Former Packers still pursuing the dream

[texaspackerbacker]

I never liked the idea of having the punter be the holder. It severely limits the creativity of fakes. What I always heard was they do it for practice convenience, but you'd think at least some ST coaches would not prioritize that sort of thing.

[QBME]

So, sitting here at the car wash waiting for my buggy.
On the way over was listening to Lucas Patrick (new Bear) on the local sports radio station.
All Lucas wanted to talk about was the Bears.
All the radio hosts wanted to talk about was the Packers.
Ha!!

[Upnorth]

So, sitting here at the car wash waiting for my buggy.
On the way over was listening to Lucas Patrick (new Bear) on the local sports radio station.
All Lucas wanted to talk about was the Bears.
All the radio hosts wanted to talk about was the Packers.
Ha!!

Do you live in Chicago or Minneapolis? Seems like all there fans want to talk about is the packers so....

[bobblehead]

Having the punter as holder gives you more consistency from year to year. Teams change backup QB's all the time, but teams with a good punter usually hold onto them.

Yea, prior to free agency it was usually the backup QB since they didn't change so often. I'm not so convinced punters are so consistently on the roster now days either. I mean if we had taught Love to hold he certainly has had a longer stint than the last 2 punters.

[bobblehead]

I never liked the idea of having the punter be the holder. It severely limits the creativity of fakes. What I always heard was they do it for practice convenience, but you'd think at least some ST coaches would not prioritize that sort of thing.

That makes more sense to me. Punter is hanging out with the ST anyway and has more time to work with the long snapper as his practice is limited to punting the ball few enough times to avoid leg fatigue. And the punter also has to handle long snaps already. I guess it makes sense, but if you have a really good punter that can't hold, I would look for alternatives....not that our punter was good in December as Fritz mentions.

[Fritz]

That makes more sense to me. Punter is hanging out with the ST anyway and has more time to work with the long snapper as his practice is limited to punting the ball few enough times to avoid leg fatigue. And the punter also has to handle long snaps already. I guess it makes sense, but if you have a really good punter that can't hold, I would look for alternatives....not that our punter was good in December as Fritz mentions.

Even the shittiest NFL player was probably one of the top athletes his high school ever produced. Many of them were their high school

[Joemailman]

Henry Black has signed with Falcons.

[Guiness]

Benkert had a tryout with the Texans

[Teamcheez1]

Christian Ringo signed with the Cardinals last week. Former 2015 6th round pick who has bounced around the league.

[Fritz]

He's made a living at it.

[Joemailman]

Dexter Williams is back with the Packers.

[George Cumby]

^ Nice.

Always appreciated his hard-nosed style.

[Teamcheez1]

How bad is Kevin King? No interest with a month until the season starts.

[Fritz]

How bad is Kevin King? No interest with a month until the season starts.

Not true. There's been lots of interest; he's gotten offers from both Home Depot and Burger King.

[Teamcheez1]

LB Kamal Martin waived with injury designation by the Panthers. A Packer 5th round pick that didn’t pan out.