PACKERS DUMP REST OF DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF, EXCEPT MOSS

A day after firing defensive coordinator Bob Sanders and three days after special teams coordinator Mike Stock “retired,” the Packers reportedly have scuttled the rest of their defensive coaching staff. Per NFP, all defensive assistants except assistant head coach/linebackers coach Winston Moss have been fired. Gone, then, are defensive ends coach Carl Hairston, defensive tackles coach Robert Nunn, secondary coach Kurt Schottenheimer, cornerbacks/nickel package coach Lionel Washington, and quality control assistant Joe Whitt, Jr. It also has been rumored that offensive line coach James Campen could be in trouble. The moves are somewhat stunning, given the team’s 13-3 record from 2007. But someone has to be held accountable for the collapse in 2008, and since coach Mike McCarthy and G.M. Ted Thompson don’t seem to be in trouble for their handling of the Brett Favre fiasco and the dark cloud it cast over the season, someone(s) else had to take the fall.