All Entries Tagged With: "Special Teams"

Usually the player that gets the bulk of the criticism falls at the lap of Aaron Rodgers.

The Packers will feel the loss of Micah Hyde all over the field in 2017, obviously in the secondary but also on special teams, where he returned 76 punts over his four-year career in Green Bay.

Putting aside for a moment the fact that a punter controversy is by all means the silliest position competition that could go down during training camp, the Packers sure do seem to have one on their hands.  This is the second offseason in a row that the Packers have been forced to bring in competition to push Tim Masthay for his job. And while In 2015, Cody Mandell wasn't able to succeed Masthay, mainly for his poor holding for kicker Mason Crosby, Wisconsin native and rookie Peter Mortell is posing a much more serious threat to Masthay's future in Green Bay. 

Later today or tomorrow ( by 3 P.M. Central) we will learn the final makeup of 53-man roster which will open the season for the Green Bay Packers at Chicago on Sunday, September 13.  Today, with a full body of work now in the books, we roll out our final Version 3.0.

During every Green Bay Packers training camp there seems to be a “camp-darling”, a dark horse who emerges out of nowhere to tantalize and excite the fan base.  Last year that player was wide out Jeff Janis. This year Janis looks to earn more playing time.

If you took a poll of Packers fans you will find that they are divided on how well Zook will coordinate special teams.  There are those who see Zook as just another McCarthy buddy who didn’t make much of a difference last year when he was an assistant. Others look at his coaching body of work and come away impressed. 

Former Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum has landed on his feet at Arizona State, the university announced on Monday:

Eric Edholm of Yahoo Sports joins the show to share his thoughts on Ron Zook.

It would appear the former head coach at Florida and Illinois will be promoted by the Packers.

The Packers brought in competition for incumbent punter Tim Masthay on Monday.

The Packers are ranked 32nd in the NFL by the Dallas Morning News.

Teacher plays the role of pupil as Mike McCarthy and the rest of the Packers coordinators receive their report card grade for the 2014 season from Cheesehead TV.

Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy made his weekly appearance on 620 AM WTMJ in Milwaukee Friday morning to preview the upcoming football...

Cobb appears poised to take over kick return duties for a Packers team ailing on special teams.

The Packers have allowed six blocked kicks and two touchdown returns this season, putting the special teams coordinator's job in jeopardy.

There's no reason Green Bay can't use both Randall Cobb and Micah Hyde as return specialists this season.

In our best-case scenario Mason Crosby is named to the Pro Bowl, but in the worst-case scenario, he's back to his old struggles.

Harris tries out a new position he hasn't been used at in Green Bay.

Assistant strength and conditioning coach Zac Woodfin has also reportedly left the Packers to become the head strength coach at UAB.

Mike McCarthy gets a 'B-' and Dom Capers gets a 'D' in our annual report card grades. Find out what the rest of the coordinators and the specialists got inside.

Mason Crosby has silenced his doubters with a solid start to the season. Not many kickers would have gotten this kind of second chance, and he's making the most of it with a spectacular season.

The Packers kicker will earn his first bonus this season if he's on the 46-man game-day roster for this Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens.

The Utah product was ranked as the No. 2 return specialist in this year's draft class by Cheesehead TV.

From Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Packers tried out Indoor Football League player B.J.

Ross was released after muffing a kickoff that led to a turnover on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.

So, Mason Crosby's amazing 2011 season is now his benchmark for success this year? Let's go inside the numbers and see just how impressive that season really was.

The release of Tavecchio leaves the Packers with two kickers on their roster: Mason Crosby and Zach Ramirez.

After a 3-for-8 performance on field goals at Family Night, some folks are concerned about Mason Crosby. I'm beyond concerned. It's time for Crosby to go.

Johnathan Franklin and Jeremy Ross have the potential to replace Cobb on returns, but the Packers have to be able to trust them if that's going to happen.

Considering kicker Mason Crosby ranked last in the NFL in field goal percentage in 2012, the Packers special teams performed rather admirably.

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