Although coach Mike McCarthy hasn’t made anything official, Jason Wilde has suggested special teams coach Ron Zook alluded to that hierarchy on Wednesday. And that really should be no surprise.
Yes, Randall Cobb did express interest in returning punts once again, but, as we’ve detailed, Hyde is the much better option. He has three punt returns for touchdowns in the past two seasons and a substantially higher career average than Cobb.
As for kicks, it has seemed obvious since the Packers selected Montgomery in the third round that he would be the kick return guy.