Green Bay Packers add tight end to roster on Monday
With the 2021 season in the rearview mirror, the Green Bay Packers are looking ahead to 2022. On Monday, the Packers signed former Notre Dame tight end Alize Mack to a reserve/futures contract.
Mack, a 6-foot-4, 251-pound tight end, originally went No. 231 overall in the seventh round to the New Orleans Saints in the 2019 NFL Draft. His time in Louisiana was brief, as he headed to the practice squads for the Steelers and Chiefs in 2019 as well. In 2021, Mack was on the practice squad for the Detroit Lions.
In four seasons at Notre Dame from 2015 to 2018, Mack posted 68 receptions for 716 yards (10.5 avg) and four touchdowns. He has yet to see the field in the NFL.
Alize Mack is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, where he attended Bishop Gorman High School. He was the top tight end in the country in the 2015 signing class.
The Packers’ tight end room thinned out throughout the season. They lost Robert Tonyan for the season with a torn ACL and they cut Jace Sternberger after a two-game suspension.
Packers expected to hire new special teams coach
The Green Bay Packers had special teams issues throughout the season. Now, the team is bringing in a strong name to oversee the unit moving forward. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Packers are hiring Rich Bisaccia as the team’s new special team’s coach.
“The #Packers are expected to hire former #Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia as their new special teams coach, sources say,” Rapoport tweeted.
“The unit was an issue in GB last year, and coach Matt LaFleur goes a long way toward fixing it. Bisaccia is universally respected.”
Bisaccia is a widely respected special teams coach of many years. However, he made a name for himself this past season as the Las Vegas Raiders’ interim head coach following Jon Gruden exiting. He did a great job at settling what could have turned into a rocky situation for the Raiders, and he went 7-5 in his 12 games at the helm. The Raiders made the playoffs as a wild card team, losing to the Cincinnati Bengals in the Wild Card Round.
Bisaccia began his coaching career back in 1983, and he spent nearly 20 years coaching in the college ranks. In 2002, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired him as special teams coordinator, and he has been in the NFL ever since.
Bisaccia also has extensive experience as an assistant head coach. He was with the Raiders since 2018.
On3’s Jonathan Wagner contributed to this report.