FOXBORO — It was an all-hands-on-deck game for Patriots special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer in last week’s win over the Bengals.

Springer has to find a fill-in for first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl special-teamer Brenden Schooler after the captain went down with an ankle injury. He also had to pull guys off the bench to block in the field goal unit after two starting offensive linemen went down with injuries.

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Springer praised starting safety Jaylinn Hawkins for helping to fill in for Schooler.

“Anytime you have a guy that’s your core, best overall special teams player, All-Pro, it’s never easy to do,” Springer said. “He’s on everything, right? So you never truly — you plan on it, but you never really think about it, kind of. Then when it happens, you gotta adjust o

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