For clarity in this long thread, I've added brief instructions in the first post, and am pasting them here as well:
BEN EDIT:
TO KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES IN SPECIAL TEAMS:
1. Get 10ish guys on your roster with high ST ratings. I shoot for 80ish and above, but if everyone is doing this, then probably 65ish would have to do.
2. Each season, "Encourage" your top 10ish ST-rated guys.
3. "Discourage" EVERYONE else. (That means every DL and OL player, just to be safe.)
When you do this, you will be able to keep up. If nearly everyone does this, we'll see things come back closer to even in ST performance spread. And people who do not do this will get dominated on ST every week.