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Zach Kruse

Former Packers special teams coach Maurice Drayton hired by Raiders

Former Green Bay Packers special teams coach Maurice Drayton joined Josh McDaniels’ first coaching staff with the Las Vegas Raiders.

Drayton, who coordinated the Packers special teams for one disastrous season in 2021, was hired as the Raiders assistant special teams coach under coordinator Tom McMahon.

The Packers fired Drayton following a stunning playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers and hired Rich Bisaccia, the Raiders special teams coordinator and interim head coach last season.

Green Bay’s special teams were a disaster for much of Drayton’s only season as coordinator. In the playoff loss, the Packers had a field goal and punt blocked. The hope is Bisaccia, one of the most well-respected coordinators in football, can turn the third phase around for the Packers in 2022.

LaFleur called hiring Bisaccia a “big-time win” for the Packers.

Meanwhile, Drayton will get a second chance in Las Vegas.

He spent four seasons in Green Bay, including three as an assistant. He took over the coordinator job after LaFleur fired Shawn Mennenga following the 2020 season.

Drayton joins several former Packers coaches on the staff. Former Packers linebackers coach Patrick Graham is the Raiders defensive coordinator, and he brought former Packers secondary coach Jason Simmons with him. Long-time Packers running back and assistant coach Edgar Bennet was retained on McDaniels’ offensive staff as the wide receivers coach.

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