The Packers beat the Chicago Bears last night despite a nightmare performance from the Green Bay special teams units.
In the first half alone, the Packers surrendered a 97-yard punt return for a touchdown by Jakeem Grant, as well as and additional 34-yard punt return and two kickoff returns of 40 or more yards. Overall, the Bears finished with 259 return yards on five kickoff and three punt returns.
Making matters worse, kicker Mason Crosby also booted a kickoff out of bounds and kickoff returner Malik Taylor muffed a kick return out of bounds at his own five-yard line.
Despite the miscues, Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur said first-year special teams coordinator Maurice Drayton is not in jeopardy of losing his job.
Matt LaFleur says a change at special teams coordinator is “absolutely not” a possibility.
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) December 13, 2021
“We’ve got to continue to work,” LaFleur said, via Packer Central. “We’ve got to look at the tape, we’ve got to get things corrected. I’ll be the first to tell you that, yeah, is there some things that we have to clean up as coaches? No doubt about it. But we’ve got to execute better, as well.”
For Green Bay’s sake, they had better hope last night was the nadir for the special teams units. There’s only four regular season games left and then the postseason.
Special teams mistakes at this point in the year can have massive consequences.
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