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Packers "Vetting" Rookie Kylin Hill as Kick Return Candidate

New special teams coordinator Maurice Drayton has a tall task in front of him of trying to revitalize this Green Bay Packers special teams unit.

Overall, Rick Gosselin of Sports Illustrated, who comes out with his yearly special teams rankings, listed the 2020 Packers unit 29th out of the 32 NFL teams. Pro Football Focus wasn't any better, with Green Bay's special teams unit also ranking 29th by their metrics.

Pretty much every facet of this special teams group has to improve, and that goes for the kick return unit as well. Last season, with Darrius Shepherd, Tyler Ervin, and Malik Taylor taking a bulk of the return attempts, the Packers 18.