that he handled nearly twice as many kickoffs as Darius Jennings.Rams linebacker Cory Littleton, Texans kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn and Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas were some of the other notable special teams performers this season.PFT is also recognizing Chargers kicker Michael Badgley as the league’s top special teams rookie for 2018. Badgley failed to make the Colts out of camp and landed with the Chargers in October when Caleb Sturgis was injured. He made all three field goals he tried, but was briefly off the active roster when Sturgis was deemed healthy enough to return.Good health didn’t help Sturgis to good results, however, and Badley was back in the job in early November. He finished the year 15-of-16 on field goals and 25-of-26 extra points to solidify a position that’s been a trouble spot for the Chargers whether they were in San Diego and Los Angeles in recent years.Seahawks punter Michael Dickson gets a strong honorable mention on the rookie front. He had a net average of 42.5 yards per punt to help Seattle win many field position battles on their way to the postseason. FRISCO Greg Little Jersey , Texas (AP) — Travis Frederick at first stayed engaged with his teammates because the Dallas Cowboys center wasn’t sure how long he would be out with a neurological disorder diagnosed during training camp.By the time new offensive line coach Marc Colombo offered him a headset after Colombo was promoted as part of a midseason change, Frederick figured, “What the heck.” And by then, it had become increasingly clear the four-time Pro Bowler was unlikely to play this year.Now Frederick has a completely different view of the sideline with the Cowboys on the verge of making the playoffs without the 2016 All-Pro, and an offseason plan to return to the field now that he’s mostly over the effects of Guillain-Barre syndrome.“I feel like I have been at least able to lend some of my knowledge and experience for some of the guys that haven’t played nearly as much,” Frederick said. “It’s been good having another set of eyes. I didn’t realize how difficult it is to watch five guys play at the same time and be able to help.”Frederick will have the headset again Sunday when the Cowboys (8-6) try to wrap up the NFC East title, which they can do by beating Tampa Bay (5-9) at home.The 27-year-old’s immediate football future has been uncertain the past four months , since he finally got an answer to why he was experiencing what felt like football “stinger” injuries in his upper body during camp in California.Guillain-Barre is an auto-immune disease that attacks nerves and leads to weakness in various parts of the body. Frederick said his case was detected early Will Grier Jersey , which helped avoid some of the severe symptoms that can include paralysis and difficulty breathing.Even with the expected full recovery, Frederick knew getting back in football shape would take weeks, at a minimum. All along, he wanted to do what he could in meetings and sideline chats.Frederick has always been in charge of the line calls, pretty much from the moment he stepped in as a rookie starter in 2013 and went on to play the first 83 games of his career, playoffs included. Still, the view with the headset has surprised him.“It was definitely an eye-opening experience trying to understand how much was happening during a game and how difficult it is for, like the coordinator to be able to call those plays that quickly Christian Miller Jersey ,” Frederick said. “You don’t think about it when you’re watching the game. It just flows.”The “quasi-coaching role,” as Frederick put it, hasn’t changed his long-range outlook much, with five years remaining on the contract he signed in 2016. But he did get something out of a season that easily could have been classified as a lost cause.“He’s been with us every step of the way, doing everything he can to get himself back,” coach Jason Garrett said. “He’s also really engaged with our guys. You talk about the job Marc Colombo has done with some of the guys who are playing, Travis has been a big part of that.”Injuries are hampering the Dallas line again late in the season, with 2014 All-Pro right guard Zack Martin missing the first game of his five-year career against Indianapolis after aggravating a preseason knee injury two weeks ago in a win over Philadelphia.Rookie Connor Williams began the season as the starting left guard before a knee injury opened a spot that Xavier Su’a-Filo kept with a solid performance as his replacement.Williams re-entered the lineup in Martin’s spot Jordan Scarlett Jersey , and Su’a-Filo missed part of last week’s 23-0 loss to the Colts after getting poked in the eye by teammate La’el Collins. Su’a-Filo was a full practice participant Thursday.During the first half of the season — before other ailments starting hitting the line — the Dallas offense was inconsistent at best. The addition of receiver Amari Cooper in a trade helped boost production during a five-game winning streak.All along, running back Ezekiel Elliott stayed in contention for his second NFL rushing title in three seasons. He has a 98-yard lead over Todd Gurley of the Los Angeles Rams with two games remaining.Joe Looney has started all 14 games in Frederick’s place — one more start than the career backup had in his first six seasons combined. Looney said Frederick has been there with pointers on techniques and pass-blocking philosophies, among other things.“It’s been good knowing that our goal always is to improve through the year,” Frederick said. “To see that this group is improving and has improved fairly steadily throughout the year, it’s sort of a proud moment, knowing that I couldn’t be out there but these guys are doing that and I’m doing what I can.”Regardless, Frederick will happily trade the headset for a helmet in eight months.