GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers play their preseason finale on Thursday at 6 p.m. local time against the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field. Here are a couple of things to watch for during the game:

Why watch: Nearly eight months after a special-teams gaffe cost the Packers the NFC Championship Game, it doesn't look like much has changed in that department. This is the last chance for new special teams coordinator Ron Zook to get it right before the opener against the Chicago Bears. The last outing, Saturday's preseason loss to the Eagles, was a special-teams debacle. Zook's units were called for eight penalties, allowed a 67-yard kickoff return to start the game and couldn't even get the right number of players on the field all the time. Maybe you chalk it up to the inherent difficulty of preseason games with players going in and out of the lineup, as Zook, in part, suggested, but it's a trouble sign for a part of the team that needed improvement. Perhaps the most embarrassing sequence came on a second-quarter punt return when the Packers were penalized for having 12 players on the field. On the re-kick, they had only 10 on the field. "Well, you'd rather it not happen," GM Ted Thompson said of the special-teams penalties. "I'm down on the sideline much of the time, and I have been this year. Special teams during the preseason is chaos because you're not managing a group of 13 [players] for 11 [spots]. You're managing a group of 28 for 11. That's no easy task, but we'd rather it not happen."

Did you know: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers hasn't played in the preseason finale since 2012, and it's possible coach Mike McCarthy might not play a single offensive starter against the Saints. It's unlikely any of the starting offensive linemen or running back Eddie Lacy will play. Receiver Randall Cobb (shoulder) won't play, and it would be a surprise if Davante Adams plays, given that McCarthy pulled him out of Saturday's game as soon as Cobb got hurt. Some of the defensive starters could see action given that the Packers couldn't stop the Eagles, who scored 39 first-half points on Saturday. McCarthy and defensive coordinator Dom Capers may want to give them some more work.