We needed the ball at that time to drain the clock on offense. We didn't need an extra 10 yards as badly as we needed absolute risk free possession. I'm pretty certain he was under orders to fair catch the punt if it wasn't close to the sidelines.
Maybe, which just goes to my point. If you don't have someone back there that has a green light to do something with that punt, keep looking for one. 3 blockers, 1 defender, nothing but space. Had an easy 10 to outside the 20 and step OB. Or break it back and give yourself up before you hit that first wave of defenders. There are plenty of ways to turn that perfect scenario into decent field position without taking any big risks.
And when amari fumble Rodgers starts looking like Hester on the rest of his returns maybe I won’t say anything.
Fair point. Although the more I think about it, Packers’ ball, just under 6 minutes left, 8 point lead, risky returner. It all adds up to a fair catch
I know. Every time I see him line up for a punt return I’m like, WTF! No! I can’t believe this will go on for long.
I’m surprised Bisaccia is putting up with this. Well, there may be no other options. But the Packers have a shot at a SB. STs is playing better. If possible trade to get a returner. Easier said than done……
Well it's fine if it takes time to develop some guys. In turn though, they need to show progress. IMO Rodgers has shown nothing.Like a wise man said, "get 'em good or get 'em gone" he's not a wide eyed rookie. This is year 2. If he can't handle this in a week 3 match up, I want to know before we get to the money games in December and Jan and Feb.
It's sink or swim time. You can only protect a guy from himself for so long and to me, that's what giving him a "fair catch only" would be doing.
Maybe they think just bringing along slowly and building bits of confidence is what is going to get him there. I do trust our guys in charge, but I don't always like it
This is so true. The season in which the Packers won SB 1 the Packers lowest man on the totem pole was a player named Red Mack. He played ST and only saw the field a few other times that season. After the SB he thanked Lombardi for letting him be a member of the team. Lombardi told him not to thank him. " You would not be a member of this team if you did not deserve to be here. "
He was. No turnovers. If it was not for the penalty in the end zone he had a solid punt return which could have brought us precious points and avoided the game ending drama.
Yeah that turned out to be like a 30 or 40 yard penalty. The first return already had the Packers in FG range. Oh well, they still won. On to the Patriots - at home.
Maybe I've missed something, but he has two good returns. A 20 yard punt return against the Bears, and a great return against the Bucs negated by penalty. He looked great on that return, but it was one return. Beyond that, he fair catches a lot and doesn't show much ability to get upfield more than about 5 yards.
Thanks very much. Much better to have stats.
Gotcha. Yeah I mean overall he just doesn't look comfortable on the field. I have no doubt he was a very good college player or he wouldn't have gone in the 3rd round. Some guys just can't make the jump. Well, they're young, barely 20 years old in most cases. I kinda remember what it was like being 20. Like most, I had a helluva lot to learn.
I thought it was worth the block effort. That short of a snap makes it very hard to punt effectively. Would have loved to see that ball go out of the back of the end zone for 2 points.
I don’t care as much about 1 return. I want to see a guy clip a double digit average, either that or score. He said 13th or better (if he included the 30 yard return) so I’m not sure how you equate him average or worse. 11.9 average would put him as one of the best PR leaguewide (albeit in limited) and there’s 32 teams so how is 13th below average?
I’m not sure why I wrote that?
He's 13th after 3 games. Last year for a full season he was 36th, which you don't mention. 3 is not an adequate sample size. I'm just saying, he's a below average returner who does nothing on offense. Nothing. He's still in GB because he was a third round pick. And he doesn't pass the eye test. There is nothing special about the way he runs. He doesn't even follow his blocks well. Finally, he's done nothing to establish trade value - not even for a 7th round conditional pick.I don’t care as much about 1 return. I want to see a guy clip a double digit average, either that or score. He said 13th or better (if he included the 30 yard return) so I’m not sure how you equate him average or worse. 11.9 average would put him as one of the best PR leaguewide (albeit in limited) and there’s 32 teams so how is 13th below average?
As for the offense, what do you see that suggests he should take any snaps on O?
When I said I’d like to see him get more time in the offense, I meant I’d like to see more usage than just Returner. He’s a 3rd rounder and he’s in year 2 (albeit early) and should be able to handle an increased workload in O sub packages. Actually I thought he looked pretty good both in camp and PS, I’m not sure if he spit in someone’s face or what.
I’m not sure why I wrote that?
I had to reread it 3 times because it made zero sense to me also. Lol.
I’ve never even seen him block I don’t even know why I write that it’s like I was discussing another player. You’re exactly right Retract that last part about blocking it’s like I went mentally rogue. It’s pretty bad when I disagree with something I posted myself!
