For the worst two special teams units in the NFL, promoting from within seems to be the thing to do.
Following the lead of the Panthers promoting assistant special teams coach Bruce DeHaven, it appears the Packers will be doing the same with Ron Zook.
According to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Zook is the front-runner to replace fired special teams coach Shawn Slocum, with one candidate already informed that Mike McCarthy plans to fill the job from within.
Zook and McCarthy worked together with the Saints in 2000 and 2001, so they have plenty of background.
The Packers were next-to-last in the league in the special teams rankings compiled by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News, one spot ahead of Carolina.
