Home Field Advantage

A few things off the top of my head:

Clearly the OL, and the tackles specifically, struggle at times versus fast edge rushers. Lambeau really helps Bakh and Bulaga

Packers' overall team speed won't wow anybody. Aside from Shields no true burners. Again Lambeau helps

TTs secret formula on the LF turf -- more opponents than not seem to struggle this time of year with footing

Having said all that, IMO this team is increasingly built to win in all venues. With Rodgers pulling the trigger, Lacy, and improved OL protection they can move the ball anywhere. Just need more speed to emerge at the TE position and I still hold out hope that Janis will emerge as a take the top off defenses WR.

Lang claims it's "mojo" and here's what AR says:

"I think this year more than any other year we've really played exceptional at home. It's a combination of obviously knowing the footing, the crowd noise, the energy, the surroundings and being very efficient."

I think the improved play at home is largely just a product of having an improved team. Overall this appears to be the most complete team since the one that won it all in '10. After what I saw last night it also appears that the coaching staff is on top of their game.

Smert fans help too. One of my besties is a season ticket holder. He's said since the addition went up, Packer fans are so quiet when AR and Co. have the ball he can literally hear a Packer fan coughing 6 rows up. It's comparable to being in a library.

On defense? It's damn near deafening, He and his wife have no voice today.

HFA meant a$$ in 2011.

Packers won, but there is a ton of room for improvement...but the encouraging thing is, that game was a couple of plays away from being a blowout.

Still, trying to temper enthusiasm. I thought 2011, that was as explosive an offense as I'd ever seen in Packerland, and the Giants stoned us cold. 

+1

This is a HUGE part of it - allowing all of the offensive players to hear Aaron's calls is really making the difference at Lambeau as he just dissects the defense at the LOS.

Much harder to pull off on the road

HFA right now is the highest in the league by a wide margin

http://www.teamrankings.com/nf...ng/home-adv-by-other

Obviously, I don't go to games any more.  I will try again once the kids get a bit older.

However, I do like to hear that it's getting loud.    I wonder if the full enclosure now makes the sound stay in the stadium more.  Also, quiet on offense means the fans are "getting it".

Maybe the old geezers moved into the boxes and the "young-uns" (er drunks) are in the bowl screaming their heads off now.

In comparing this year's team to 2010, this year's team looks to be better offensively, but defensively they aren't at the level 2010's team was.  That 2010 defense was the rock of that season's team. They were good at any place they played at, road/home/neutral, they were darn good in all arenas.  Just to give you an idea of how good 2010's defense was, the 2014 Packer D has already given up 27 more points this season with 4 games left than the 2010 team gave up in the entire regular season (240).

The 2014 defense does seem to be better at home than road.  In 2010, it really didn't seem to matter, they were up to the task everywhere.  2014's D maybe needs the help of the crowd noise and familiar surroundings more than 2010's D did.

Bingo.

The OL just protects so much better at home than on the faster surfaces where it's more likely sacks, holds and other negative plays can bog them down.

The offense has been unstoppable in the first half of the last four home games. Here's what they've done in the 1st halves:

Car: TD, TD, TD, punt, TD, punt

Chi: TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, fumble, TD

Phi: FG, TD, TD, TD (PR TD was in there too)

NE: FG, FG, TD, FG, TD

That's 22 first half possessions for the offense. 2 punts...none in the last three 1st halves at home. 15 TDs, 4 FGs, 1 Turnover...which i believe was at the goalline trying to score.