Not a reflection of Cobb driving the engine. It's Cobb, Jordy, Jones, and Finley with an OL coming together blocking for Lacy with the best QB in football. That's unstoppable. And we haven't got to Boykin!!!!
Add a healthy Collins and the rest of Teds pick fully healthy and this team is borderline lethal .
**** I hate the injuries!!!!!! It just ain't right.
"His weakness however, is finding street free agents"
Howard Green a nice exception.
he is excellent, however, at Jenga and identifying sarcasm
Instead of running out of bounds, looks around and says, "Who's my bitch?"
Antiworst. You're either on board or your not. There's no lane changes in what you believe in.
It just kills me, because if this offense were just healthy, it would be unstoppable. Absolutely unstoppable. As good as our offensive unit was in 2011 when we were 15-1, this group could blow that group out of the water.
With the emergence of Boykin, if our offensive line is able to give Rodgers time, there's not a defense in the NFL that could stop us. I am absolutely 100% certain of this. Rodgers under center with Lacy behind him (or Starks spelling him, or Franklin when he gets healthy), and Nelson, Cobb, Jones and Boykin in a 4 receiver set. Or move Cobb back next to Lacy. Defensive coordinators all over the league would crap their pants trying to figure out a scheme to stop us. Lacy can just run over people. Cobb can run past them. Or, AR-12 can just fake a handoff, and throw a perfect strike to Nelson 40 yards downfield, or Jones, or Boykin across the middle.
Driver was that guy that would get the clutch catch over the middle. Cobb has been filling that spot quite nicely, but I think when he gets back, Boykin takes that over. Put Nelson on one side of the field, Cobb and Jones on the other, and 6'2" 218 lb Boykin over the middle. He catches everything thrown his way. I'm super impressed with him. Tell me, what defensive secondary in football right now could stop that group? The Seahawks? LOL, their cornerbacks are too busy getting suspended.
We don't need an incredible defense. Just a defense that is consistent, and does the basic things well. A defense that tackles, and doesn't blow coverages 50 yards down field, will help this team win the Super Bowl again. A defense that can bump receivers coming off the line of scrimmage instead of lining up ten yards off the line of scrimmage because they're worried about giving up the big play. If our defense is just good next year...look out. And it can be better than good. If Clay is healthy, Jones, Perry and Worthy can get a lot of pressure on the QB. Lattimore, who should be starting next season, can wreak havoc in the middle. Daniels, Neal, Raji, Jolly etc can come up big. This can be a very good D if they are healthy.
The talent on this team could be every bit as good as the team that won it all in Dallas.
Talent is there, execution has been lacking in recent weeks.
LS,
There is one thing that could stop such an offense. A defensive line like the Giants had the year they beat the undefeated and unstoppable Patriots. The 4 man line beat on Brady all day. They knocked him silly.
None of your analysis noted the offensive line and a superb DL could provide enough push to nullify much of the talent at the skill positions.
ls spins a yarn there but neither GB nor NE had a decent running game in 2011 either. I have to wonder if the current team and their greatly improved running game would slow that NYG pass rush up just enough to let AR operate. It's not like there weren't opportunities vs NYG. Guys were dropping balls and passes all over the field that day. On the other hand, that 2011 GB squad was a well oiled passing machine - not sure we have ever really seen that this year.
Lacy is rated as the 3rd best pass-blocking RB in the league here:
https://www.profootballfocus.c...iciency-rbs-and-tes/
Quarless also makes an appearance on the "good" list for pass-blocking TE's.
If he doesn't get rookie of the year, there is no justice....
Over 1K yards in only 12 games with the last 5-6 of them being played without Rodgers at QB. He is good
Keenan Allen is gaining some Rookie of the Year steam, but it's got to be Lacy. He's been unbelievable.
What I love is how many yards he has after contact. Considering the pathetic at times work by our OL, I swear he must lead the league in that category. And love how he could smell the end zone on the last drive and was running in Beast Mode the entire way...
Zac Stacy has been really good too. He plays on an offense with a bad QB and not much in the way of WRs. And for a team that is often losing.
Wonder if Eddie will have any extra motivation this week to show the Steelers they should've picked him in the draft instead of the back they took ...
