Green Bay Packers punter Corey Bojorquez (7) tau txais punt thaiv thaum NFC Divisional playoff … [+]
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Qhov no yog cuaj zaj dab neeg nyob rau hauv ib series tshuaj xyuas Green Bay cov chaw ua haujlwm pab pawg. Thawj yim ntu yog nyob rau:
Muaj 2,086 punts hauv NFL thaum lub caij 2021 ib txwm muaj. Ntawm cov ntawd tsuas yog 10 raug thaiv - lossis 0.48%.
No. 11 tuaj nyob rau lub caij nplooj zeeg - thiab nws yog ib lub tebchaws Packer yuav tsis hnov qab.
Tsuas yog 4 feeb, 41 vib nas this tseem nyob hauv Lub Ib Hlis NFC Divisional playoff game ntawm Lambeau Field. Txawm hais tias muaj kev ua si nyuaj los ntawm Aaron Rodgers-coj kev ua txhaum, Packers 'kev tiv thaiv tau zoo heev thiab lawv coj San Francisco, 10-3.
Nrog cov Packers ntsib plaub-thiab-19 los ntawm lawv tus kheej 12, punter Corey Bojorquez sawv 2 yards tob hauv nws tus kheej qhov kawg. San Francisco tiv thaiv lineman Jordan Willis overpowered ntev snapper Steven Wirtel thiab thaiv lub punt nrog nws sab laug tes. Kev nyab xeeb Talanoa Hufanga rov qab los ntawm 7-yard kab thiab sib tw mus rau qhov kawg kom khi qhov kev ua si.
Minutes tom qab, Robbie Gould ncaws tawm lub hom phiaj kev ua si-yeej thiab 49ers rub tawm 13-10 chim siab.
"Koj tuaj yeem sib cav qhov ntawd yog qhov sib txawv hauv qhov kev ua si," Packers tus kws qhia Matt LaFleur tau hais tom qab ntawm qhov thaiv punt. "Kuv xav tias nws yog ntau tshaj li qhov kev ua si ... tab sis nws pom tseeb ua ib feem loj hauv peb los luv luv."
Txhua tus neeg uas saib Green Bay cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb hauv xyoo 2021 tau nkag siab txog theem ntawm kev tsis zoo no tsuas yog sib npaug rau chav kawm. Cov Packers tiav 32nd - tuag kawg - hauv pab pawg tshwj xeeb qeb duas los ntawm NFL tus kws sau ntawv Rick Gosselin ntev.
Qhov ntawd tau cim lub sijhawm thib tsib txij li xyoo 2005 uas Green Bay ua tiav nyob rau hauv pab pawg tshwj xeeb qeb duas. Cov Packers kuj ua tiav ntawm 26th thiab 31st rau lwm lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv uas stretch thiab muaj qhov nruab nrab qeb ntawm 25th, uas yog qhov phem tshaj plaws hauv football.
Tom qab sim hais txog qhov mob ntawm lub mos txwv nrog Band-Aid rau ze li ob xyoo lawm, Green Bay thaum kawg hu ua tus kws phais mob lub caij so no.
LaFleur ntiav Rich Bisaccia - ib qho ntawm NFL tus kws qhia tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws hauv ob lub xyoo dhau los - los ntxuav Green Bay qhov kev ntxhov siab loj heev. Cov Packers kuj tau ua Bisaccia NFL tus kws tshaj lij pab pawg tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws, nrog cov nyiaj hli nruab nrab ntawm $ 2 lab.
Txawm hais tias Bisaccia tuaj yeem kho qhov teeb meem uas nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm peb tus kws qhia lub taub hau thiab tsib pab pawg tshwj xeeb tus neeg saib xyuas tuaj yeem mus ntev mus rau kev txiav txim siab yuav ua li cas Green Bay lub caij 2022 mus.
"Kuv xav tias yog tias koj nug cov kws qhia thoob plaws hauv pab koomtes, nws tau suav tias yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev lag luam," LaFleur hais ntawm Bisaccia. “Txhua lub sijhawm koj tuaj yeem tau txais ib tug txiv neej zoo li ntawd, qhov ntawd yog lub sijhawm yeej loj rau peb. Thaum kawg, peb txhua tus yuav tsum tawm mus thiab ua. Tab sis tsuas yog nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm lub xub ntiag nws coj, thiab kev paub nws coj, thiab kev coj noj coj ua nws coj, nws yeej yuav muaj txiaj ntsig rau peb. "
Tsis muaj lus nug Bisaccia, 62, muaj cov ntaub ntawv taug qab kom tau txais cov khoom tig mus.
