Packers special teams coordinator Maurice Drayton out after season-ending fiasco in playoff loss.
Drayton spent three seasons with the Packers as an assistant to Ron Zook and Shawn Mennenga before being promoted to special teams coordinator last year. LaFleur fired Mennenga after two years and had been impressed with Drayton, who was a candidate for the job when LaFleur was hired.
Wirtel was a slightly better snapper, but he was not as stout as Bradley at the line of scrimmage and the 49ers took advantage of it with linebacker Jordan Willis blasting past him for the blocked punt. However, in the playoff game, LaFleur and his staff chose not to bring Moore up from the practice squad. They also chose to keep safety Shawn Davis, one of Drayton’s better special-teams players, inactive. LaFleur will be on the hunt for a veteran special teams coach who can turn the unit around immediately. He lost out on a chance to hire Chicago Bears special teams coach Chris Tabor, who went to Carolina, but may be able to grab someone who is in limbo because of a head-coaching change.