Found on the internet: Lacy ran for 141 yards and set new career highs for total yards (171) and longest run (60). He also cracked 1,000 yards. The Packers rookie now has 1,028 over 13 games…
Mike Tomlin says decision to choose Le'Veon Bell over Eddie Lacy was "an easy one." #Steelers loved offensive versatility.
Thank you for making the easy choice
Like Rodgers, Eddie has a chip on his shoulder, as in "What do I need to do to prove I'm the real deal?"
I think Tomlin may feel differently Sunday night...
Brockington's Packer rookie record of 1,105 is in danger this week. Lacy needs 78 yards to break it.
Brockington did it 14 games, and Lacy would break it in 14 games.
from PFT:
Apparently, the NFL thought this week’s NFC offensive player of the week was an “easy” decision.
Eddie Lacy won the award, after the Packers rookie running back ran for 141 yards and the game-winning touchdown in their dramatic comeback over the Cowboys.
Lacy is going to do it with more yards after contact. I think it's safe to say Brockington ran behind a better OL.
Brock faced 7-8 in the box quite often because let's face it, Scott Hunter & Jerry Tagge didn't strike fear into the hearts of DCs.
That 1971 OL had to have been pretty good. Green Bay rushed for over 2000 yards as a team that year. I know Gillingham and Bowman were starters, not sure of the others. Bill Lueck maybe?
Originally Posted by Shoeless Joe:
Brock faced 7-8 in the box quite often because let's face it, Scott Hunter & Jerry Tagge didn't strike fear into the hearts of DCs.
And Matt Flynn and Scott Tolzien do?
I can say Flynn is a better QB than either of those two clowns, are you old enough to have watched them play?
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Originally Posted by Shoeless Joe:
Brock faced 7-8 in the box quite often because let's face it, Scott Hunter & Jerry Tagge didn't strike fear into the hearts of DCs.
And Matt Flynn and Scott Tolzien do?
It was a different era when DB's could man handle the WR's all the way down the field. The Packer WR corp of Leland Glass, Carroll Dale and Jon Staggers weren't keeping DC's up at night either. Flynn is probably comprable to Hunter. But he and all of todays QB's and WR's have much more favorable rules than when Brockington and Lane were the offense. There were very few 3-5 touchdown pass games by starters muchless backup's in that era.
Let's hope the passing attack provides a longer shelf life for Eddie. Backs like Brockington and Larry Brown were pretty much done inside of 5 seasons.
was just saying this last nite, I'll be surprised if Lacy lasts more than 5 years.
I love his style but it's gonna take a toll, especially when our Oline plays like the 1st half last week.
Without checking stats I think #42 had 3 real good seasons, from workmanlike to great. The league back then was run to set up the pass. Brock fell off the good season train after his 3rd yr. I would bet he had plenty of carries at Ohio State befor he came to GB.
I have always thought that all running backs have a certain number of successful carries in them, some a couple of yrs worth, some 10 yrs worth. The problem is that there most likely is no way to predict when they will hit the wall.
Lets hope Eddie is a 10 year man, all with the Pack.
Ahman Green was a strong, hard hitting runner too and he had a long enough career to break Jim Taylor's club yardage record. I hope Eddie learns to modify his style next year so he can achieve longevity.....
I'd be surprised if Lacy makes it past 7. He'd be 30 with a hard-running style. His best shelf life is probably about the same as Rodgers has left.
Brockington was the 1st RB to exceed 1000 yards in each of his 1st three seasons - back when a 1000 yards meant something. He went for more than 800 in his 4th year. He never had more than 300 "touches" in a season with GB, so I'd agree his days at OSU put a lot of wear on him. Lacy did not have that kind of college career so I could see him last longer from that perspective. That said, Jerome Bettis was highly productive for 9 years or so. He too did not have a lot of college carries at ND.
Originally Posted by Va. Packer:
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Let's hope the passing attack provides a longer shelf life for Eddie. Backs like Brockington and Larry Brown were pretty much done inside of 5 seasons.
This Larry Brown? http://www.pro-football-refere...ayers/B/BrowLa01.htm
I don't see Lacy being productive for more than 5 years at this pace. MM needs to mix in more Starks IMO. When given the chance, he has been just as productive.
Granted, a lot of that is based on Eddie wearing down the D first, but a few more carries for Starks isn't going to have that much impact on the flow of the game. Over the course of a couple seasons, it could generate another year or so of production from Lacy.
