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I have to remind myself that the Packers were 8-9 last year with Aaron Rodgers and a strong finish to the year just to miss the playoffs.

It was never going to happen with Rodgers around but for the long term GB would have been better off playing Jordan Love down the stretch last year.   The way this season is playing out so far it could become a throwaway year so they can see what they have with Love and his development (or not).

@Tschmack posted:

I have to remind myself that the Packers were 8-9 last year with Aaron Rodgers and a strong finish to the year just to miss the playoffs.

It was never going to happen with Rodgers around but for the long term GB would have been better off playing Jordan Love down the stretch last year.   The way this season is playing out so far it could become a throwaway year so they can see what they have with Love and his development (or not).

Fans here and elsewhere, would have blown their tops if MLF benched Rodgers and played Love. I think it needed to be done, though.

@BrainDed posted:

Itโ€™s dealers choice against this shit showโ€ฆ. They could throw it 50 times or they could run for 250.

The lack of the Packers DL to do anything is the most frustrating thing about the defense (other than playing a prevent defense the entire game).

The rotation they have in their front 7 includes 5 first-round picks (Clark, Wyatt, Walker, Van Ness, and Gary), an ILB that made the Pro Bowl (Campbell), a 330 pound NT (Slaton), and a very good all-around player (P. Smith). None of these guys are undersized. With the exception of Slaton, I think every one of these guys would be at least a rotation player for almost any team in the league and most would start for most teams in the league. Yet, teams can run on them at will and despite having a dominant edge rusher (Gary), another guy who averages 8-10 sacks per year (P. Smith), and a first round edge rusher with exceptional speed (Van Ness) they can't ever consistently rush the QB either.

@mrtundra posted:

Fans here and elsewhere, would have blown their tops if MLF benched Rodgers and played Love. I think it needed to be done, though.

It needed to be done because the Packers weren't going anywhere last season, Rodger was a cinch to move on, and Love could have gotten about 6 games of experience last season instead of this year. This season could have started much better if the growing pains had been last season. Just the fact that the Packers would have a better idea of what they had in Love would make it the smart thing to do.

basically the same thing is happening at Wisconsin right now, although it took an injury. They were floundering around with a 6th year SR at QB and now they are playing a guy with 4 years of eligibility which will help them immensely next season.

Watson practiced. So did Wyatt, both good news. Maybe Gute found another Rusul gem at CB. Hey, I can dream can't I?

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@packerboi posted:

Watson practiced. So did Wyatt, both good news. Maybe Gute found another Rusul gem at CB. Hey, I can dream can't I?

Another underwear Olympics medalist.   Wooooo hoooo

I think the only real cure is to get better talent on the offensive line. Outside of Jenkins, there's probably not a player that you wouldn't like to replace.

Agreed, but itโ€™s not happening this year.  The Vikings defense will attack our O-line with constant blitzes of their smart and itโ€™s going to get ugly quickly.  This game is going to cause most of us to want to turn the game off.  Kark is also the best QB our D has had to face.  I predict a 20-point loss or higher.  It wonโ€™t be close.

Agreed, but itโ€™s not happening this year.  The Vikings defense will attack our O-line with constant blitzes of their smart and itโ€™s going to get ugly quickly.  This game is going to cause most of us to want to turn the game off.  Kark is also the best QB our D has had to face.  I predict a 20-point loss or higher.  It wonโ€™t be close.

I think I saw somewhere that the Spermheads lead the league in blitzing and I would expect them to ramp it up even more with the way the Packers offense is playing.

They also have not scored a rushing TD this year by the looks of it.  I think Joe Barry will fix that for them and I expect MN to run the ball well as most teams do against GB.

MN beat the 49ers but in previous games they struggle with Carolina and Chicago so which team shows up?  I have this feeling the team that will show up will be the one the plays down to their opponent.  They still win but it won't be a blowout.

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@The Heckler posted:

I think I saw somewhere that the Spermheads lead the league in blitzing and I would expect them to ramp it up even more with the way the Packers offense is playing.

They also have not scored a rushing TD this year by the looks of it.  I think Joe Barry will fix that for them and I expect MN to run the ball well as most teams do against GB.

MN beat the 49ers but in previous games they struggle with Carolina and Chicago so which team shows up?  I have this feeling the team that will show up will be the one the plays down to their opponent.  They still win but it won't be a blowout.

Weird thing is love is ranked 11 in passing against the blitz...so there's that.

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