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Packers' special teams still a work in progress

The Green Bay Packers special teams unit is still having issues.

In Friday’s preseason game against the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay had 12 men on the field for a punt return during the third quarter. Then, on the following punt return, only 10 men were on the field.

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These kinds of mental mistakes were a common occurrence for one of the worst special teams units in history last season when the 2021 Packers finished dead last in Rich Gosselin’s annual special teams rankings.

A dismal year led to the firing of Maurice Drayton after just one season.