Green Bay defensive coordinator Mike Pettine won't return to the team next season and special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga has been fired after the Packers' second straight NFC championship game loss last Sunday. The Packers said in an announcement late Friday afternoon that Pettine would not be back next season. ESPN reported that Pettine's contract expired at the end of this season.
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Ryan Ficken Promoted to Vikings Special Teams Coordinator
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Per Tom Pelissero, the Vikings will promote assistant special teams coach Ryan Ficken to Special Teams Coordinator, replacing the departed Marwan Maalouf.
The #Vikings are promoting Ryan Ficken to special teams coordinator, source said.
Not unlike Kevin Stefanski’s rise, Ficken had been an assistant coach for 14 seasons in Minnesota, working with multiple positions under three head coaches. Now, he gets his shot to run the room. Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 28, 2021
As Pelissero points out, Ficken has been with the Vikings for 14 years, the last 8 as assistant special teams coach. Prior to that, he was assistant WR coach from 2009-2012, and assistant RB coach in 2007-2008.
Despite quick playoff exit, Washington fans believe in the future; NFC East rival fans not so much
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Vince Lombardi famously said that “winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”. Well, the Washington Football Team didn’t do a lot of winning this season; they finished 7-9, but at the top of the NFC East, and were bounced from the playoffs on the first Saturday of play. But fans have responded to the team and its direction. Ron Rivera and Alex Smith have provided ‘feel good’ stories through their respective battles against the coach’s early-summer diagnosis of cancer and the quarterback’s 2018 leg injury and subsequent infections that required a reported 17 surgeries. Watching the team mount a comeback in Week 1 against an Eagles team that was expected to compete for a playoff spot promoted early optimism that soon faded as the losses mounted, but by mid-season, with a couple of quarterback changes, there was a sense that the te
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Spent two years in the position
January 5, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Vikings are making a change..Head coach Mike Zimmer confirmed special teams coordinator Marwan Maalouf’s contract will be not be renewed.
The unit struggled all season finishing 21st in the league. Out of 32 teams, the Vikes were 30th in field goal percentage , 31st in field goals made, 29th in punt return yards allowed, 30th in punt return yards and 43.5 yards per punt averaged was third worst.
Maalouf held the position since 2018 who took over when Mike Priefer left for Cleveland.