Matt LaFleur and the Green Bay Packers have their guy.
According to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, the Packers are hiring Cam Achord, who spent the last two years with the Giants as the team’s assistant special teams coach, as their next special teams coordinator, stepping in after Rich Bisaccia’s February 17th resignation. Green Bay cast a wide net. Per Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber, the Packers lined up seven candidates. One (Matthew Smiley) bolted for the college ranks before the Pack could even get him in the building. Four advanced to in-person interviews. Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the Packers brought in one candidate per day from Tuesday through Friday — and Achord had the final word. Last in the building, first in the job. Other candidates included Kyle Wilber (Saints), Colt Anderson (49ers), Tom McMahon, Sam Sewell (Cardinals) and Devin Fitzsimmons (Seahawks). But when the dust settled, it was Achord getting the nod.
Before New York, Achord spent six years coaching special teams for the New England Patriots, first as assistant special teams coach from 2018-19 and then as the special teams coordinator from 2020-23.
Now the real question: can he stabilize a unit that’s been anything but stable? From protection breakdowns to return-game roulette, special teams have swung games in Green Bay — often in the wrong direction.
New voice. New approach. Same expectation: fix it.
Good luck.