Obviously, it will be hot and humid, so I think they single biggest key for this game will be TOP. The more drives we can sustain on offense, the quicker we can wear them down.
So I hope to see a steady diet of Lacy and Starks, a good dose of Cook, and some nice YAC from our WRs. If we can run 60+ plays, that should seal their doom.
Conversely, defense needs to get off the field on 3rd down. We need to be stout against the run; the more we can force Bortles to throw, the more opportunity for our DB's to make plays.
Lastly, our guys can't commit penalties that give them 1st downs, especially on 3rd down attempts. Lane better be ready to rock; we damn sure don't want any drive-killing holds and/or false starts.
Worked for my kid on the soccer field during a week of brutal mid-90s and humidity to match... better than Gatorade!
Fandame posted:Worked for my kid on the soccer field during a week of brutal mid-90s and humidity to match... better than Gatorade!
This being Minnesota, that was mid-90s below zero. 
Chocolate Milk.
If this team is who we think they are - no way do they lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 1.
Going for the Jagular begins in Week 1, 31-10 Pack. Jordy with a short slant that goes the distance, Edward hits the Century, and Def gets a pick or scoop 6.
If this team is who we think they are
Then crown their asses?
The Green Bay Packers face an unusual opener -- they haven’t started a season on the road against an AFC team since 1985 -- against an uncommon opponent in the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Packers will see a familiar face in former Green Bay cornerback Davon House, but that’s about. Just about everyone else is unfamiliar. Throw in the fact that it’s the season opener and there will be unscouted looks to deal with, and it makes for a difficult test early on (not to mention it will be much hotter in Jacksonville than it was in Green Bay during training camp).
Here are six Jacksonville players to watch on Sunday, courtesy of ESPN Jaguars reporter Mike DiRocco:
OFFENSE
QB Blake Bortles: Bortles set franchise records in passing yards (4,428) and TDs (35) in 2015, but he’s still a work in progress. The Jaguars want him to become a more efficient passer (he has completed 58.7 percent of his passes in two seasons) and cut down on turnovers (35 INTs in two seasons). To do that, he must make quicker and better decisions. Bortles likes to take chances, but the Jaguars want him to be smarter about when he takes those chances: third-and-7 from his own 23-yard line or inside his own 10 isn’t the best time.
WR Allen Robinson: Robinson set a franchise record with 14 touchdown catches and made 80 receptions for 1,400 yards last season. The scary thing for opposing defenses is that his teammates and coaches say Robinson is a better route runner now. That will help in shorter and intermediate routes, but the 6-foot-3 Robinson is still Bortles’ go-to guy down the field. Expect a few 50-50 balls, which Robinson feasted upon last season.
RB Chris Ivory: The Jaguars brought in the 6-foot, 222-pound Ivory as a free agent to beef up a run game that has ranked 31st in the NFL over the past three seasons (91.0 yards per game -- just 0.04 yards per game better than Atlanta). Ivory is a pounder, and that’s just attitude Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley wants his team to adopt in running the ball. Ivory will share the workload with T.J. Yeldon, last year’s second-round pick, but expect a heavy dose of Ivory near the goal line.
DT
Malik Jackson: The Jaguars are counting on Jackson, who signed the richest contract in team history ($86.1 million over six years, with $42 million guaranteed) this offseason, to provide significant pressure inside to help overcome the youth and inexperience at the weakside end. Jackson has 14 sacks over the past three seasons, and he’s also knocked down 15 passes at the line of scrimmage, which means he’s disrupting things even when he can’t get to the quarterback.
LB
Myles Jack: The Jaguars still haven’t settled on a role for the rookie second-round pick, but expect him to get some time when the defense is in nickel. He’s a coverage linebacker who’s athletic and fast enough to stay with running backs and tight ends, an area in which the Jacksonville defense has consistently struggled. He started camp working behind Paul Posluszny at middle linebacker but is now spending more of his time behind Telvin Smith at weakside linebacker. Jack may be the starter there before the first month of the season is over.
