Lions Week Take 2

Pack wins.....book it

I choose not to book it.  

Clements sucks. Book it. 

whatever my expectation is, the opposite will happen. Book it.

 I would like to be more optimistic but..........

OPTIMISM

 

I'm optimistic Bill Burr will make me laugh as that's who I'm currently watching.

 

I'm optimistic the Pumpkin Bread that wifey made tastes fantastic.

 

I'm optimistic I'll watch the game & be completely disgusted at some point

I agree Dave. Can't book it. I don't have any idea which Packers team will show up. The good one or the bad one...???

The bad one should be able to beat the Lions

I'm anxious for the Packers to win another game so we can start the "what if they run the table..." talk and get our hopes up only to fail miserably BEFORE the Super Bowl.

Good news is Vikings schedule is rough.   Win a few more and most importantly sweep the Vikings and we remain King of the North.

I no longer have any expectations for this team. Book it. 

I'll have excessive, explosive ass concussions after eating a McDonald's hamburger.  Book it.

 

AKA.. McGurgles.

Win, lose or draw, we will all complain about it. Book it.

If Lacy can continue to run with a burst and authority as he has the last couple of games then I feel pretty good about winning at Detroit

If Clements and MM get stoopid with the play calling then all bets are off

Green Bay — The following is a summary of coach Mike McCarthy's pre-practice press conference on Sunday:  

 

(On Corey Linsley) Corey Linsley will attempt to do some work today. We'll get a better idea where Corey is, along with some of our other guys. (Damarious Randall) is in that same group. 

 

(On Lions' confidence) They look real confident, obviously winning here and winning the last two. Big victory on Thanksgiving day. The video, it's been good. 

 

(On a key to three straight victories for the Lions) If you look at their season, they lost some close games. But the change on offense has definitely helped them. ... The new personnel grouping has made them look different than what they looked prior to that change.

 

(On Eddie Lacy's fumbles) Any time there's a fundamental that is not performed in practice, you obviously just heighten the emphasis of it. ... There's only so many things you can emphasize that you want your team to reflect each and every time you line up. We spend a lot of time on takeaway drills, taking the ball away, ball security drills, protecting the football. I think it definitely reflects in our turnover ratio in my time here. The team that protects the football has the best chance to win. ... We need to do a better job taking care of the football. 

 

(On Andrew Quarless) He will not practice today. He won't be activated today. But maybe this week. That's where we are. 

 

(On Thursday-to-Thursday games) I don’t recall ever playing two Thursday games. Every time you play division games back-to-back is a challenge. There’s a different intensity to them. Playing back-to-back Thursday, frankly I hope we don’t do it every other year. If we don’t do it for 10 years, that would be great.

 

(On quarterbacks/receivers issues with them being in the same room) I think anytime you increase the opportunity to have more time to communicate and evaluate and be together in one room, there’s more to come out of it. The details are not what it’s supposed to be. I think we need to get more results. You look to improve communication.

 

(On Aaron Rodgers' chemistry with receivers) I think any time things aren't what they should be, you have to look at the details. It goes back to preparation. You have so much time on the field. We’re stressed a little bit this week. We’ll have a full Thursday practice tomorrow and our competitive combination drills. We'll do the best we can in our skill development, our individual development and our competitive combination drills in hopes those things carry over to Thursday's game. 

 

(On Rodgers holding meeting before Minnesota game) As far as the meeting with the players only, I'm not aware of it. If it happened, it had to be away from here. There's meetings that go on all the time, maybe an offensive meeting or a defensive meeting. You sit in there and talk about things, particularly when things don't go well. ... We have been talking a lot more about preparation. ... Those kind of preparation conversations go on all the time. There's been more to talk about on offense because of the lack of production. But a players-only meeting, that's among the players. 

 

(On getting more from TEs) Keep working. That's part of the group meetings. All the fundamental stuff, I wish I had something really smart to say to you about that. It's all about working on the field. Instruction tape, coaching tape, videos — I can promise you the preparation part is intact. Carrying from the practice field to the game field, we need to do a better job. 

 

(On fundamentals not showing up on the field) Let's make it clear, now. We've been successful here. You don't own success. It's rented. You've got to earn it each and every day. I've got a lot of love from our players, but I hate losing just as much as anybody. I don't know what you expect me to be like after a game, especially a game where you feel like you have an opportunity to win the game. 

New MMism: "I think anytime".