Bisaccia tau ua ib pab neeg tshwj xeeb hauv 20 xyoo dhau los, 11 ntawm nws kuj yog tus pab qhia tus thawj coj lossis tus thawj coj. Hauv yim ntawm 20 lub caij, Bisaccia cov chav ua tiav nyob rau saum-10 ntawm Gosselin cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb.
Bisaccia yog Tampa Bay tus neeg saib xyuas los ntawm 2002-2010 thiab Buccaneers ua tiav nyob rau saum toj-10 plaub zaug, nrog rau cov dej siab ntawm No. 2 hauv 2009. Nws tom qab ntawd siv ob xyoos hauv San Diego (ib qho saum toj-10 tiav) thiab tsib hauv Dallas (peb sab saum toj-10s).
Bisaccia tom qab ntawd qhia Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders txij li xyoo 2018, qhov twg nws cov chav nyob qib 11 hauv 2021, 16th hauv 2020, 25th hauv 2019 thiab 19th hauv 2018. Bisaccia kuj yog tus thawj coj hauv Las Vegas qhov kawg 12 kev ua si ntawm 2021. Raiders mus rau 7-5 cim.
Thaum Bisaccia's Raiders yog nruab nrab hauv pab pawg tshwj xeeb nrog qhov nruab nrab ntawm 17.8, qhov zoo tib yam yuav yog Vajtswv xa hauv Green Bay.
Ua ntej Green Bay poob rau San Francisco, Rodgers tau hais tias, "Peb tsuas yog xav ua si txawm tias (hauv pab pawg tshwj xeeb). Ua qee qhov kev ua si, hom kev ntxuav hauv pab pawg tshwj xeeb. Qhov ntawd yuav zoo. "
Tau kawg, qhov nruab nrab tsis yog qhov Bisaccia yuav raug tua rau.
Bisaccia tau hais tias "Koj tuaj yeem saib ib puag ncig thiab muaj ntau qhov kev ua si uas ua rau koj qhov kev ua si puas tsuaj, thiab muaj ntau qhov kev ua si uas txhawb koj qhov kev ua txhaum lossis koj tiv thaiv hauv kev ua si," Bisaccia hais. "Yog li kuv xav tias ib zaug peb txhua tus tuaj yeem nkag siab txog kev xav ib leeg, qhov peb tab tom sim nkag mus rau lawv, lawv tuaj yeem cuam tshuam qhov kev ua si zoo thiab tsis zoo, Kuv xav tias tej zaum peb yuav pib ua tiav qee yam ntawm no."
Yuav kom qhov no tshwm sim, ntau yuav tsum tau hloov. Cov npe suav nrog:
• Mason Crosby: Packers 'txhua lub sijhawm ua tus ntaus qhab nia ua tsuas yog 73.5% ntawm nws lub hom phiaj ua haujlwm (25 ntawm 34) xyoo tas los, lub caij nyoog txom nyem thib ob ntawm nws txoj haujlwm 15 xyoo. Crosby kuj tseem muaj lub hom phiaj thaiv hauv Green Bay qhov kev ua si poob.
Cov Packers ' snapping thiab tuav tau subpar, txhais tau tias tag nrho cov haujlwm yuav tsum txhim kho. Tab sis Crosby, uas muaj hnub nyoog 38 xyoo hauv lub Cuaj Hli thiab tab tom nkag mus rau xyoo kawg ntawm nws daim ntawv cog lus, yuav ncaws tawm rau nws lub caij ntuj no yav tom ntej.
Crosby hais tias "Kuv tsis xav tias koj puas tau yaug qee yam," Crosby hais txog nws qhov kev sib tw 2021. "Yog tias koj tsis kawm los ntawm nws thiab xyuas kom koj txuas ntxiv txhim kho yam tsis zoo thiab txhim kho yam uas ua tau zoo, ces cov khoom yuav rov ua dua nws tus kheej."
• Rov qab ua si: Green Bay nruab nrab ntawm qhov nruab nrab ntawm 17.7 yards ib qho kev ncaws pob rov qab, nws qhov qis tshaj plaws txij li lub xyoo tawm tsam xyoo 1987. Ntawm qhov ntxeev sab, Cov Packers tau tso cai 25.7 yards ib zaug rov qab - qhov nruab nrab ntawm rho tawm-8.0 yards, qhov phem tshaj plaws hauv kev ncaws pob.
