Should the Pack try an Onside kick Mon?

[Zartan]

If the game gets into a shootout with the D being non existant and the Pack need to create a change of possession do you think they should try an On-Side kick? As the Defense would most likey have the Eagles score in 2-5 plays.

 

[yooperpackfan]

If the game gets into a shootout with the D being non existant and the Pack need to create a change of possession do you think they should try an On-Side kick? As the Defense would most likey have the Eagles score in 2-5 plays.

Yes!
It's time to pull out all of the stops.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

If the game gets into a shootout with the D being non existant and the Pack need to create a change of possession do you think they should try an On-Side kick? As the Defense would most likey have the Eagles score in 2-5 plays.

It might make sense to try a surprise onside kick once but not a smart strategy to help out the defense in the long run.

 

[Sky King]

If they don't recover the onside kick instead of the usual 2-5 plays for a score their opponent could score in just 1-3 plays.

 

[Mondio]

We saw how an onside kick helped out the Redskins on Thursday.

 

[Packerlifer]

Playing fundamentally sound football for a change is better than attempted trickery.

 

[Forget Favre]

Anything. And fake a few field goals and punts while they are at it.

 

[swhitset]

I would like to see a game where they don't need to. I will now tag my own post "optimistic " lol

 

[mkonyn]

Anything. And fake a few field goals and punts while they are at it.

Sounds better than watching that fake defense

 

[HardRightEdge]

If the D is so bad as to employ such tactics, why bother? You're not going anywhere anyway if it comes to that.

Play the d*mn game, figure out who should stay and who should go, and look to teeing it up again next season.

 

[Sky King]

Only if Bostic is on the Eagles roster.

 

[rodell330]

If Crosby can actually kick a good ball? they might have a chance to recover it for once.

 

[JBlood]

If that's the philosophy, then let's hire this guy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ach-who-never-punts-has-another-radical-idea/

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

In his career, Mason has attempted 20 onside kicks, the Packers have recovered 6, not very good odds. Granted, most of those were probably in a situation when the other team was expecting it, thus harder to recover for the Packers. While I would like to see MM and DC be more creative, I don't think special teams is an area I would roll the dice with onside kicks and fake punts. Too many young guys who already seem to be struggling at just doing what Special Teams players are suppose to do, tackle and block.

 

[El Guapo]

I'd rather have a few Tom Crabtree-esque fake FGs and fake punts

 

[Gabe]

If the game gets into a shootout with the D being non existant and the Pack need to create a change of possession do you think they should try an On-Side kick? As the Defense would most likey have the Eagles score in 2-5 plays.

No, they shouldn't try an onside kick. Lets hope that it won't come to that. The offense needs to pick it up as well.

 

[sschind]

I just hope they get more than one chance to do it.

The team my nephew played in the playoffs did 3 in a row and only stopped after we fianally recovered one.

 

[ARPackFan]

At this point in the season I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!

And MM is just the guy to do it.