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11 minute drive with a struggling offense, rookie right tackle with first game experience, clutch 3rd down conversions, and overcoming several long yardage situations on the drive.

MM stealing another timeout from other team by faking he is going for it, just like Lions game. Then we make the FG and it let's us run down the clock again at end of game.
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Crosby
Finley
Starks/Green
Ponder
Keeping Jared Allen from dominating

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Holding penalties
More God damn injuries... This is beyond ridiculous.
Rodgers throwing the ball deep on 3rd and short when he could have easily picked it up by running for it. He's gotta be smarter than that.
Stupid fans complaining about other fans complaining about the play calling in the game thread.
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+ A win is a win is a win.
+ We played Ponder. No wide receiver catches a pass until late in the fourth? Yikes. Many thought he was a draft reach at the time, and it appears they were right.
+ Barclay didn't get Rodgers killed. Barclay actually did pretty darn good blocking in the running game. They actually went to his side on the runs and he did well.
+ RBs made some yards. Only the third rushing TD all year. Yikes that's bad.
+ Third-down killers in the fourth quarter to keep the drive alive. If we go places in the playoffs, this is one of the huge drives we'll look back on.
+ Great patience by Rodgers and MM on that huge 17-play drive (not including penalty plays) that ate almost 11 full minutes. That was a back-breaking drive that shows what we are capable of in crunch time.
+ I think they let Crosby kick away on kickoffs and he may have discovered his swing again.

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- Letting AP almost single-handedly win the game. He's a runaway train.
- Injuries. I cry, "Uncle!"

A win is a win is a win...
+ Thought BJ Raji had a good game; Peterson's big day was from running outside and poor tackling.

+ DBs did well in pass coverage against poor WRs.

+ Running game was a pleasant surprise

+ Finley with back-to-back good games



- Special Teams was poor; Can't get too excited about Crosby for making a few gimmees as he banked in a PAT, missed a long one and kicked off OB; Cobb with a bad decision on a PR too.

-WRs couldn't seem to get open and it forced Rodgers to hold the ball (or AR not seeing WRs in open field)
One positive is that McCarthy wised up and started helping his Tackle(s) out with a Back or TE. I thought they did a fine job helping Don Barclay out and really Barclay didn't embarrass himself. The running game was certainly up today which also helped Barclay out quite a bit. He was solid as a run blocker also, as evidenced by the fact that they constantly ran behind him and had success. If I'm McCarthy and TJ Lang can play next week, I would think seriously about moving Lang back to LG and giving Barclay the start. Give Barclay some help and let Lang do his thing at LG where he belongs.

One negative is that it's taken McCarthy this long to suck it up and give his Tackle(s) help. Lang's injury may have been a blessing in disguise in that regard. Having a rookie UDFA Tackle out there forced McCarthy do be a little more traditional with his protections. On the other hand, Rodgers did his OLine no favors with how he was holding onto the ball. I mean really, throw it away or settle for something short. There's no shame in dinking and dunking down the field.
+ Christian Ponder is hopefully the Vikings QB for another few years at the least
+ Starks ran with authority
+ Jennings being back
+ 11 minute scoring drive
+ Jones TD catch

- Run D
- OL
- Rodgers INT on that trick play. He had to know that the odds of that pass being complete to Jennings were slim to none there.
- Jordy goes down immediately after Jennings returns. sigh
- EDS
- Hochuli's crew
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Rodgers did his OLine no favors with how he was holding onto the ball. I mean really, throw it away or settle for something short. There's no shame in dinking and dunking down the field.
I don't know what they call but a lot of it seems to be Mike Martz bombs away game planning. They seem very stubborn about adjusting to the talent they have left.
I'm okay giving Barclay a start at right tackle. Let him get his feet wet and go for it. Lang was getting Rodgers killed, and while not outstanding, Barclay was able to hold his own and even help the running game. If he absolutely sucks, we can change it back.

Also, I thought Saturday's snaps were better this week. They didn't float back to Rodgers, but got there in a hurry. I thought that helped Rodgers look over the field and get his eyes downfield faster. Not that it helped him get the ball out to the receivers, but I noticed the improvement.
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Originally posted by Grave Digger:
One positive is that McCarthy wised up and started helping his Tackle(s) out with a Back or TE. I thought they did a fine job helping Don Barclay out and really Barclay didn't embarrass himself. The running game was certainly up today which also helped Barclay out quite a bit. He was solid as a run blocker also, as evidenced by the fact that they constantly ran behind him and had success. If I'm McCarthy and TJ Lang can play next week, I would think seriously about moving Lang back to LG and giving Barclay the start. Give Barclay some help and let Lang do his thing at LG where he belongs.

One negative is that it's taken McCarthy this long to suck it up and give his Tackle(s) help. Lang's injury may have been a blessing in disguise in that regard. Having a rookie UDFA Tackle out there forced McCarthy do be a little more traditional with his protections. On the other hand, Rodgers did his OLine no favors with how he was holding onto the ball. I mean really, throw it away or settle for something short. There's no shame in dinking and dunking down the field.


This post sums up my thoughts after the game.

No complaints about MM this week from me. In fact it must be hard calling pass plays when your QB refuses to throw the ball half the time. Good thing the running game was working today.

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