The Green Bay Packers have proven incapable of fielding competent special teams units.
For the third straight season, the Packers have exited the playoffs questioning their special teams execution. Head Coach Matt LaFleur has been the target of much of the criticism following their season-ending defeat to the Chicago Bears.
LaFleur is expected to return for the 2026 season, but he will need to make drastic coaching moves to regain the trust of Packer fans. Special Teams Coordinator Rich Bisaccia must be the first name on the chopping block.
Results Matter
Bisaccia came to Green Bay to shore up a special teams unit that imploded in a 2021 playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Bisaccia has failed to improve the Packers’ special teams performance in any meaningful way. The 2025 Packers ended the season with a bottom-three-ranked special teams unit.
Poor rankings aside, the Packers can point to critical special teams errors in four losses this season. Blocked kicks in Cleveland and Dallas cost the Packers wins. A failure to field an onside kick led to a Bears Week 16 victory. On Saturday, Bisaccia’s unit left seven points’ worth of missed kicks on the board.
Bisaccia is the highest-paid special teams coordinator in the NFL. His performance does not reflect that level of compensation.
Change is the Only Option
LaFleur has all eyes on him after faltering a 15-point fourth-quarter lead to end the season. The only thing LaFleur can’t do is maintain the status quo. LaFleur remained non-committal to Bisaccia, stating simply: “just going through everything, having the conversations with all our coaches, and then we’ll determine all that”.
LaFleur has any option on the table except Bisaccia. The Green Bay community has watched the Packers’ special teams give away too many games under Bisaccia to continue this relationship. Green Bay needs Bisaccia to be the scapegoat if LaFleur expects to be taken seriously.
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