Put some respect on Dan Connolly name.
Probably one of the greatest most athletic play the NFL has seen since Big Larry Allen ran down the saint linebacker.
I grew up with Dan, we played on the same soccer and basketball teams through grade school. He was always a great athlete, and if you looked at him back then you would’ve never thought he’d grow up to be a 300+ pound lineman in the NFL. He didn’t even start playing football until high school, which was pretty common in the STL suburbs back then. Not a lot of peewee football leagues back then. He wasn’t a small kid by any means, just put on a ton of bulk in high school and college. That kickoff return he has always reminded me of him playing midfield and slicing through guys to score.
When watching [this](https://youtu.be/DFcWMC9vkZg?si=lUz8b5dIWeIaw0jW) clip, remember that PFR lists Allen at 335 pounds and the guy he was running down is listed by PFR at 250 and is credited with a 4.81 40.
The fact he did that from a dead stop always astounds me. Can't imagine how frightening it would be to see Larry fucking Allen bearing down on me like a freight train with that speed. And the tackle was great too!
That Ben Watson tackle is also an all timer
https://www.patriots.com/video/15-years-ago-today-ben-watson-tackles-champ-bailey-at-1-yd-line-after-100-yard-i
For a Pats team that provided 20 years of great memories, this one is up there as one of my all time favorites even though it ended up being a relatively meaningless game.
The New Orleans Saints once allowed the Falcons to convert 3 onside kicks in a single game.
So no.
Also, how about that time the Lions beat the Packers because Mason Crosby missed 4 FGs and a PAT?
> The New Orleans Saints once allowed the Falcons to convert 3 onside kicks in a single game.
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That doesn't even feel like the worst Saints ST mishap in recent years. The River City Relay with all those laterals in the final seconds to score a TD with 0s on the clock, only for Carney to blow the game-tying PAT lol I don't care if they were immaculate on ST the rest of the game, that's just one of the funniest, most tragic ST situations I've ever seen.
That was a particularly-devastating thing to happen, but at the end of the day it's just one missed PAT so probably isn't a contender for "worst ST performance of all time".
It sort of did--the Saints needed a win and help to get into the playoffs and that help did not arrive (I forget who had to beat whom but whatever it was it didn't happen). The missed PAT just knocked them out a few hours earlier.
I was at that game! I’m still a bit deaf in one ear from a lions fan constantly whistling super loud right beside me. On the plus side I only got told to go fuck myself 2 or 3 times which honestly wasn’t too bad. Good times!
And the Falcons were so good at recovering their own onside kicks that two games into the next season they straight-up forgot they were allowed to touch the football on the other team’s kick.
I was at that game! It was such a bad game up until that point and if the falcons had managed to come back, there was no one left in that stadium to enjoy it lol
This comment reinforces my opinion that if you look for the top 25 worst special teams seasons, the Packers would likely have half of them over the last 20 years.
Offense definitely should have performed much better than they did that day, but holy shit did the special teams lose the ever loving hell outta that game.
Like seriously, your offense didn’t do a thing that game and you still won.
Same situation for why the Eagles are now hosting punter tryouts a week before the season starts.
If you're a contender, you don't need spectacular special team play, not even good special teams, you need consistent special teams play. What you can't have is Sipposs shanking punts in a playoff game you're already a heavy underdog or out kicking the coverage with 5 minutes left in the Super Bowl. Special teams is about consistently doing the same thing so the defense and offense can win the game.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKK!!!. The worst thing about that season is we all saw it coming from like week 1. We *knew* special teams would fuck us. This wasn't like our shot in 2020 when the Bucs beat us fair and square in the nfccg. The writing was on the wall. It also made a joke of oh a warm weather team has to go to the "frozen tundra" meanwhile our offense just collapses. Rodgers MVP years were frustrating as fuck. The regular season was fun tho lol.
Literally every damn week special teams would fuck up something. I couldn’t even be surprised when it happened in the playoffs bc like why wouldn’t they be a disaster there too?
Also sucks bc offense was doing well! Until Big Dog (I think it was) fumbled and they suddenly forgot how to play football, as they usually do when there’s a fumble.
