Packers Top player nearly makes ‘big mistake’ after crashing……
Packers CB Jaire Alexander crashed the pregame coin toss and almost did the one thing you shouldn’t do at the pregame.
After a shoulder injury sidelined him for six games, Packers CB Jaire Alexander returned to the field Sunday for the first time since Week 9.
Playing in his first game since joining the Packers from the Carolina Panthers, who he grew up watching as a Charlotte native.
Packers CB Jaire Alexander crashed the pregame coin toss and almost did the one thing you shouldn’t do at the pregame.
After a shoulder injury sidelined him for six games, Packers CB Jaire Alexander returned to the field Sunday for the first time since Week 9.
Playing in his first game since joining the Packers from the Carolina Panthers, who he grew up watching as a Charlotte native.
It’s actually a little more complex than that. Teams don’t actually kick or return the ball, they decide when they want to kick it or return it. So when one team says “We’ll receive,” that’s fine, they’re saying they’re making the choice right now and they want to get the ball. But you can’t say “we’ll kick.” Because an official might interpret that as saying you’re deciding you’re going to open with a kick, and then you’ll let the other team decide when to kick or not to kick, and they’ll obviously choose to kick, which means your team will kick to start each half. That’s why players say “defer” because they’re deferring the choice to the other team.
So Alexander didn’t know? When the official asked him what the Packers were going to do?
Thankfully, the officials were more forgiving than they had been in years. The Packers finally got the ball to start the second half, and Alexander was left with some questions after the 33-30 victory.
It’s a mistake,” LaFleur said, “and it’s something we always check with the guys before we go out there every single time, saying, ‘Hey, we won the toss, we’re deferring.’”
Is the NFL’s coin toss system too complicated? Yes. Is it something a six-year NFL vet like Alexander needs to know if he’s going to be in charge of his team’s pregame decision-making? The answer is likely yes.
At least Alexander made up for his four tackles and forced fumble (which he recovered) in the game, though it wasn’t a great one for the Packers’ defense. Carolina rushed for 394 yards, an average of 6.3 yards per play, and scored on two fourth-quarter touchdowns before the Packers won the game with a late-game field goal.
