Tyler Goodson Had Himself A Night

[HuckFinn]

Packers kept two RB’s in the 53. TG and one other guy on the practice squad Are RB. Hmm.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Packers kept two RB’s in the 53. TG and one other guy on the practice squad Are RB. Hmm.

That's kind of risky. I know they bring bring someone up from the practice squad if needed, but what if you get both injured in the same game, which totally can happen.

 

[CP87]

I'm pretty certain this is what they are taught to do. This is a pretty standard rule for risk vs reward. If you are at the 10 and you see it going over your head, you let it go. The problem is they are not being aware where they are actually on the field when moving, such as laterally to field it. I think they may not realize where they are.

When fielding a punt from around the 50 and closer, it is standard for the punt returner to plant himself on the 10, so that he knows that is the threshold and knows where he is on the field. Anything ahead of you either field it or make a fair catch. Anything longer than that, let it go to take the chance for a touch back. If the punter has a high hang time of like 4.3-4.7, then you can presume the coverage team will be down there breathing on you, let it go and hope it goes into the end-zone.

That used to be hard and fast, but I think coaches/returners have gotten more nuanced. If the opposing team is kicking from their side of the field, and the punter booms it such that you would have to field it inside the 10, you let that puppy go. Momentum is likely to carry it into the endzone, and the coverage is nowhere near the play to down it.

But if the opposing team has the ball on your 40 yard line, and the punter skies one that is coming down at the 8, and there are 2 coverage guys behind you ready to kill it at the 6 inch line, then you fair catch that bad boy. It sucks to start a drive from the 8, but that is light-years better than starting it at the 1.

 

[Northside Hawk]

My main pet peave with punt returners is when they backup inside the 10 to field one. I'd rather just roll the dice on where it bounces from there then the benefit of trying to field one there. That's just the KF in me I suppose.

And of course kick returners pulling what Parker did in the bowl game. Fielding it close to the sidelines going out of bounds with it on those is as big of a no-no as there is.

Or pulling a 2018 Wisconsin Shaun Beyer. Biggest bone head play of the Ferentz era and it probably cost us the game. What was a D-1 athlete thinking there?

I don't want to hear one iota of defense for what he did. He saw the ball on the ground before he turned his back to it. Amani Hooker saw it and got as far away from it as he could.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Or pulling a 2018 Wisconsin Shaun Beyer. Biggest bone head play of the Ferentz era and it probably cost us the game. What was a D-1 athlete thinking there?

I don't want to hear one iota of defense for what he did. He saw the ball on the ground before he turned his back to it. Amani Hooker saw it and got as far away from it as he could.

Amen It absolutely cost us that game.... How pissed must the coaches have been at that? I mean you coach em up on the rules and what you expect them to do. But the games go fast and it's not like you can just reiterate everything to them before the play. If this happens don't do this... They just need to know it. Then again they aren't pros either and the ball will take some silly bounces sometimes.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

That used to be hard and fast, but I think coaches/returners have gotten more nuanced. If the opposing team is kicking from their side of the field, and the punter booms it such that you would have to field it inside the 10, you let that puppy go. Momentum is likely to carry it into the endzone, and the coverage is nowhere near the play to down it.

But if the opposing team has the ball on your 40 yard line, and the punter skies one that is coming down at the 8, and there are 2 coverage guys behind you ready to kill it at the 6 inch line, then you fair catch that bad boy. It sucks to start a drive from the 8, but that is light-years better than starting it at the 1.

Yes, it's a read, but I couldn't go thru every single scenario a punter might experience.

 

[CP87]

Yes, it's a read, but I couldn't go thru every single scenario a punter might experience.

Of course. I just recoil from the NEVER field inside of the 10...I think there are some scenarios where you do.