He did, the staff has talked about how they instituted a different snap count or signal and it failed. Deguara and the other flanker and more didn’t move at all because they didn’t know it was snapped till it was too late
The link below has a 10 second clip of the play:
Packers TE Josiah Deguara made a “major miscue” on the critical blocked PAT against the Steelers.
packerswire.usatoday.com
I re-watched the PAT block. The first thing that I noticed was that Pittsburgh had four on the left and six on the right side. I'm no expert but we should have known that any blocking attempt was coming from that side. (Note: I am referring to left and right as we can see it on the screenshots below)
The next thing that I watched was to see if the rest of the Packers were also caught by surprise at the snap. All but three Packers had their heads turned to watch the ball snap. They all got off on time. Below is the moment that the ball is snapped. Most of our guys could see the ball, except for Nijman (#73) on the left, Musgrave at the left wing, and Deguara on the right wing. Nijman still moved when everyone else moved, so his lack of vision wasn't a problem.
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Neither of the wings (Musgrave or Deguara) moved at the snap. They both were angled away from the ball. Musgrave slowly came out of his stance like a sloth, but mainly because the Steelers just stood up on that edge, not even attempting to cross the line of scrimmage. I would still like to see Musgrave on the balls of his feet, getting his body ready in case of a rush.
On the other side, Deguara was clearly napping or looking at the cheerleaders. Below is the moment just before Deguara starts to pick his elbows off of his knees. #20 Peterson is well across the LOS and building speed. A lot of football is already happening across the line, but not on the right edge.
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Deguara said that his first job is to ensure that neither #23 or #51 get between him and Rasheed Walker. That should be his first concern, followed by Peterson coming around the edge. You can see below that Deguara never moved his feet. He lunged at Peterson and gave him a congratulatory pat on the back as he sped by for the block. Equally concerning is how badly Walker got blown backwards. He leaned back as he anchored, allowing all three defenders to get underneath him. He's the guy on the right doing his best Chuck Mercein impression from the Ice Bowl, both hands up in the air (but for different reasons). Bisachia needs to figure this out from a schematic standpoint. This side was overwhelmed by superior numbers and outplayed.
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I'm not an IT guru, so I can't get rid of these "View Replies" bubbles. However, at this point you can see that had Patterson not block the PAT, our very own Rasheed Walker's nogging would have very likely blocked the kick. #23 from the Steelers also got between him and Deguara and would have had an equally likely possibility to block the punt. His hand was right in the path of the ball had Peterson not gotten to it.
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I'm sure that an intelligent coach could find a few more holes in this play. That's what my untrained eye found upon further review.