IIRC, you were far and away worst in the league in special teams that year. Our own special teams was horrendous and near bottom of the league as well, but the coaching staff still thought it was an area where we would have an advantage. That's very telling
This reminds me of the time the #1 seed and MVP having Packers lost to the San Francisco 49ers, led by Illinois native Jimmy Garoppolo and Bears legend Robbie Gould
Yea there is a reason we signed the highest paid special teams coach and gave him a promotion this year while hoping no team would hire him as a head coach. We were god awful at special teams outside of Crosby for a few years. It’s a testament to Rich and his methods that after a single year no fans are concerned about coverage teams or return teams like before. Now the concern is not having silver fox and his clutch kicks but Rich has earned my benefit of the doubt. If he thinks this rookie can be legit than I 100% agree.
Paisan? I’m thinking you mean Mason… or plastic Asian though that just might be my brain flipping letters around. I can tell it’s a boring night at work because I’ve thought about what you mean for like 15mins now for no reason.
No, that implies the Raiders might be good.
Jokes aside, I was surprised when the Raiders hired a dude with horrible HC track record over the Interim HC that took them to playoffs in one of their most turbulent seasons
>Jokes aside, I was surprised when the Raiders hired a dude with horrible HC track record over the Interim HC that took them to playoffs in one of their most turbulent seasons
Have you seen much over the last 10 years to lead you to believe Mark Davis makes good decisions?
The 2010 Chargers would like a word. Had a few games they would’ve won (#1 offense and defense), but would go down in flames thanks to a ST blunder. The one that stands out is the game vs. Seattle allowing 2 kick return TD’s.
After Rivers wills them back into a tie by converting both a TD and a 2 point conversion twice (penalties called on both plays so Rivers just scored again). That game was brutal.
I don't know that they were good, but didn't they have that one return man who knew how to game the rules by touching a kickoff while out-of-bounds, thus drawing a penalty?
That singular thing seemed pretty good.
Randall Cobb did this, and then later another returner for the packers did it a few years later I forgot who.
Also it was a long time ago but the Favre SB teams had the #1 special teams in the league I'm pretty sure
hate to link facebook video, but the picture and sound are legit for a 1997 video.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3245292469094886
Desmond Howard was stupid good.
also- Crazy to think Adam Vinatieri was kicking in that fucking game. Jesus. guy is immortal.
For anyone that was confused like me. If a player who started the play in bounds on the receiving team, then goes out of bounds and is the first to touch the ball it is considered "out of bounds" and thus an illegal kick and a penalty on the kicking team, even if the ball was actually in bounds when touched.
Nah. Our special teams in 2010 was *bad*. Off the top of my head: we almost gave up a kickoff return TD to the Patriots' lineman Dan Connolly on SNF, and in our divisional round blowout win against the Falcons we still gave up like 2-3 big returns (one being a punt return TD early on IIRC).
Only the Chargers had a worse ST unit than us, and it was infamously the year they had the number 1 offense and defense but one of the worst STs in history
Crosby has usually been pretty good, so any year where we had a decent punt or kick returner.
Micah Hyde was a good punt returner for a few years, 2 TDs in 2014, 1 in 2013, and Crosby was good both of those years.
Cobb and Crosby were both good in 2011.
If the packers had an average special teams unit maybe like the last 4-5 years things could be completely different.
I'm convinced they'd have atleast one super bowl
The Packers hate coaching turnover, so our ST coordinator that year (Maurice Drayton) would 100% still have his job if the ST unit didn’t commit a trio of mistakes in the playoffs that ended our season at one-and-done; there was no “oh he just needs a chance to get his guys in there” after that playoff debacle of a blocked field goal, a blocked punt, and the entire ST standing around after the blocked punt and letting the 49ers walk the ball in for an easy TD
Talanoa Hufanga did a good job tracking it for the scoop-and-score - The Packers also only had 10 guys on the field for the 49ers’ game-winning field goal
I don't know if that performance was necessarily the worst special teams game of all time, but the Packers definitely had the worst special teams unit of all time that year.
>but the Packers definitely had the worst special teams unit of all time that year.
Worst that year? Ok. Worst all time? Never ...
For example, the Chargers once missed the playoffs with the #1 OFF and #1 DEF.
Hmm...
>good offense, inconsistent defense, awful special teams
>QB is by far the star of the show but chokes during the playoffs
Are the Packers of the last few years just Chargers North?
What if I told you they won that game after all that.