CB
Jalen Ramsey: He’s a big (6-2, 209 pounds), physical corner who runs well, which is why he was the No. 5 overall pick in this year's draft. The Jaguars originally planned to keep him outside, but he picked things up so quickly that they worked him at nickelback as well. When the Jaguars are in nickel, he will play inside and Prince Amukamara will play outside. It will be interesting to see Ramsey matched up against Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb.
Rob Demovsky ESPN Staff Writer
The Packers reached an injury settlement with TE Kennard Backman, who underwent a minor knee surgery over the weekend. It's expected that he would be able to play again at some point this season.
With Hyde being #1 on punts and kick-off returns does this mean Pressly will be aninactive?
ammo posted:With Hyde being #1 on punts and kick-off returns does this mean Pressly will be aninactive?
Hope we see him on kickoffs
QB Blake Bortles: Bortles set franchise records in passing yards (4,428) and TDs (35) in 2015, but he’s still a work in progress. The Jaguars want him to become a more efficient passer (he has completed 58.7 percent of his passes in two seasons) and cut down on turnovers (35 INTs in two seasons). To do that, he must make quicker and better decisions. Bortles likes to take chances, but the Jaguars want him to be smarter about when he takes those chances: third-and-7 from his own 23-yard line or inside his own 10 isn’t the best time.
Blitz, blitz, and blitz some more. Trust the DBs and Ryan/Martinez the starting ILBs.
Ugh. Lynch is one of the worst.
Attachments
Terry McAulay and crew for the game.
The DB's are going to have a few shots at INT's on Sunday.
There are still some injuries we don't have much, if any, info on, and Hyde is one of them. He may be listed as primary returner, but who knows if he will be able to play or not?
Lowry has to be excited! Go get 'em, kid!
Cook should be the #1 TE; I think it's obvious he's better than RichRod, both receiving and blocking.
Ditto for Abby. He may/may not be better than Monty, but he's better right now. He had a much better camp, and looks more ready to play, IMHO.
Timmy! posted:Ditto for Abby. He may/may not be better than Monty, but he's better right now. He had a much better camp, and looks more ready to play, IMHO.
Agree. He's ahead on the depth chart still too.
Right on Timmy! Really looking forward to watching Cook play in this offense.
I got Rodgers, Cook & the Packer D in FF this year.
We're screwed
Bob scouts the Jags. Packers will be in dark green HOME colors (nice move Jags).
EverBank, which seats 66,851, could be flooded by Packers’ fans because the Jaguars’ season-ticket base is only about 45,000.
Interesting update on Miles Jack:
The Packers were one of many teams that bypassed UCLA LB Myles Jack in April before the Jaguars traded a fifth-round choice to Baltimore for the No. 36 pick they used on him.
As it turned out, the Packers’ medical staff didn’t like the looks of Jack’s right knee in which he suffered meniscus cartilage damage in late September. Two days before the draft, he told reporters that microfracture surgery might be necessary.
Jack’s off-season was reduced to a pair of mini-camp practices because of UCLA’s class system. He has been healthy throughout camp, and in four exhibition games finished with a team-high 13 tackles.
In 122 snaps, however, Jack hasn’t made a single play that really stood out.
“I don’t think he has near the speed and the explosion that he once had,” an AFC personnel director said after studying the Jaguars’ first three games. “He’s looked OK. He’s just coming back, and maybe it will pop at some point. He’s still athletic. He doesn’t have that great explosion and speed he once had.”
Jack, who turned 21 this week, has his entire career ahead of him. There’s no telling what type of player he might become. All that can be said now is Jack wasn’t tearing it up this summer.
Jack worked behind veteran Paul Posluszny in camp before spending the final week on the weak side in the 4-3 defense. The question is, what will his role be Sunday?
The best guess would be that Jack takes some of Telvin Smith’s snaps in the nickel package alongside Posluszny.
Fans who wanted GM Ted Thompson’s head on a platter will be watching for No. 44 just as they will be watching NT Kenny Clark, who went to Green Bay nine slots before Jack.
