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@Herschel posted:

The curse of Ron Zook returns.

From Peter King last Monday

7. I think I made a big deal about the Packers’ addition of Rich Bisaccia as special-teams coordinator before the season. They paid him a reported $2-million-a-year, the highest salary ever paid to a special-teams coach, in the wake of their poor play in the kicking game last year, including the blocked punt returned for a touchdown in the narrow playoff loss to San Francisco. So let’s see Bisaccia’s impact though 15 weeks compared to last year’s group through the full season.

  • Kick returns. Much improved, from 30th last year (17.7 per return) to 10th this year, six yards per return better.
  • Punt returns. One yard better this year, from 8.0 to 9.0 yards per return.
  • Opponents’ kick returns. Two yards worse this year, at 23.5 yards per runback.
  • Opponents’ punt returns. Slightly worse: 9.5 yards per return last year, 10.0 this year.
  • Net punt: 41.9 yards last year, 39.6 this year. Not great, but there is a plus: Pat O’Donnell has just one touchback, versus 23 placed inside the 20-yard line. The Pack, however, did not have a punt blocked in the regular season last year, and O’Donnell had one blocked this year. Deflected actually, against Baltimore. And he has faced consistent pressure to avoid others.

Conclusion: Where’s the great impact of Rich Bisaccia? Overall, the Pack is slightly better in the kicking game this year, but it hasn’t been the overhaul the franchise had hoped for.

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