Green Bay Packers: NFC Championship Game special teams recap
By Kenn Korb
The Green Bay Packers were run off the field from the opening snap, falling well behind early before eventually falling 44-21 to the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game.
In one of their most disappointing showings of the season, the offense was unable to put any points on the board until they were already down 31-0, having just about every possible break going against Green Bay in the process to bury them and never let this truly become a contested game.
On the other side of the field, the already-depleted defense lost multiple pieces as the game progressed. Even with all of their expected guys lining up however, they probably wouldn’t have stood much chance against the buzzsaw of an offense Atlanta brought to the table; everyone from Julio Jones and Matt Ryan to Levine Toilolo and Patrick DiMarco had impactful plays and moments to obliterate the supposed efforts of the Packers’ defense.
With the massive issues plaguing the two main units of the team, the impact of the special teams guys wasn’t likely to be able to do much for them anyway. Still, they were out there, and they inflicted their own damage to the team’s efforts.
Let’s look into that, starting with their kicker.