I'm superstitious so it's going up tonight.
Rematch of Super Bowl I at Lambeau on Monday Night Football. It won't get any better than this.
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Chiefs spoiled the Packers shot at a 16-0 regular season in 2011.
Time for payback.
(Mind you, I'm not advocating breaking any legs.)
They are pissed off. They blew it against the he-haws.
They have never lost on the road to GB.
They have a great RB and a soft QB.
F the Chefs.
Wonder if A-12 still feels the sting of not going first in the draft......this IS the #1 pick Alex Smith isn't it?? I wonder how large that chip on A-12's shoulder is for dropping in the draft?? Curious.
We do have to break their undefeated string at Lambeau. HUGE game for the Packers. I'll be going to this one. Anybody else? Would be cool to meet up if possible.
FYI- If Herschel responds, just remember that he is really a 14 year old girl
woah! Hey! This is an adult tailgate we will be throwing...
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.
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.
if the OL gives Rodgers a chance then this is a W.
Every. Single. Week.
Yeah, this is a statement game for our OL and McCarthy, Edgar Bennett, and Tom Clements. They are going to have to game plan that pass rush and DL/LB play from the Chefs.
I really like them keeping an extra OL in a heavy set like they did with Tretter. Makes perfect sense.
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.
Don't see them activating Crockett from the PS, more likely it would be Richard Starkey since Boyd is likely done for.
Does anybody know if they still have that 'blueprint?'
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.
• 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.
Can't imagine they bring up Crockett unless Lacy goes on IR/DTR. Alonzo Harris will be active this week I imagine with Kuhn as the #3.
I suspect Ted wold prefer to hold off on using the IR/Designated to Return for as long as possible, as a hedge against Aaron getting injured (which has to factor in given the nature of his play and recent history).
Yeah I don't think Lacy will go on IR which a sprain, even a bad one.
Don't stupid luck things always happen vs. KC? I know they figured out how to stunt our air game back in 2011 but I have vague memories of fluke plays often vs the chefs.
There was the time Ed Donattel blew a 31-14 lead against KC. I'm surprised it took that long for one of his defenses to choke the big chicken.
If the Packers have to lose any game this season, I'd rather it be this one than an NFC North or West opponent. Or maybe we'll go 19-0. Preferably the latter.
Chefs are contenders in the AFC.
Yeah, any given Sunday.
But don't forget:
THE AFC SUCKS
#Packers DT Josh Boyd has an MRI, but 1st diagnosis is not as bad as it seemed. He broke a small ankle bone, not expecting long-term absence
Nothing new per se but further confirmation.
@TomSilverstein: X-rays were negative on #Packers RB Eddie Lacy's ankle, according to a source. But the timetable for his return isn't known.
Good to hear that Boyd's injury isn't season-ending. From the looks of things, Lacy is dealing with a pretty good ankle sprain. Hopefully he can go but if not they should be able to manage for a week or 2 without him. Harris will finally get to suit up and show what he can bring to the team
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.
Classic trap game. Although, I have hope now that MM is focusing on the big picture. 
Trophies, "their pass rush is on par with ours"?
KC may be among the top 3 pass rushing teams in the league. We have your boy Nick Perry.
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
Originally Posted by Fandame:
Classic trap game. Although, I have hope now that MM is focusing on the big picture.
No trap games on Monday or Sunday nights. All teams are ready for them. KC can beat the Pack, they will not but thy can.
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
#Packers RB Eddie Lacy, who sprained his ankle last night against the #Seahawks, could actually play on #MNF vs. #Chiefs. Injury is minor.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 21, 2015
Lacy's rookie year he had an ankle... I recall by mid-season he didn't practice during the week and then played, every Sunday.
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.