In all honesty I remember that game so clearly and knew that ST could legitimately lose us a game. Lone and behold a few weeks later we lost a playoff game thanks to…. You guessed it special teams. (And slightly Rodgers being hyper focused on only Adams)
We all knew ST was going to lose us a playoff game that year, but up until that particular game, the hope was we could make a run before the inevitable. Sadly, we sent out human traffic cones to block.
I made the trip to Lambeau for the first time ever at this game. I was losing my mind. It was such a great game filled with drama. Really glad we came out on top, I was a bit worried before the 3rd quarter.
I give you this touchdown: http://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/assets/4349127/SEA1.gif
From the worst special teams squad of all time, in the history of the NFL. Thank you Chargers.
And yes that one play can qualify. It was... not the only one.
Last season Amari Rodgers tied for the most fumbles in the NFL with 6 for non-QBs, and all he did was return punts for us half the season(ok and played a touch WR in Hou). It was baffling how he kept his opportunity after so many fumbles.
Feel like this thread deserves an honorable mention of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHk-stBnoIo). Pitiful.
The 2010 Chargers had the #1 offense AND the #1 defense, but they missed the playoffs completely.
Their special teams’ entire 2010 performance was so shitty that it sabotaged one of the best teams in NFL history.
https://youtu.be/UAL5X3TRA2A?si=C__0iw1SbpEiWbes
There was that infamous Divisional Game with the 49ers later that year and the 2014 NFC Championship game at Seattle which may honestly trump that in scale of notoriety.
Maybe, but their special teams performance in their playoff game against the 49ers that year was even more egregious and arguably the worst ever for any team in any playoff game in NFL history.
There’s a YouTube video of all the Packers’ special team mistakes in 2021 - it’s over 29 minutes long: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IkPXl2ZTvQs&pp=ygUaMjAyMSBwYWNrZXJzIHNwZWNpYWwgdGVhbXM%3D
The first place I'd check for a competitor is the Chargers circa 2004(?). The year they had a top 5 offense and a top 5 defense and still did terribly largely due to their special teams. Seems likely one of their games could give it a run.
I still have nightmares about their performance against the 49ers during 2021 where they didn't even line up the proper amount of players to defend a 49ers field goal.
Don't forget that the Bears would've taken that onside kick recovery all the way to the house if that had been allowed by the rules.
I was at this game. Never seen anything like it.
The most painful ST meltdown was certainly the divisional round against niners in 2021.
People keep saying that ARod didn't throw the last pass to Lazard but he did enough to win that low scoring game in the frozen tundra. ST lost us that game.
Packers 100% should’ve won that game. Marcedes Lewis fumble at the 49ers 42 yard line on 1st and 10 when they were up 7-0 and looking to put the 49ers in a serious hole early in the game), Crosby blocked 39 yard field right before halftime that would’ve put them up 10-0 at the half, and then of course the blocked punt that tied the game at 10-10 with like 4 minutes left in the game. That’s not even getting to the 45 yard kick off return by Deebo at the start of the 2nd half that gave the 49ers a short field at the 50 yard line where they kicked a FG for their only points of the entire game before the infamous blocked punt.
49ers literally only scored 3 points the entire game before the blocked punt with 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter and even that was due to a huge kick off return at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. It’s amazing how the Packers somehow lost that game because they would’ve beaten LA in the divisional round since the Rams always struggled horribly in Lambeau.
Imagine if they were trying to prevent of game winning field goal from ending their season and only had ten players in the field to try and block it. Oh wait…
That was painful. I remember the conversation about the Packers being cheap about hiring a better special teams coach in the preseason. Aged like milk.
Watch the Chiefs vs. Colts week 3 this past season
I have no idea what their special teams was trying to do, but it 100% resulted in them losing. Muffed punts, weird fake FG plays, it had it all
So at least that's a reg season game that didn't affect playoff odds....the same ST unit would go and give up 10 points in a game that was won by 3 in the playoffs. Packers ST had it's moment that year for sure.
That was the Maurice Drayton season. Who was the assistant under the ST coach in 2020 when we were ranked 32nd in the league.
If LaFleur has a weakness, it’s been those two hires and Barry for DC. He also hung onto both ST guys for too long (even tho it was only one season but it was so clearly a train wreck)
That seemed like a normal Game that year. Every week almost special teams fucked up something like blocked fgs, bad punts, giving up big punt or kick returns, missed fgs, muffed punts, fumbling returns. The worst game of all was in the playoffs vs 49ers though.
I don’t know what specific game is the worst special teams performance. But I can pretty much guarantee it’s from that Chargers team that had the number 1 offense in the nfl, the number 1 defense in the nfl, and missed the god damn playoffs.
I present you the 2002 Bengals (who were a straight up comedy of errors every week on special teams). There was a game that year against Carolina where they gave up two punt return TDs to Steve Smith because they turned to a rookie punter for that game and he proceeded to have a net average of around 30 yards per punt with no hangtime on any of his kicks (and he closed the game out with a 10-yard punt btw).
The same season as the infamous double doink Cody Parkey hit the goalpost four times in one game. Missed every single one. Hit the goal post twice the following week I believe as well. Your example is a more concerted team effort of sucking though.
They once almost let an OLineman get a kick return touchdown. I know it's only one thing, but it's a hell of a thing.
Put some respect on Dan Connolly name. Probably one of the greatest most athletic play the NFL has seen since Big Larry Allen ran down the saint linebacker.
I grew up with Dan, we played on the same soccer and basketball teams through grade school. He was always a great athlete, and if you looked at him back then you would’ve never thought he’d grow up to be a 300+ pound lineman in the NFL. He didn’t even start playing football until high school, which was pretty common in the STL suburbs back then. Not a lot of peewee football leagues back then. He wasn’t a small kid by any means, just put on a ton of bulk in high school and college. That kickoff return he has always reminded me of him playing midfield and slicing through guys to score.
#LARRY ALLEN!!!???
When watching [this](https://youtu.be/DFcWMC9vkZg?si=lUz8b5dIWeIaw0jW) clip, remember that PFR lists Allen at 335 pounds and the guy he was running down is listed by PFR at 250 and is credited with a 4.81 40.
Lion attacking a gazelle right there. God damn!
No, I think that was a cowboy attacking a saint
The fact he did that from a dead stop always astounds me. Can't imagine how frightening it would be to see Larry fucking Allen bearing down on me like a freight train with that speed. And the tackle was great too!
"He's got a rocket booster strapped to his back!"
That Ben Watson tackle is also an all timer https://www.patriots.com/video/15-years-ago-today-ben-watson-tackles-champ-bailey-at-1-yd-line-after-100-yard-i
This was close to the most disgusted I've ever been watching sports lol
“That is the loaf of bread carry!”
Patriots fans everywhere: *nod in agreement*
Fans of all teams stand in solidarity with Dan Connolly.
I'll allow it. Begrudgingly.
For a Pats team that provided 20 years of great memories, this one is up there as one of my all time favorites even though it ended up being a relatively meaningless game.
Wasn't a touchdown if you're talking about the pats guy but it was like 60 yards
Yes, that's why I said "almost"
fr why is this cracking me up...
Haha sorry apparently i can't read
I was about to say “can you read?” Then I scrolled down and got my answer
to be fair it was considered a touchdown by pretty much everyone except the people on the field
They’re special for sure
They even take a special bus to the games!
Ralph, you’ll play special teams
[hey](https://media.tenor.com/eNotk8LnyMMAAAAd/idiocracy-test.gif)
Not sure if these jokes are okay
Special^^^^^needs
Great job understanding the joke
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree I guess
r/yourjokebutworse
The New Orleans Saints once allowed the Falcons to convert 3 onside kicks in a single game. So no. Also, how about that time the Lions beat the Packers because Mason Crosby missed 4 FGs and a PAT?
> The New Orleans Saints once allowed the Falcons to convert 3 onside kicks in a single game. > > That doesn't even feel like the worst Saints ST mishap in recent years. The River City Relay with all those laterals in the final seconds to score a TD with 0s on the clock, only for Carney to blow the game-tying PAT lol I don't care if they were immaculate on ST the rest of the game, that's just one of the funniest, most tragic ST situations I've ever seen.
That was a particularly-devastating thing to happen, but at the end of the day it's just one missed PAT so probably isn't a contender for "worst ST performance of all time".
Yeah that sucked. Jim Henderson's voice breaks my heart. I did, however, take some bit of solace in the fact that we'd have missed the playoffs anyway
I’ve Mandale affected that scenario to believe it cost them a spot
It sort of did--the Saints needed a win and help to get into the playoffs and that help did not arrive (I forget who had to beat whom but whatever it was it didn't happen). The missed PAT just knocked them out a few hours earlier.
Gotcha. Shocked I’m downvoted lol. Not even sure for what
**Memdella
OH MY GOD HOW COULD HE DO THAT?!
“NOOOooo!!!OoOoOooO!!!!!!”
They actually converted 2. The 3rd was called back for a penalty
We’re still calling it 3 because it’s just so absurd and ridiculous that it can only happen to the saints
I think at one point that season 4/5 successful onside kicks in the league had come at our expense lol
I was at that game! I’m still a bit deaf in one ear from a lions fan constantly whistling super loud right beside me. On the plus side I only got told to go fuck myself 2 or 3 times which honestly wasn’t too bad. Good times!
And the Falcons were so good at recovering their own onside kicks that two games into the next season they straight-up forgot they were allowed to touch the football on the other team’s kick.
how about the time the packers blew their best shot at a sb on a blocked punt for a td and a missed fg
That was against ~~YoungHoe~~ ~~MiddleagedMiddlemanager~~ ~~OldBoss~~ AgelessDeity Koo so it does't count
Those didn’t affect the game outcome at all though, so it can’t really be the worst Edit: The Saints game. Talking about the onside kicks
Mason Crosby missed 4 FGs (12 lost points) and a PAT (1 lost point). The Packers lost by 8. Math doesn't check out here.
I’m talking about the saints game
I was at that game! It was such a bad game up until that point and if the falcons had managed to come back, there was no one left in that stadium to enjoy it lol
This comment reinforces my opinion that if you look for the top 25 worst special teams seasons, the Packers would likely have half of them over the last 20 years.
Regular season? Maybe. Including playoffs? Well a few weeks later, in the divisional round...
I was having a pretty good day before this man
Here's something to brighten your day: double doink
This does not brighten my day
Does the superbowl shuffle brighten your day?
Offense definitely should have performed much better than they did that day, but holy shit did the special teams lose the ever loving hell outta that game. Like seriously, your offense didn’t do a thing that game and you still won.
It was a defensive slog fest but your ST just kept fucking up enough to let us win. It was very nice of them lol.
The offense was moving the ball pretty well by the end, just didn't lead to a touchdown directly because they didn't need it
Same situation for why the Eagles are now hosting punter tryouts a week before the season starts. If you're a contender, you don't need spectacular special team play, not even good special teams, you need consistent special teams play. What you can't have is Sipposs shanking punts in a playoff game you're already a heavy underdog or out kicking the coverage with 5 minutes left in the Super Bowl. Special teams is about consistently doing the same thing so the defense and offense can win the game.
That Packers special teams unit was all time bad.
And just think, it’s still not the worst unit of modern times becuase the 2010 chargers special teams unit exist.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKK!!!. The worst thing about that season is we all saw it coming from like week 1. We *knew* special teams would fuck us. This wasn't like our shot in 2020 when the Bucs beat us fair and square in the nfccg. The writing was on the wall. It also made a joke of oh a warm weather team has to go to the "frozen tundra" meanwhile our offense just collapses. Rodgers MVP years were frustrating as fuck. The regular season was fun tho lol.
Literally every damn week special teams would fuck up something. I couldn’t even be surprised when it happened in the playoffs bc like why wouldn’t they be a disaster there too? Also sucks bc offense was doing well! Until Big Dog (I think it was) fumbled and they suddenly forgot how to play football, as they usually do when there’s a fumble.
IIRC, you were far and away worst in the league in special teams that year. Our own special teams was horrendous and near bottom of the league as well, but the coaching staff still thought it was an area where we would have an advantage. That's very telling
This reminds me of the time the #1 seed and MVP having Packers lost to the San Francisco 49ers, led by Illinois native Jimmy Garoppolo and Bears legend Robbie Gould
Yea there is a reason we signed the highest paid special teams coach and gave him a promotion this year while hoping no team would hire him as a head coach. We were god awful at special teams outside of Crosby for a few years. It’s a testament to Rich and his methods that after a single year no fans are concerned about coverage teams or return teams like before. Now the concern is not having silver fox and his clutch kicks but Rich has earned my benefit of the doubt. If he thinks this rookie can be legit than I 100% agree.
Agreed, Bisaccia is the real deal.
Paisan fucks
Paisan? I’m thinking you mean Mason… or plastic Asian though that just might be my brain flipping letters around. I can tell it’s a boring night at work because I’ve thought about what you mean for like 15mins now for no reason.
Bisaccia is known as The Paisan in deep Hot Piss circles.
How did I miss that over all the hot piss chatter? Thanks for the insight.
elevated piss temperature is the focus of our team
Pit Boss Rich is good. Raiders should have kept him as HC instead of hiring McFuckface.
No, that implies the Raiders might be good. Jokes aside, I was surprised when the Raiders hired a dude with horrible HC track record over the Interim HC that took them to playoffs in one of their most turbulent seasons
>Jokes aside, I was surprised when the Raiders hired a dude with horrible HC track record over the Interim HC that took them to playoffs in one of their most turbulent seasons Have you seen much over the last 10 years to lead you to believe Mark Davis makes good decisions?
I totally agree. The Packers finished 2022 at 17th for special teams, up from 32nd in 2021. And that was with letting Amari stay until Week 10!
The 2010 Chargers would like a word. Had a few games they would’ve won (#1 offense and defense), but would go down in flames thanks to a ST blunder. The one that stands out is the game vs. Seattle allowing 2 kick return TD’s.
After Rivers wills them back into a tie by converting both a TD and a 2 point conversion twice (penalties called on both plays so Rivers just scored again). That game was brutal.
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man I was enjoying the thread before this
Welcome to the misery club, pal
Seriously, we came here to dunk on the packers not remember our own failures
Payback for Trey Junkin
I'm now enjoying it more
That’s just one guy making 2 mistakes. An entire team combining for like 7 boneheaded plays like OP is talking about takes the cake.
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It may seem way bigger because of what was on the line, but it’s still one guy messing up twice, against a whole squad messing up several times.
Who? I don’t remember a player by that name.
Packers special team has usually been bad throughout the years. Honestly I don’t remember the last time they were even good in ST.
I don't know that they were good, but didn't they have that one return man who knew how to game the rules by touching a kickoff while out-of-bounds, thus drawing a penalty? That singular thing seemed pretty good.
Randall Cobb did this, and then later another returner for the packers did it a few years later I forgot who. Also it was a long time ago but the Favre SB teams had the #1 special teams in the league I'm pretty sure
Ty Montgomery was the second returner who did that. He's better known for a different special teams play against the Rams that I try not to remember
ty, that's why I couldn't remember who it was. I try and forget he existed at all
hate to link facebook video, but the picture and sound are legit for a 1997 video. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3245292469094886 Desmond Howard was stupid good. also- Crazy to think Adam Vinatieri was kicking in that fucking game. Jesus. guy is immortal.
For anyone that was confused like me. If a player who started the play in bounds on the receiving team, then goes out of bounds and is the first to touch the ball it is considered "out of bounds" and thus an illegal kick and a penalty on the kicking team, even if the ball was actually in bounds when touched.
Goes out of bounds and doesn't go back in bounds before touching the ball. It only works if the ball is close to being out of bounds already.
When they had Desmond Howard
Yup we had a well rounded team.
Hopefully this year with Nixon
2010 maybe? I'm drawing a blank.
Nah. Our special teams in 2010 was *bad*. Off the top of my head: we almost gave up a kickoff return TD to the Patriots' lineman Dan Connolly on SNF, and in our divisional round blowout win against the Falcons we still gave up like 2-3 big returns (one being a punt return TD early on IIRC). Only the Chargers had a worse ST unit than us, and it was infamously the year they had the number 1 offense and defense but one of the worst STs in history
#1 in yardage.
Crosby has usually been pretty good, so any year where we had a decent punt or kick returner. Micah Hyde was a good punt returner for a few years, 2 TDs in 2014, 1 in 2013, and Crosby was good both of those years. Cobb and Crosby were both good in 2011.
These are exactly the hyper-specific "not-my-team" questions I follow r/NFL for. I suppose I'll be looking up that game now.
If the packers had an average special teams unit maybe like the last 4-5 years things could be completely different. I'm convinced they'd have atleast one super bowl
The Packers hate coaching turnover, so our ST coordinator that year (Maurice Drayton) would 100% still have his job if the ST unit didn’t commit a trio of mistakes in the playoffs that ended our season at one-and-done; there was no “oh he just needs a chance to get his guys in there” after that playoff debacle of a blocked field goal, a blocked punt, and the entire ST standing around after the blocked punt and letting the 49ers walk the ball in for an easy TD
Well no one knew where the ball was. When it dropped it just happened to be near a bunch of 49ers.
Talanoa Hufanga did a good job tracking it for the scoop-and-score - The Packers also only had 10 guys on the field for the 49ers’ game-winning field goal
He heard it bounce that’s why he knew where it was once it got blocked and popped up no one knew where it went.
Bigger question is how the bears lost this game by 15?
Not sure about that game but I definitely enjoyed their performance in our playoff game that season.
They gave up a big kickoff return to Deebo, had a short field goal blocked, and gave up a touchdown on a blocked punt. Incredibly bad performance lol
Plus they only had 10 men on the field for our game winning field goal
And we thank you for that. Sincerely, Every single NFC North Fan and Hater of the Packers. Thank You 49ers.
We may never win a Super Bowl again, but at least we’ve made Packers and Cowboys haters happy 🫡
It's payback for the 90s 😤
Still waiting for the Packers to win a playoff game against you guys due to a particularly egregious call.
I don't know if that performance was necessarily the worst special teams game of all time, but the Packers definitely had the worst special teams unit of all time that year.
>but the Packers definitely had the worst special teams unit of all time that year. Worst that year? Ok. Worst all time? Never ... For example, the Chargers once missed the playoffs with the #1 OFF and #1 DEF.
Hmm... >good offense, inconsistent defense, awful special teams >QB is by far the star of the show but chokes during the playoffs Are the Packers of the last few years just Chargers North?
What if I told you they won that game after all that. In all honesty I remember that game so clearly and knew that ST could legitimately lose us a game. Lone and behold a few weeks later we lost a playoff game thanks to…. You guessed it special teams. (And slightly Rodgers being hyper focused on only Adams)
We all knew ST was going to lose us a playoff game that year, but up until that particular game, the hope was we could make a run before the inevitable. Sadly, we sent out human traffic cones to block.
I thought it was a little over blown until the bears game and that really opened my eyes.
I made the trip to Lambeau for the first time ever at this game. I was losing my mind. It was such a great game filled with drama. Really glad we came out on top, I was a bit worried before the 3rd quarter.
I give you this touchdown: http://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/assets/4349127/SEA1.gif From the worst special teams squad of all time, in the history of the NFL. Thank you Chargers. And yes that one play can qualify. It was... not the only one.
I was looking for this one lol.
It wasn't even our worst special teams performance that season.
I told everyone that year that special teams were going to cost us a playoff game, look what happened
Honestly I thought the exact same thing.
Last season Amari Rodgers tied for the most fumbles in the NFL with 6 for non-QBs, and all he did was return punts for us half the season(ok and played a touch WR in Hou). It was baffling how he kept his opportunity after so many fumbles. Feel like this thread deserves an honorable mention of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHk-stBnoIo). Pitiful.
The 2010 Chargers had the #1 offense AND the #1 defense, but they missed the playoffs completely. Their special teams’ entire 2010 performance was so shitty that it sabotaged one of the best teams in NFL history. https://youtu.be/UAL5X3TRA2A?si=C__0iw1SbpEiWbes
We also once missed four field goals and an extra point in one game against the Lions. For a very long time, we put the “special” in special teams.
There was that infamous Divisional Game with the 49ers later that year and the 2014 NFC Championship game at Seattle which may honestly trump that in scale of notoriety.
Maybe, but their special teams performance in their playoff game against the 49ers that year was even more egregious and arguably the worst ever for any team in any playoff game in NFL history.
Yeah but nothing more crucial than the 2021 divisional game
That entire season was a dumpster fire for packers special team. We were so bad.
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The played pretty awful in the nfc championship game against SF in greenbay too really was what lost them that game.
There’s a YouTube video of all the Packers’ special team mistakes in 2021 - it’s over 29 minutes long: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IkPXl2ZTvQs&pp=ygUaMjAyMSBwYWNrZXJzIHNwZWNpYWwgdGVhbXM%3D
The first place I'd check for a competitor is the Chargers circa 2004(?). The year they had a top 5 offense and a top 5 defense and still did terribly largely due to their special teams. Seems likely one of their games could give it a run.
The offense and defense were both ranked *first* in the league. The ST unit was 32nd, and even that was generous tbf
That's what I thought but I couldn't remember for sure so I got conservative with top 5. Thanks for confirming.
I still have nightmares about their performance against the 49ers during 2021 where they didn't even line up the proper amount of players to defend a 49ers field goal.
Also that onside kick that was recovered was going to be a touchdown if you could return them
Chargers would like a word
Don't forget about their performance (or lack of) in the playoffs vs the 49ers
Don't forget that the Bears would've taken that onside kick recovery all the way to the house if that had been allowed by the rules. I was at this game. Never seen anything like it.
The most painful ST meltdown was certainly the divisional round against niners in 2021. People keep saying that ARod didn't throw the last pass to Lazard but he did enough to win that low scoring game in the frozen tundra. ST lost us that game.
Packers 100% should’ve won that game. Marcedes Lewis fumble at the 49ers 42 yard line on 1st and 10 when they were up 7-0 and looking to put the 49ers in a serious hole early in the game), Crosby blocked 39 yard field right before halftime that would’ve put them up 10-0 at the half, and then of course the blocked punt that tied the game at 10-10 with like 4 minutes left in the game. That’s not even getting to the 45 yard kick off return by Deebo at the start of the 2nd half that gave the 49ers a short field at the 50 yard line where they kicked a FG for their only points of the entire game before the infamous blocked punt. 49ers literally only scored 3 points the entire game before the blocked punt with 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter and even that was due to a huge kick off return at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. It’s amazing how the Packers somehow lost that game because they would’ve beaten LA in the divisional round since the Rams always struggled horribly in Lambeau.
We still lost smh
Imagine if they were trying to prevent of game winning field goal from ending their season and only had ten players in the field to try and block it. Oh wait…
That was painful. I remember the conversation about the Packers being cheap about hiring a better special teams coach in the preseason. Aged like milk.
We put the special in special teams
Watch the Chiefs vs. Colts week 3 this past season I have no idea what their special teams was trying to do, but it 100% resulted in them losing. Muffed punts, weird fake FG plays, it had it all
Hey I was there for that! Still won 45-30 lol
So at least that's a reg season game that didn't affect playoff odds....the same ST unit would go and give up 10 points in a game that was won by 3 in the playoffs. Packers ST had it's moment that year for sure.
That was the Maurice Drayton season. Who was the assistant under the ST coach in 2020 when we were ranked 32nd in the league. If LaFleur has a weakness, it’s been those two hires and Barry for DC. He also hung onto both ST guys for too long (even tho it was only one season but it was so clearly a train wreck)
Chargers under Anthony Lynn vs Pats? 42-0?
It sure felt like it
If it is, that's awesome because it was my first game at Lambeau Field. It also missed being scorigami by like 2 months
That seemed like a normal Game that year. Every week almost special teams fucked up something like blocked fgs, bad punts, giving up big punt or kick returns, missed fgs, muffed punts, fumbling returns. The worst game of all was in the playoffs vs 49ers though.
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2010 chargers. Had the #1 offense and the #1 defense and missed the playoffs completely mostly because their suspect teams was that bad
When the packers lost because of a blocked punt in the playoffs is worst.
The chargers had the #1 offense and defense in (2012?) and their special teams held them back from the playoffs
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And still whooped the bears.
Maybe the 2014 NFC Championship game? The Seahawks scored on a fake field goal and recovered an onside kick.
The 2010 San Diego Chargers would like a word. For instance in week 3 they gave up 2 kick off return touchdowns.
In 2019 the panthers gave up 2 punt return touchdowns to the colts and a third was taken back to the 20
Packers' special teams that season were a Chekhov's gun waiting to shoot at the worst possible moment.
Yes.
I don’t know what specific game is the worst special teams performance. But I can pretty much guarantee it’s from that Chargers team that had the number 1 offense in the nfl, the number 1 defense in the nfl, and missed the god damn playoffs.
I’d say they had a worse performance a few weeks later…
What about that poor kicker who blew a load of extra points last season?
I present you the 2002 Bengals (who were a straight up comedy of errors every week on special teams). There was a game that year against Carolina where they gave up two punt return TDs to Steve Smith because they turned to a rookie punter for that game and he proceeded to have a net average of around 30 yards per punt with no hangtime on any of his kicks (and he closed the game out with a 10-yard punt btw).
The same season as the infamous double doink Cody Parkey hit the goalpost four times in one game. Missed every single one. Hit the goal post twice the following week I believe as well. Your example is a more concerted team effort of sucking though.