GREEN BAY, Wis. – There’s a lot of pressure on Green Bay Packers punter Pat O’Donnell to help win the field-position battle given the struggles of the offense and defense.
Literally and figuratively.
According to the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, O’Donnell has been pressured on 23.5 percent of his punts this season. That’s the highest rate in the NFL by a relatively large margin over the last five years, and significantly higher than any other punter this year (Tennessee’s Ryan Stonehouse, 17.1 percent).
Special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia, however, didn’t see the pressure as a problem.