News

Packers expected to promote Zook to special teams coach

Published

10 years ago

February 4, 2015

The Green Bay Packers are expected to promote Ron Zook to special teams coordinator, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Zook served as an assistant special teams coach this past season with Green Bay under Shawn Slocum, who was fired last week.

Zook was a longtime college assistant before taking his first NFL job as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ special teams coordinator from 1996-1998.

Zook also was the Kansas City Chiefs’ defensive backs coach (1999) and New Orleans Saints’ defensive coordinator (2000-01). Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was on the Saints’ staff with Zook as offensive coordinator.

Zook, 60, returned to the college game to be the head coach of Florida from 2002-2004 and Illinois from 2005-2011. He took two years off from coaching before taking the assistant special teams coaching job with Green Bay in 2014.

The Packers finished 32nd in overall special teams performance in 2014 based on The Dallas Morning News’ annual rankings.

News

Broncos holding their breath on Derek Wolfe

Published

7 years ago

August 12, 2017

Football Insiders

Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]

Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

News

Buccaneers admit mistake, boot Aguayo

Published

7 years ago

August 12, 2017

Football Insiders

In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]

Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

News

Did Bucs put too much pressure on Aguayo?

Published

7 years ago

August 12, 2017

Football Insiders

After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]

Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk