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As bad as it was that the Green Bay Packers got burned by the Seattle Seahawks' fake field goal in the third quarter of Sunday's NFC Championship Game overtime loss, what's worse is that they never even saw it coming.
Safety Sean Richardson, who allowed backup offensive lineman Garry Gilliam to get behind him and catch a 19-yard touchdown pass from holder/punter Jon Ryan, said he never heard anyone on the field or from the Packers' sideline give the call to be aware of a possible fake.
"We have an alert if we think that they're going to fake it," Richardson said after the game. "We have calls for that."
To Richardson's knowledge, there was no alert call made.
"We were expecting a kick," said Richardson, who led the Packers in special-teams snaps played (321) during the regular season.