PALM BEACH, Fla. - Although Rich Bisaccia was hired to fix the Green Bay Packers' moribund special teams, Matt LaFleur believes his new coordinator will benefit his team beyond punting, kicking and returning.
Bisaccia, one of the NFL’s most revered assistant coaches, has already made his mark on the Packers’ personnel. General manager Brian Gutekunst signed kicker Dominik Eberle, who spent last season as a rookie on the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad with Bisaccia, and special-teams veteran Keisean Nixon on the new coordinator’s suggestion.
“I would say that there’s definitely been a pretty good collaboration there,” LaFleur said, “in terms of just getting his opinion.