It's the unit to which no one gives much thought, until it begins performing poorly—and as the Green Bay Packers' 2015 NFL preseason comes to a close, its special teams is getting a lot of thought.
Head coach Mike McCarthy relinquished play-calling duties to associate head coach Tom Clements this offseason in part to focus more on the general picture of the game, including offense and defense but especially special teams.
The unit finished dead last in the league in 2014, per the annual Dallas Morning News rankings.
Green Bay made a number of moves to ensure that didn't happen again, from McCarthy giving up play-calling to firing former special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum and promoting his assistant, Ron Zook, drafting players who could make the return game more dynamic and bringing in competition at punter for Tim Masthay in training camp (punter Cody Mandell was ultimately cut).