Packers-Falcons Game Thread

Excellent perspective TS.

 

Every single win matters and is important.

Bree's and Ryan torch us. 

 

Brady struggles Against us. 

 

this makes no sense. 

 

 

Pack wins.

 

I don't care if it was less by a touchdown.

 

 

Suck it haters. I'm going to bed.

Go....the.....fukk....away.

I know Capers is using a lot of sub packages, but I wonder if it is to the detriment of cohesion and everyone being on the same page in the back 7.  Blown coverages rear their ugly head again.  I think every team should know by now that the Pack can't cover crossing routes at the goal line. 

Pretty sure we won the game. 

 

10-3 and rolling into Buffablow.  

 

Bed time.  Some of us have jobs. 

Any NFL win is a good win. But the Packers defense is going to be a target this week and it won't be just this forum. They were not good the last 2 quarters.

10-3   7-0 at home.....all roads need to lead through Lambeau

You're hair did.

Ray Lewis is gonna kill someone tonight

 

While there was definitely execution failures some of the continued highwayman packages that were called all because Jones can supposedly cover is on Capers.  I don't get the zone packages against a player like Jones.

 

This team has had to overcome the failure of Dom Caper's early on in the season and I can't decide if it was truly all of Jones talent or laying out the red carpet for the guy in the second half.  

 

There is essentially 3 wasted spots on this defense that the coaching has to overcome and seemingly was on the way to doing it.  Putting the floppers back on the field is a head scratcher.  

 

I have seen this team with the enough horses on defense to do the job all the way to the Superbowl even with the roster holes.  Is this part of the last chance rehab project for Jones and Hawk?  That's the decision making I don't get.

That essentially was a playoff game for the Falcons. They threw everything they had at GB. That's how things are from here on out. Win by any means necessary. 

 

Ended up seeing way more Brad Jones than I could have ever wanted to see tonight. You can't play good defense if Brad Jones is playing defense. 

       
       


Sure lets just adjust to a scheme where my DL wins battles and we sack the QB. Then let's adjust to a scheme where the CB doesn't fall down and actually covers the receiver. Oh let's throw in an adjustment to where my CBs and Safetys don't drop INTs. It's so easy, just adjust. Capers probably wasn't mashing the X button hard enough on the controller he uses to control the players. Or maybe he should use the "Ask Madden" feature more.

What bothers you about that?

any major injuries?  if not...the win is even sweeter...

 

we are in the dog days of the season...and we need to win out...if we gave some players a rest so others got some game experience in critical situations...then, great.

 

We won the game.  Yes, not pretty in the 2nd half.  But it happens.

Good points. I'd like to see the snap counts for the LBs in the first and second half. A scheme that ends with Brad Jones covering Julio Jones is questionable. 

10-3. Moving onward. 

Falcons have similar comments about Jordy getting open for 60 and a TD.

 

 

 

 

Look at the defensive packages.  I swear to god the only thing I can figure out is they think they can get away with sub players  against predictable schemes like the Falcons to try and shape them for some kind of role in the playoffs.  

 

Absurd?  Yeah, I think so too but WTF.

Jones kept running free in the middle of the zone. Not winning one on one pash rush battles us on the players. Having a guy that wide open consistently in the middle of the zone is scheme. 

I've always maintained that yards is easily the most useless stat, points is really all that matters. 37 points is unacceptable, period. It was a poor defensive effort, but it's not a sign of things to come or the D showing their true colors. It's a bad game, they happen. They had a great game last week holding Tom Brady to 21 points...which game is more indicative of where this team is at? Who knows. Championship caliber one week, flat the next. Good enough to get the win though.

I think you may be right. Capers wanted to see how Jones and Hawk looked in the second half In a game they thought they had in hand. 

 

House was the DB who actually matched up against Julio Jones. Shields and Tramon were both abused. 

No accountability to the players for Jones running free? Communication errors. I saw two guys cover a useless TE in the flat on one of Jones big plays, no scheme calls for that. That's communication. Putting Brad Jones on the field, much less covering Julio Jones in any capacity is poor scheme, Dix going right instead of left is on Dix.

 

Can we get that?

 

Point being when you see the CBs and Safeties are having a hard passing off coverage on a guy like Jones who doesn't need that much room in the first place with "Coverage" Jones on the field it's curious.  I do think putting a bigger, more physical House on Jones was a good move but then still had problems with handing off coverage.

 

You're already getting beat by Jones, man him up with two and at least make the rest of the team beat you as well.

 

That's a player change, not a scheme change.

 

It's. The. Players.

 

 

Agreed.  And I don't want to take anything away for Jones.  He whipped their asses but again I just didn't understand what they were trying to run in the second half.  The thing that gave me the yips is see the freeway open for business again in the 4th quarter.  Brad Jones must of thought the ref was Marshawn Lynch.

Good call Henry, its obvious.
Why does Capers keep fukkin around, saving reps in a blowout?
That's a good god damn way to get your stars on offense hurt.
I dislike this immensely.

Really?  It's December.  We know what this D is.  The D is not reliable, especially against good quarterbacks.  And that really sucks, because they will be need to be relied upon in the playoffs.

 

And I question this with sincerity, why aren't you cover up Jones with 2 man coverage at this point? Yes, they have Roddy White and other offensive weapons, force them to use them.  So it's players and how they are being used.

The D did nothing much different in the 2nd half with regards to pass defense.

 

Henry, they played essentially the same defense the whole game. Jones had 100+ yards in the 1st half.

 

 

Falcons have same questions about Jordy torching? Are you frickin kidding me? Seriously?
Pick your damn poison when AR decides he wants to do whatever he wants right now
Nice to see you put the pencil neck geek in ARs class ... Down 31-7.

 

Then its your avatar.

 

But if you think about it, the coaching does have to temper their approach as they go into the post season  You can keep running full throttle with your OLBs covering all LB positions but I imagine you start becoming more predictable  simply due to lack of bodies.  I could understand trying to squeeze out anything you can of the turd brigade but damn it's painful to watch.  

 

Yet, it's not like we all didn't know that the success of this defense has always been incumbent on offensive savvy.

 

True.  Salient point.

Well ... That don't do my dog any good ... He is still wondering what 7 kinds of hell just took place.

The Packers are going to play zone in the 2nd half of games with a touchdown plus lead. They always have under Capers. He'll trade yards for time then tighten up in the red zone. It didn't work that well last night because the Falcons converted a few 4th downs.

Just kidding, he is the one that barked and told me to STFU.

 

You must be brain dead. Those same players have been dominating for about the past 5 games. 1 half, they had a brain fart, it happens.

 

 

Was there a single pass interference or defensive holding call all night?  On either team?

 

i guess neither defense was ever close enough to the receivers?