Cov Packers tau nthuav dav Amari Rodgers nyob rau hauv qhov thib peb puag ncig ntawm 2021 tsab ntawv, vam tias yuav muab lawv cov khoom rov qab rau qee lub neej. Hloov chaw, Rodgers tau hnyav dhau thiab qhov nruab nrab tsuas yog 18.1 yards ib zaug rov qab thiab 8.3 yards rau punt rov qab.
Rodgers yuav raug thawb los ntawm rookies Christian Watson thiab Romeo Doubs rau txoj haujlwm ncaws pob rov qab los, thaum txoj haujlwm punt rov qab qhib dav dav.
Amari Rodgers tau hais tias "Yog tias koj ntxhov siab, koj yuav poob kev ntseeg siab ib txwm muaj," Amari Rodgers tau hais. "Kuv tsuas yog xav tias kuv yog ib tus neeg tshiab, coj txhua yam hauv thiab txhua yam los nrog nrog Packers, Kuv xav tias kuv cia nws mus rau kuv.
"Tam sim no, kuv xav tias kuv muaj ib xyoos hauv qhov system, ib xyoos hauv pab koomtes. Kuv paub nws yuav siv li cas. Kuv paub tias nws yuav siv li cas thiaj li tau tawm mus thiab ua tiav. Kuv tab tom npaj ua qhov ntawd tam sim no. "
• Kev pab them nqi kho mob: Cov Packers ranked tuag kawg hauv yards pub rau ib punt (12.8) thiab 26th nyob rau hauv yards pub rau ib kick rov qab.
Chicago's Jakeem Grant tau rov qab 97 yards rau kev sib tw hauv Lub Limtiam 14, thiab Packers tau tso cai rau 45-yard kickoff rov qab mus rau San Francisco's Deebo Samuel hauv lawv qhov kev ua si poob.
• Ntev snapper: Cov Packers pov tseg Hunter Bradley thaum nruab nrab lub caij thiab hloov nws nrog Wirtel. Cov txiaj ntsig tau zoo li ntawd, qhov zoo tshaj plaws.
Green Bay tau kos npe undrafted Jack Coco rau lub Tsib Hlis 18 los tawm tsam nws nrog Wirtel lub caij ntuj sov no. Yog tias tsis muaj kev txaus siab, nws yog qhov tseem ceeb Gutekunst hloov kho txoj haujlwm uas tau ua tsis zoo txij li Brett Goode tau dhau los ua xyoo 2017.
Qhov no yog lub unappearing tes Bisaccia tau dealt. Tam sim no, nws yuav sim ua qhov tsis muaj pab pawg tshwj xeeb tus kws qhia hauv Green Bay tau ua txij li John Bonamego xyoo 2003-2004 - ua tiav.
Txij thaum ntawd los, Mike Stock (2006-2008), Shawn Slocum (2009-2014), Ron Zook (2015-2018), Shawn Mennenga (2019-2020) thiab Maurice Drayton (2021) tau sim thiab ua tsis tiav.
Tom qab xyoo ntawm pinching pennies nrog lawv cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb, txawm li cas los xij, Green Bay thaum kawg tau cog lus nyiaj txiag loj nrog Bisaccia. Bisaccia puas tuaj yeem hloov dej rau hauv cawv?
“Koj tsuas yog saib tus txiv neej txoj kev paub. Nws muaj cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj zoo li no, "LaFleur hais txog Bisaccia. "Kuv tuaj yeem hais tias nws yuav xav tau ntau los ntawm peb cov txiv neej, tab sis nws tseem mob siab rau txhua tus uas nws ua haujlwm nrog.
“Peb zoo siab heev uas muaj ib tug txiv neej zoo li ntawd. Ib zaug ntxiv, nws cov ntaub ntawv teev tseg kuv xav hais tias nws hais rau nws tus kheej. Kuv xav tias peb txhua tus yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig kev kawm los ntawm nws. "
Tom qab ze li ob xyoo caum ntawm kev tsis zoo, Packers muaj ntau yam kawm.
Txawm hais tias Bisaccia tuaj yeem hloov pab pawg no mus rau cov tub ntxhais kawm tau txais kev pabcuam tseem yuav pom.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreischel/2022/07/23/green-bay-packers-by-position-can-special-teams-approach-mediocrity/