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Let's just hope some of these injuries can heal up by the time the Chiefs get here on Monday. 

 

Alex Smith is an average QB, but he does have the confidence of knowing he came into Lambeau in 2012 and beat the Packers when he was at the helm of the 49ers.  The Chiefs aren't as good as that 49ers team was, but I really do think they're possibly a playoff caliber team with the talent they have on both sides of the ball.

 

I'm expecting Smith to play similar to how he did in 2012 in that win at Lambeau.  He'll nickel and dime you to death with short passes with an occasional 15-20 yarder down field.  You think he shouldn't move the ball against you as he's not a good deep thrower, but he finds a way to move the chains.  The key is to hold them to FGs.  With Charles/Kelce/Maclin and Smith's running ability, they've got some legitimate pieces out there so this will not be a cakewalk for the Pack's defense even with some of Smith's limitations.

 

On offense.... those OLBs of the Chiefs will have to be slowed.  They are as good a tandem as any in the league.  Bahktiari will have to step it up as he really was shaky on Sunday.  Justin Houston is a fantastic player and has a chance to really disrupt things for Rodgers. 

This will be a good test for this OL, the Tackles need to step up and at least give Rodgers a chance. Lindsley will have his hands full with Poe, but if the OL gives Rodgers a chance then we will be in good shape.

The D just needs to get off the field and get Rodgers on the field. Just like with the OL, if the D and ST give Rodgers a chance then we will win. It's a team effort, but when you give this guy a chance to win it for you then he will win it for you.
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Normally, I'd predict a fairly comfortable win against the Chiefs. The problem is that the Chiefs are playing with an extra 3 days of rest and the Packers are pretty banged up at this point. They'll likely need to activate Crockett as another RB, but that will limit what they can do when he's in because there is no way you risk Rodgers getting hurt because of a blown blitz pickup. If not Crockett, we'll probably see a heavy dose of Kuhn spelling Starks which then provides no real threat of a run.

Interesting...

 

Two injured offensive linemen, Eric Fisher and Jeff Allen, should be ready to play in Green Bay. The Chiefs need a new right tackle. Jah Reid, who signed the week of the first regular-season game after being released by Baltimore, was forced to start because of injuries to Fisher and Allen but hasn't played well.

 

The spot was supposed to be Fisher's, but his sprained ankle has lingered longer than the Chiefs had hoped. Coach Andy Reid was noncommittal recently about whether the job would be Fisher's when he is ready to return.

Even if Fisher plays, he is not what he was pumped up to be as the #1 pick in the 2013 draft. 

â€Ē The No. 1 overall pick, tackle Eric Fisher of the Chiefs, lost his left tackle job to the 74th pick of the 2012 draft, Donald Stephenson. And then, under cloudy circumstances, Fisher lost the right tackle job—because of an ankle sprain, or maybe poor performance—to a tackle off the street, Jah Reid, signed just seven days before the season-opener. The Chiefs will have paid Fisher $17.7 million by the end of this season, and they’ve got to be having major buyer’s remorse for a guy who, according to Pro Football Focus, was the 34th-rated right tackle in the NFL his rookie year (among 36 who played at least eight games) and the 28th-rated left tackle in 2014.

 

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/0...-morning-quarterback

This is going to be a different game than the one at KC that broke our streak in 2011.

 

We are at home where we have been playing very well, even though the Chefs are undefeated at Lambeau. This is a perfect time for us to break their streak.

 

Our offense is far superior. KC's run D is ranked high, but they have faced the likes of HOU and DEN. James Starks has more rushing yards than any of the RBs KC has faced to date, including CJ Anderson. Way more. Their pass rush is about on par with our own. Outside of the rookie, Marcus Peters, who does look good (2 INT and 6 PD), they have no one of note in their secondary (Gains and Fleming give up better than 63% completion percentage by opposing QBs. Peters has allowed 3 TDs, which was the big knock on Peters prior to the draft. He gives up a little over half of the balls thrown into his coverage. These 3 CBs have given up over 450 yds worth of completions in two games. One of the teams they played didn't have a QB (HOU). For comparison's sake, our trio of Randall, Shields and Hayward have given up 203 yds. total.

 

Safeties Eric Berry and Ron Parker have an entire 1 PD between the two of them. No one there has faced the likes of Aaron Rodgers and his arm.

 

I think our D will be up to the task to take down the KC offense, and I suspect they will hold Jamaal Charles to under 100 yds just like they did with Lynch. Alex Smith has thrown 2 INTs and has been sacked 6 times. This could be really fun for our D, if they continue to play well.

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Originally Posted by CAPackfan:

AFC West is pass rusher heaven. KC has one of the best duo's in the league.....far superior to GB in that regard

 

Houston and Hali will be a tough task for Bakht and Barclay

The GB tackles can't have performances like they did last night. ProFootball focus has them with about as low of game grades as I've ever seen.

 

https://www.profootballfocus.c...nse-stifle-seahawks/Back in January, both Michael Bennett (+0.2) and Cliff Avril (+4.8) earned negative pass rush grades against the Packers but they brought the heat to Rodgers last night combining for 15 pressures on a horrid night for tackles Don Barclay (-10.3) and David Bakhtiari (-7.3). Of those 15 pressures, seven came via bullrush which served to highlight their physical dominance but also played its part in the low conversion rate into hits and sacks which Rodgers was able to exploit by escaping while they were still engaged to keep the passing game moving.

I know it's Monday Night, but this is a classic trap game.

 

Huge win over a perceived invincible NFC foe

1 week before facing another NFC team (Niners) who we haven't beat in 4 straight tries.

AFC game doesn't mean much in the overall big picture. (Tiebreakers)

 

If the Pack loses it will be because they regressed vs. the run or just came out flat. I don't expect that to happen @ Lambeau.

 

Justin Houston is very very good. You're all about to find out

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Originally Posted by MichiganPacker:
Of those 15 pressures, seven came via bullrush which served to highlight their physical dominance but also played its part in the low conversion rate into hits and sacks which Rodgers was able to exploit by escaping while they were still engaged to keep the passing game moving.

Ok, So PFF is saying Bennett and Avril utilized the bullrush to impart physicall dominance over Bak N Bac but doing so may have led to a lower hit and sack conversion rate which Aaron Rodgers exploited while they were still engaged with GB tackles but those same tackles received lower grades for keeping lineman engaged.

 

So I guess what they are trying to say... is...

 

Honestly I have no idea what they are trying to say with that statement. 

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