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For the past two years, production of the special teams units has been a head-scratcher for the Ottawa RedBlacks.

They don’t return kicks particularly well and, at times, they don’t cover them either. In two seasons, the RedBlacks have not returned a punt or kickoff for a regular-season touchdown. That, despite having dynamic Chris Williams, who scored five touchdowns on punt returns in 2012 for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

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Maybe the tide has turned. On a CFL conference call on Thursday, RedBlacks coach Rick Campbell sees it as an area where big strides can be made.

“Particularly in the last month, the last six games (of 2015), special teams started to become an asset for us, but we have a long way to go,” Campbell said. “Continuity is a big part of it, too. Coach (Bob) Dyce coming in (replacing Don Yanowsky as special teams co-ordinator) is going to bring a new energy to it. We were kind of looking for some answers last year, we were moving people around trying to find a groove. I think we started to find that late, we want to continue that into this season. I’m a guy who takes big pride on special teams. It’s a big difference between winning and losing.”