3 special teams free agents Packers should re-sign in 2023
The Green Bay Packers have work to do on their salary cap before they can even think about re-signing their own players. The good news is there is a path to create cap space this season, even if it continues to kick their salary cap bill down the road.
Green Bay placed an increased emphasis on their special teams following the 2021 season when their third unit cost them a chance to advance to the NFC Championship game. Amazingly, it took a disaster of a season for the franchise to finally begin paying attention to this third phase.
Rich Bisaccia should return as the coordinator, giving them hope they can build off the momentum they created in 2022. They should also re-sign these three key players to ensure their units don’t plummet back to the bottom of the NFL.
The Green Bay Packers have several key players hitting free agency this offseason, but should ensure they re-sign these three special teams players.
Dallin Leavitt
Leavitt is mad, often flying around the field with reckless abandon. The only thing he cares about less than his body is your body. This fearlessness helps him on special teams units where he not only played on the coverage units, but on the return units as well. He’s a nice sparkplug to have out there.
Eric Wilson
Other guys got a lot more attention for their special teams work (Leavitt and Rudy Ford), but Wilson was probably the best tackler Green Bay had out there. He accrued 12 total special teams tackles from Week 8 on and didn’t have a single miss. The Packers may have found something with him.
Keisean Nixon
Nixon changed the game for the Packers when he emerged as a legitimate kick-returning threat following the release of Amari Rodgers. Nixon routinely set the offense up with plus field position, giving them plenty of momentum before they even took the field.
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He’ll be looking for a significant pay increase next season, but Green Bay should do what it takes to make it happen. Head coach Matt LaFleur should also experiment with him in the Tyler Ervin role as someone who can take a jet sweep on offense.