 

Personally, I think anytime you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results that's the definition of insanity.

 

BTW does Quarless have a setback? IIRC he was practicing just fine the 1st week he was allowed to. Now last week and today he's unable to.

Quarles has not practiced since injury.

quote:

If Clements and MM get stoopid with the play calling then all bets are off

If??

 

Thanks H5. I thought he did. Must have been wishful thinking. Or I was drunk.

@RobDemovsky: Aaron Rodgers: Slumping Packers' game preparation has to improve, denies players-only meeting.

Link: https://t.co/uvmDf5lSB2

 

From the article:

[Rodgers said] ... "There wasn't any players-only meeting, no. There's meetings with the offense all the time. We break up offense and defense, we break up into position groups, but there wasn't anything resembling what he talked about, from what I heard...

Aaron. 

 

Buby.

 

There was a players-only meeting.

 

 

So we've got some lazy young players?

 

 

"You know, you've got to be able to look in the mirror and feel good about the preparation every single day," Rodgers said Sunday.

 

"You need to think about if you accomplished everything you want to accomplish. If you didn't, you take your stuff home, and you look at it. You probably should take your stuff home and look at it anyway. This time of year, I always feel, helps with the preparation because it's so cold outside. There's not much going on, so you've got no excuses not to get in the iPad, get in your book and get ready to play."

Discount Double Check throwing down the gauntlet...

Abby is back.  

 

This will be a 30 point victory

Not much going on?

 

No way Detroit beats us that badly.

The only non-participants were right guard T.J. Lang (shoulder), cornerback Damarious Randall (knee) and receiver Ty Montgomery (ankle).

I hear there is a lot of downtime in those stands.

 

So plenty of time to bring that Ipad and stud....

 

Crap.

 

Nevermind.

 

 

 

 

Good link packerboi. Volumes.

 

Frankly, I think anytime you don't stack success you should get the red ass.

I wouldn't be surprised to see some higher profile players get purged in the offseason because of this.  I'm guessing the locker room is a bit rocky at this point.

Peppers has to be one.  I assume Jones will not be back.  I figured they would cut Kuhn in the pre-season.  Can't imagine Q is back unless he lights up the second half.  

 

Any others?  

I think Dervante may be the Packers Chad Jackson.

Several free agents they'll have to make decisions on

 

1. Mike Daniels

2. Mike Neal

3. BJ Raji

4. Mason Crosby

5. Letroy Guion

6. Nick Perry

7. Don Barclay

8. Casey Hayward

9. James Jones

10. John Kuhn

11. Scott Tolzein

 

A bunch of contributors, but other than maybe Daniels no one that would be considered a star. They might want Raji back, but someone may overpay him. Crosby will be an interesting one, he's had a great year other than one kick (and hit some mega-pressure attempts in the playoffs last year), but that one kick against the Lions is the type you pay kickers bigger salaries to make and he flat out choked.

 

I realize as much as anyone how poorly Adams has been playing but I don't think it's a true indicator of what he can do.  His play late last season was no fluke, the kid's got skills and can game.  Who knows what the story is this year: injury, pressure of being a #2 or #1B, no deep threat to soften coverage, etc.  He didn't just forget how to be successful over the course of a couple months.  His confidence may be shot but that should be the easiest to fix, even if it doesn't happen until the off season.  We don't have the depth we thought we had at WR so he is not a guy you just jettison.

@Michael_Cohen13: McCarthy said Jared Abbrederis "did everything" yesterday and is making progress. Ty Montgomery "is not making progress."

 

@Michael_Cohen13: McCarthy said he thought Linsley and Bulaga did what they were asked yesterday. Today will be a padded practice, better test for them.

 

@Michael_Cohen13: McCarthy said Andrew Quarless will start practicing today.

 

@RobDemovsky: McCarthy on Damarious Randall's availability for Thursday at DET: "I don't know. I'll know more today."

I thought the moment I heard Ty had a high ankle sprain that we weren't going to see him again this year.  If we eek into the post season maybe then, though he hasn't been working with AR and the offense so his usefulness in the playbook would be very limited.

 

RE: confidence  -- AR can help him by not targeting him as much/forcing it, and the coaches can help by giving him higher-probability for success options in the plays. Adams can help himself by playing more physically. (All the WRs can). The crossing route that was INT'd is a great example... win the route. If he runs harder on that route while running into the defender he may get the call. He half-assed it and looked lost. 

 

Angry about the drops