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Packers’ Special Teams to Get Rebuild

Shawn by Shawn
April 12, 2015
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Ron Zook

Though Packer brass would never admit to it, they are in full blown rebuild mode on special teams this offseason. For an organization that sometimes resembles our country’s current administration- Nothing to see here. Everything is going well. If you are upset about something, that is only because you are having knee-jerk overreaction to a 24 hour news cycle. Trust us. Now just sit back, relax, and pony up. Thanks.- for an organization like this, a statement that they are making changes is as close as they are going to come to admitting they are taking the wrecking ball to special teams.

We only need to look beyond the message Big Brother is selling into the nuts and bolts of the changes to know the truth.

Anytime major change is happening, it has to start at the top. Long time special teams coach and Packer Nation whipping boy, Shawn Slocum, is gone. Check. New coach, Ron Zook, is in. Sure, you can whine that Zook isn’t new but was an assistant under Slocum. Yeah, for one whole season. And Zook getting the keys to the car isn’t the only change at the top. Zook’s boss, Mike McCarthy, has said he is going to take a more active role with special teams this year. That is kind of like giving your sixteen year old son the keys to the car but saying, “I’m coming along.”

A new coach with the same players wouldn’t qualify as a major change. However, that isn’t the case here. Many past key members of the Packers’ special teams are out the door or likely going to be.

Ryan Taylor –  Released last season when the Packers finally abandoned their Tight Ends for Titles campaign.

Brad Jones –  Outright released due to suckage.

Jamari Lattimore – Released due to injuries, blown assignments, etc…

Davon House –  Signed with Jacksonville Jaguars because money, yo.

Brandon Bostick –  UGH.

Kevin Dorsey –  Released for calling Packers’ cooking dog food? I don’t know. Better not pop up as a starter for one of our divisional rivals- cough! Charles Johnson- or I am going to punch someone in the face.

Sean Richardson –  Signed offer from the Raiders. $2.55 million offer likely prices Packers out.

Jarrett Bush  –  Maybe resigned by the Packers but is unemployed as of now. Getting old, yo.

John Kuhn – See Jarrett Bush, thanks.

DuJuan Harris –  A fricking Viking.

Tim Masthay –  May keep his job but will face competition in training camp this season. See Mason Crosby 2013.

That is ten special teams performers, plus Masthay, who are either gone or could be gone. That is what we’d call a rebuild.

It is possible that the Packers will finally play more starters on special teams, like they have suggested the past couple seasons. It is quite possible that the turnaround in the injury department might encourage that or help the coaches get over any hangovers related to the possibility of injuries.

OR the Packers will merely replace those specialists with new specialists. The Packers do bring back Chris Banjo, who would immediately become the Packers’ special teams “ace” if Jarrett Bush is not resigned, and the aforementioned Demetri Goodson certainly has the speed to be another top candidate.

However, two guys a special teams unit do not make. So, I expect one of the questions the Packer interrogators asked at the NFL Combine to perspective picks was- “How do you feel about playing special teams?” Since there aren’t a lot of opportunities for any of the guys drafted to start this season, they better be able to play some special teams.

If the Packers can’t fill their special teams that way, then I would suggest they put an ad in the paper.

Wanted. Special Teams players. Qualifications: Have played or at least seen an (American) football game at some point. Know your right from your left. Capable of responding to instruction. Capable of blocking during onside kicks instead of attempting to catch ball with helmet. No drug use (at least that we know of). No domestic violence. (In fact, closet gay with no kids preferred.) All around preference for staying out of the casbah required.

 

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Comments 8

  1. Avatar for Denise Chanterlle Denise Chanterlle says:
    8 years ago

    Any chance you can keep politics out of a football blog? Thanks.

  2. Avatar for Howard Howard says:
    8 years ago

    All ST coaches and player must be able to count to 11 without taking off at least one shoe. This may help in avoiding on side kicks with only 10 on the kicking team among other unfavorable ST formations.

  3. Avatar for PF4L PF4L says:
    8 years ago

    I’d be remiss if i didn’t mention what a great job that Shawn is doing filling in for Monty while he recovers from gender reassignment surgery.

    Keep up the good work Shawn.

  4. Avatar for pastordad pastordad says:
    8 years ago

    Still hoping that KUUUHHHNNN!! Gets picked back up

  5. Avatar for PF4L PF4L says:
    8 years ago

    Sean Richardson to remain a Packer.

    Article coming soon.

  6. Avatar for Phatgzus Phatgzus says:
    8 years ago

    @PF4L

    LMAO

  7. Avatar for Carlos Goodman Carlos Goodman says:
    8 years ago

    Dorsey is a Patriot.

  8. Avatar for nurseratchett@work [email protected] says:
    8 years ago

    Monty’s a little better at the snark which is one of my favorite parts of this page. To get timely team info, I don’t come here–obviously…. Kuhn & RIchardson’s status was determined before this was posted, & Dorsey signed with the Patriots in February.

    Sorry Shawn! Nuttin but love for you tho!

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