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The penultimate key play though was the onside kick by the Seahawks late in the fourth quarter. With a Packers' recovery, the game would have essentially been over. Brandon Bostick, the Packers back-up tight end, attempted to field a high bouncing onside kick that ended up ricocheting off his helmet and being recovered by the Seahawks. [22]
Bostick was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He was also member of the Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets. He is most well known for his gaffe on an onside kick in the 2014 NFC Championship game that allowed the Seattle Seahawks to make a late fourth-quarter comeback and defeat the Packers.
In gridiron football, an onside kick is a kickoff (under American and Canadian rules) or punt (under Canadian rules only) deliberately kicked short in an attempt by the kicking team to regain possession of the ball. This is in contrast with a typical kickoff or punt, in which the kicking team kicks the ball far downfield in order to maximize ...
When the Packers made a huge special teams gaffe and Brandon Bostick failed to recover an onside kick, that gave Seattle additional gas to pour on the fire, and they eventually burned the Packers ...
When NFL teams vote on the proposed rule change to adopt an alternative to the onside kick on Thursday, the language will be different from what was first introduced. The rule would permit teams ...
He played in three regular season games for the Seahawks in the 2014 season, and did not catch a pass. [4] He recorded a tackle on a special teams play. [17] In the 2014 NFC Championship Game versus the Green Bay Packers, Matthews recovered a critical onside kick, which gave the Seahawks an opportunity to score and eventually win the game in ...
No surprises: The new kickoff rule crafted by NFL special teams coordinators would allow teams to attempt an onside kick only when trailing in the fourth quarter — and require them to declare it ...
The Packers would go on to lose the NFC Championship Game in overtime 28–22 to the Seattle Seahawks. The Packers led 19–7 with just over a two minutes left in the game but gave up a touchdown, an onside kick recovery, another touchdown and two-point conversion, before the Packers kicked a field goal to tie the game.