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Sam Shields Is Packers Kick Returner… For Now

Monty McMahon by Monty McMahon
November 17, 2013
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Shields is the man on kickoff returns.

One of the more interesting developments to come out of the Green Bay Packers mauling of the Dallas Cowboys was cornerback Sam Shields taking over as the Packers kick returner.

The team has been looking for a reliable kick returner all season.

Receiver Jordy Nelson, who was given first crack at the job, had some decent returns, but also had a tendency to fumble. After fumbling twice against Detroit, Nelson was replaced by cornerback Pat Lee.

Lee didn’t really scare anyone as a returner, although he was able to hang onto the ball.

All told, the Packers have been pretty terrible on kick returns. Nelson has averaged 22.5 yards, with a long of 51. Lee has been worse, averaging only 19.8 yards, with a long of 30.

Lee was injured during the Packers week 8 win over the Jets, which forced the coaching staff to address the return game once again.

Enter Shields.

During the preseason, Shields got multiple opportunities as a return man. He’s easily one of the fastest players on the team, if not the fastest, but he wasn’t able to catch the ball. The experiment ended quickly.

More recently, the coaching staff has been working with Shields on returns. Against Dallas, Shields only got one opportunity to return a kick, but he went 49 yards with it, demonstrating his potential.

On Monday, coach Mike McCarthy said Shields is his kick returner.

“He has a unique talent as a kickoff returner, just with the one opportunity. He definitely has a chance to be a big-time returner for us, so we’ll stay the course with Sam,” McCarthy said.

The biggest difference between now and the preseason is Shields has settled into his role on defense and knows the system, which gave the coaching staff an opportunity to work with him on catching kicks.

“Catching the ball is a fine-motor skill, and a lot of extra time was spent doing that with Sam, especially this week when we felt he was going to have the opportunity to do it. It’s a tribute to Sam and the special teams coaches, and we’ll continue to do so,” McCarthy said.

Having Shields as a kick returner is exciting, considering he has the speed to score any time he touches the ball.

However, if he reverts to his old form and begins to drop the ball, we wouldn’t be surprised if the Packers look elsewhere… again.

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Comments 7

  1. Jeremy says:
    12 years ago

    Fine, just keep him away from punt return position until he has proven beyond all doubt he can field the football.

  2. Jurgens says:
    12 years ago

    Can we please get him to return punts as well. I cant believe we still have one of our star CBs back there still…

    • Ariana says:
      12 years ago

      I totally agree with you. Packers need to keep Sam so he can grow with us. He has potential to be really great in a year or two :)

  3. martinez says:
    12 years ago

    i agree with jurgens, but shields first has to prove he can field the ball… we definitely need to get tramon out of the punt returner role. i know we’re pretty deep at the corner position but our depth keeps jarrett bush off the field if only on defense… if tramon goes down jarrett becomes our nickle guy, and thats not in our best interest. but he has played better as of late…

  4. iltarion says:
    12 years ago

    I have been calling for Shields to fill this role for about a month now. Props to MM for making the move, finally.

    Shields had trouble catching the ball. That is not a concern for a kick returner, who has plenty of time to gather the football, and a kickoff is typically easier to catch than a punt. The concern for a kick returner is fumbling. That wasn’t Shields’ problem. Shields is the fastest player on the team and immediately gives the Packers a bonafide threat there.

    I am fine with Tramon returning punts. It appears that he genuinely likes the role. Other teams have all had important players returning and been fine with it, see Minnesota, New Orleans, Chicago, etc. If they can all have key players returning punts, why not us?

  5. Vijay says:
    12 years ago

    iltarion is correct here

  6. richard robinson says:
    12 years ago

    I PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WITH SAM SHIELDS AND HE’S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE HE’S THE TYPE OF PLAYER WHO’S BEST IN THEIR COMFORT ZONE I HAVE PERSONALY SEEN HIM IN HIS COMFORT ZONE AND ITS SOMETHING TO SEE AND FOR THE RECORD ARE TEAM WAS UN DEFEATED AND UN SCORED ON AND ALOT OF THAT SUCCESS CAME FROM SAMS KICK RETURN ABILITY EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL U KNEW WHAT TIME IT WAS

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