Skyy Moore absolutely went off for 214 total yards, carrying the Green Bay Packers to an overtime win against the New York Jets in Week 2, despite the team’s offense looking shaky all game. Honestly, the Packers shouldn’t have won that one. They were penalized like crazy and couldn’t force a single turnover. So, yeah, Moore’s performance was the whole damn reason they escaped with a victory.
The dude was a human highlight reel on special teams. He had four kick returns for 116 yards, averaging a whopping 29.0 yards per return, with a long of 43! And on punt returns, he bagged four for 92 yards, averaging 23.0, including a monster 63-yarder. Just to put that into perspective, the Packers’ longest kick return *all of last year* was 36 yards, and their longest punt return was only 20! He even chipped in two receptions for six yards on offense, stepping in as the slot receiver after Jayden Reed had to leave the field on a backboard. It’s wild that he had 214 total yards with only six of them coming from actual offensive plays!
Green Bay needed Moore to move the ball into scoring range, point blank. There’s no way they would’ve pulled off that win if he hadn’t delivered an all-time returner performance. Previously, some were skeptical about him holding onto the kick returner job once second-year third-rounder Savion Williams returns from injured reserve, possibly by Week 5. But after that showing, it’s gonna be impossible to take him off the field. Remember, he wasn’t even returning kicks last week, Bo Melton and Kaleb Johnson were, and he only had 17 yards on two punts against the Minnesota Vikings.
Now, with Reed’s status up in the air and no timetable for his return, you’ve gotta wonder how Green Bay is going to adjust their receiver rotation. They’ve been super rigid this season, with Matthew Golden and Melton only at X, Christian Watson, Williams (IR), and J. Michael Sturdivant only at Z, and Reed and Moore only in the slot since preseason. It’ll be interesting to see if they lean into two-receiver sets more often, maybe letting Melton or Sturdivant get some slot reps to keep Moore’s legs fresh for returns.
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Originally reported by Acme Packing Company.
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