Bob is such a troll sometimes
Honestly, I think Myles Jack should be the first overall pick.
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) March 18, 2016
Just got done talking to Myles Jack. This kid is going to own the league.
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) April 13, 2016
Hungry5 posted:Is Nagler Irish?
Well.....he's at least had 50 drinks
Per Rob D:
ESPN Staff Writer
Packers LB Blake Martinez will have the defensive headset and be the signal caller. That's a big responsibility for a rookie, but coach Mike McCarthy said the fourth-round pick deserves all the credit for picking things up so quickly.
ESPN Staff Writer
What does Jaguars coach Gus Bradley expect to see from Jordy Nelson: "We're anticipating him starting and playing a lot. Everything we're hearing he's ready to go and that's how we're approaching it."
Getting into Stanford is a hurdle that most footballers can't clear
Packers will have Buh-Lake calling the defense and AY AY Ron calling the offense
Interestingly enough, this will be the first time Dom and Blake will speak to each other.
Satori posted:Getting into Stanford is a hurdle that most footballers can't clear
Packers will have Buh-Lake calling the defense and AY AY Ron calling the offense
You joke EKB, (at least I think you were joking), but it is new this year that Dom is talking directly to the defensive player with the helmet-headset. He used to communicate with Winston Moss who would then relay the play to the defense, or **** up the call.
For the first time, Capers can now communicate directly to the player instead of calling plays down from the coaches’ box to Winston Moss (associate head coach/linebackers) to relay from the sideline.
packerboi posted:Bob scouts the Jags. Packers will be in dark green HOME colors (nice move Jags).
EverBank, which seats 66,851, could be flooded by Packers’ fans because the Jaguars’ season-ticket base is only about 45,000.
Exactly why this game isn't being played in London.
Hungry5 posted:You joke EKB, (at least I think you were joking), but it is new this year that Dom is talking directly to the defensive player with the helmet-headset. He used to communicate with Winston Moss who would then relay the play to the defense, or **** up the call.
For the first time, Capers can now communicate directly to the player instead of calling plays down from the coaches’ box to Winston Moss (associate head coach/linebackers) to relay from the sideline.
Holy Christ on cracker. The Wizard passed it on to Igor before the play hits the field?
I am excited to see what Martinez and Mini Hawk do.
"WR Allen Robinson: Robinson set a franchise record with 14 touchdown catches and made 80 receptions for 1,400 yards last season."
...and was drafted after Duhvante. Sorry, can't let go. But then again, DA is going to turn it around this year !!! Right ?
packerboi posted:Per Rob D:
ESPN Staff WriterEverything we're hearing he's ready to go and that's how we're approaching it."
Thanksjosh
Packdog posted:"WR Allen Robinson: Robinson set a franchise record with 14 touchdown catches and made 80 receptions for 1,400 yards last season."
...and was drafted after Duhvante.
Sorry, can't let go. But then again, DA is going to turn it around this year !!! Right ?
Wanna line up GB WR picks vs Jax WR picks since 2006?
You can let go. Let go! GB has done ok.
Henry posted:Has anybody discussed Sitton's involvement with the Illuminati?
< missed Boris' shutting down the Sitton thread by 10 minutes, so ... >
It has been burning up the password-protected Illuminati-only section of x4 for days now.
Or so it is rumored.
< there, I feel better now >
Campen when asked if the week was difficult: "No. No. You have to look at it as an opportunity for others."
#PackersCampen when asked if the week was difficult: "No. No. You have to look at it as an opportunity for others."
#PackersCampen said there are no issues in the OL room when it comes to mood or dynamic. He believes there are lots of leaders in their room.
James Campen on Lane Taylor: "His growth has been terrific. Very diligent guy." Went on to say he is "very, very confident" in Taylor.
In short,
So **ck you, and fu** you too!
Dom Capers reiterates that Clay Matthews is an outside linebacker. Matthews will move around in certain situations, but OLB is his home.
Capers on Peppers role: I like in preseason and games and practices how we limited his reps. I like where he is.