Packers-Seahawks Game Thread

Being humble in victory is a really good trait.

I won't be rooting for the seahawks, but I will certainly not tell you to go f yourself either.

 

I don't take it personal Doc Blood, at least your here occasionally even when the Seahorses aren't playing the Pack. If you were some douchebag Seahorse fan or some Cowboy fan here to rub it in then I would say go F yourself, but you're classy as always.

Despite losing the way they did to Seattle there is no way in hell I am rooting for the Pats and their cheating asses. 

The only shame is it will be Seattle beating New England instead of our team

i love belichick as a coach.  imo, the best ever.  he plays to win and never quits trying to score even when up big.  it's like he plays all game as if he's down 10, even if he's up 30.  never goes conservative and keeps doing what got him the lead to begin with.  i f'n love that!

Sherman after the game says he was suprised the Packers didnt' throw at him after he hurt his arm.  He said he didn't think he could have raised his arm to stop a pass.

 

But, hey, MM says he has no regrets about his play calling.

 

I have softened on New England actually. I dislike them less than I used to. I'm rooting for them the rest of the way.

i'm easily rooting for the pats the rest of the way.  belichick plays to win like no other coach and never lets down.  i respect him so much for that. 

Well, he says that now....

Belichick vs Carroll SB...talk about a Packer fan conundrum.

Jordy in perfect position for the catch...Matthews the guy Bostick had to block.  And, Matthews gets the recovery.

Sober now so here goes.....this game came down to the end but was lost in the first quarter.  Needed to convert those opportunities. Did not.  

 

oh, and even at that if Bostic catches the ball.....

 

And AR can't change the play?

Regrets, I have a few......

I doubt MM let's him change plays to a pass at the end, after he has made a decision that he wants to try to end the game by running the ball.  

Bull****.  

Plenty of miscues to go around but if anybody could clarify for me two things, 1) watching AFC game and on this big return by Edleman there is the exact same block executed that Matthews did on the INT yet no flag in this game. If QB is actively seeking out tackle he's not protected anymore? 2) the sweezy (sp?) play how is different the Lang play last week about being after the play and the down counts with the yardage marked off. Not blaming just curious. Oh and did anybody catch the perfect hiton Brady that was flagged, wow and then to have the great Mike Carey say yep it's illegal to hit QB in chest.

IMO, it came down to 5 plays.  2 in the first quarter, not getting the TD, daniejs unsportsmanlike like, fake punt, onside kicK. But regardless, good season, let's see how SEA is set up after they pay the market price for their qb. 

Did MD Jennings die at some point during the regular season?  It looked like his ghost inhabited Dix on that lollipop on the 2pt conversion.  Fail Mary II.  At least MD went for the ball.  CD had a helluva a game, a career game today but damn that was bad.

That personnel grouping didn't lend itself to a lot of play changing. The pooch was pretty much screwed after the first play lost yardage. I think the way the Packer defense was playing and Seattle's offense was playing probably contributed to it. Who knew they wouldn't see the damn ball again until a 15 point swing in 3 minutes?

I think this may be the winning answer tomorrow when clearer heads are prevailing. Failing to get TDs in the redzone, especially near the goal line, was a problem all season long, and today was no exception.

 

This should probably be the top focus of the offseason for the offensive coaching staff.

Pretty sure Mathews got called because he hit Wilsons head while blocking him. Colts guy got the flag for leading with his helmet.

It's all about discipline there.  I'm sure his eyes got as big as saucers when he saw that ball coming at him and his instinct took over rather than his trained brain.  I would do the same.  But I'm not a professional football player.

As Bill Bellichik says to his players---"just do your job"

yep. 

Being the hero is so much sexier than "doing your job", though.

Failures in "situational football".

The Seahawks caught the Packers in a "zero" coverage look on the game winning score. No safety. Russell Wilson saw it and changed the play to a pass.

 

Tramon: "There was nobody else but me out there. It's just one of those things. Took a chance. Gambled. It is what it is."

It's not that he didn't try to go for it twice on fourth and goal from the 1.  It's that he didn't have the confidence in his offense converting, and for good reason.  His fault on those plays isn't in not being aggressive enough, it was in not being more successful inside the 5 all season long.  He went for it in those situations plenty of times this year only to be denied.  Bigger problem than just a couple plays today.

Agreed. After the stupid Daniels penalty they still got it to 2nd and goal from the 1. Eddie Lacy is a beast yet they went with no yards and a cloud of dust Kuhn and predictably he got stuffed. Then Eddie got stuffed on the 3rd down play. They had issues converting these situations all year and it finally caught up to them. 

Going for the FG was the right play both times. You must take the points in playoff football. Stop the 2point conversion and we go to the Super Bowl. That was the crucial play IMHO. 

Yup, kicking was the right move, if needed.

Dix didn't even look at the ball. He was playing the receiver(Willson) on that 2PT conversion. He just locates that heave and prayer by Wilson and it's an easy knockdown

 

just so many things they screwed up at the end. 57 minutes of solid football and then everything crumbled.

I agree 100%. They got to 6-0, and defense was still playing lights out. Offense was adding to the lead. Kick coverage was doing their job. Winning battle of field position. At 4th down you have to take those points on the road. They built it to 16-0. Bottom line is the offense still had plenty of chances after that. Championship winning coaches let their playmakers make plays. I don't know that MM had the cajones to do that in the end.

The old saying is you are only as strong as your weakest link.

 

 Throughout the season, in a myriad of ways, the special teams were the weak link--blocked kicks, poor coverage, inability to return a kickoff, failure to recover onsides in games.  Teams rans   Ryan said after game the scouting showed the Packers were vulnerable to a fake kick because of they way the came after fgs....

 

MM's stubborn loyalty to Slocum--the coach of the weakest link on the team year after year-- cost him today.  Hopefully, MM learned a lesson 

No problem with FG's. I wouldn't have had a problem with the run plays after Burnett's pick except they used 3 TE's and announced to the Seahawks they were going to run. Even after the first attempt was for negative yards. He pulled in the horns with a 12 point lead and 5 minutes left. It backfired. The Seahawks offense and the Packers defense were polar opposites of what they were for the first 55 minutes of that debacle.

In Boston.  Kids are happy the Pats won.  I'm not going to Phoenix with my Pats fans neighbors.    Everyone treating me like a leaper cus they KNOW they just saw the biggest collapse in the history of the Packers (NFL?)   Even my Cleveland friends are txting me saying "sorry, that reminded me of the drive, the fumble" etc.  Congrats McCarthy.  The sh*t down the back of your pants on this loss is now in the pantheon of uber loses that the infamous Bernie Kosar Browns put up.  When ever you decide to grow up, I hope you become something like Andy Reid.  A fat idiot who can run an offense but can't manage the clock.  Please stop wasting Rogers (Aaron, not Richard) carrier and fire this hamburger cook.  There's just no other discussion to be had about it.

It is not the FGs that were the problem.

 

It is that we can't get into the EZ on the first 3 downs.

 

Inside the 10. Get in the ****ing endzone.

 

MVP, offensive genius playcaller, dial something up.

 

All season long. Plenty of time to "get that fixed".

The best thing the Packers can do for next season is to fire Capers. Ever since he has been the Packer Defensive coordinator the Packers D at best has been ok at best. Generally the D has been the worst or near the worst in the league.  Get ride of the bum already the worst that can happen is the Packers D would be the worst in the league, that is a push with that idiot Capers results would be.

A legit TE would be nice.  Also, would like to see some play action inside the 10, make the LBs come up on a run fake and open up middle of the end zone.  With MM, its either under center and handoff, or shotgun and throw.