November
Packers Young Secondary Can Erase Bad Memories of Playoff Hail Mary
Packers rookie CB is leading a younger and more aggressive secondary.
I know your belly is still full of Thanksgiving turkey and you’re probably all excited that you managed to outlast the middled-aged lady next to you for that discounted Xbox at Wal-Mart on Black Friday.
If you can overcome your full stomach and pause your Xbox euphoria, take a minute and watch the video of the Packers allowing a Hail Mary touchdown to the Giants’ Hakeem Nicks before halftime in last season’s playoff loss.
Makes your full tummy feel more like the stomach flu, right?
Now, take another look at the play. Notice the four players around the ball when Nicks comes down with it? Not one of them will be on the field for this Sunday night’s rematch.
Charlie Peprah is off the team. Charles Woodson is injured. Sam Shields is injured. And Jarrett Bush mainly plays special teams (I suppose it’s conceiveable that Bush could end up out there, but hopefully not).
If Eli Manning launches another Hail Mary on Sunday, the players around the ball will likely be a combination of Tramon Williams, Casey Hayward, Davon House, Morgan Burnett, Jerron McMillian and M.D. Jennings.
That group is a lot more aggressive than the group that stood there with their thumbs up their butts while Nix caught the ball in the playoffs.
Hell, Jennings has already intercepted a Hail Mary pass this season, even though it counted as a touchdown for the other team.
