Green Bay — The scarring special teams debacles of the 2014 NFC Championship Game represented the nadir of a unit whose season-long performance fluctuated between putrid and abominable. Led by coordinator Shawn Slocum, the Green Bay Packers ranked 31st in kickoff returns, 31st in net punting and led the league in blocked kicks allowed with seven.
When the year ended after a soul-crushing loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Packers checked in as the worst special teams unit in the National Football League, according to annual rankings compiled by The Dallas Morning News, and Slocum was quickly fired.