More about their defense, from today's MMQB. Quite a drop off from last season, that was a terrific defense.

5. I think the most disappointing facet of any team this year is Carolina’s run defense. Ron Rivera’s got to be sick about it. The exclamation point Sunday was Cincinnati back Gio Bernard’s 89-yard touchdown run through the gut of the defense and then up the left sideline for the last 40 yards or so. The amazing part of it: The Panthers have run the ball 154 times this year, and the opposition has 152 carries. Equal. Foes lead in rushing yards, 841-521 … almost the polar opposite of last year, when the Panthers controlled the running game on both sides of the line. No surprise, then, that Carolina has allowed 34 points per game over the past four weeks.

That defense was sick good week 1 and week 2 this year.  Not sure what's happened.

It probably won't matter. It's all about keeping AR clean and upright.

 

Since the R-E-L-A-X heard 'round the world the Packers are 3-0, and Aaron Rodgers has thrown 10 TDs and 0 INTs.

Good one H5! I like that.

Aaron Rodgers:

First QB in NFL history with at least 15 TDs and and no more than 1 INT through six games.

 

 

quote:

Since the R-E-L-A-X heard 'round the world

And here I thought



was the "Relax" heard round the world. 

for ****s sake

 

No Greg Hardy. That's what happened. It's the same reason Harbaugh doesn't want Ray McDonald to "leave" his DL spot. Their run defense will go to $hit

 

.........and Fedya...... Anymore posts like that & I'm deleting them one-by-one

Do I have to stop dancing?

losing a stud defender will do that to your defense. 

 

As for their run game, pretty sure they have been without DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, as well as Mike Tolbert for much of the season. That's tough to overcome. 

Kawann Short and Luke Kuechly have been playing lights out for the Panthers this year. However, their high-priced DE Charles Johnson so they lack any real pass rushing threat from the edge (fortunately for the Packers). 

 

Sounds like DeAngelo Williams will miss the Packers game. Panthers offensive line has been underwhelming this year so far, so hopefully our defense can keep whoever is playing RB bottled up.

 

The challenge will be Cam Newton. He's playing extremely well this year and showed yesterday he's returning to form as far as his running ability. 

Good news. Still waiting for word on Shields. 

@TyDunne: CB Tramon Williams has "no major damage" to his ankle, source says. Only "some swelling." Not sure on timetable yet. #packers

I thought that on injuries like that they couldn't accurately assess the damage until the swelling went down.

 

Can't you just confine him to the two sub-forums he likes to post in that hardly anyone else reads?

 

 

 

McCarthy says Sunday injuries aren't long term

 Weston Hodkiewicz, Press-Gazette Media 5:42 p.m. EDT October 13, 2014

 

Packers coach Mike McCarthy spoke to the media on Monday. Here are some highlights:

 

On Tramon Williams, Sam Shields and Jamari Lattimore's injuries:

Sam and Tramon, I really don't have information as far as timeline until we see what they're doing Wednesday. Same thing with Jamari Lattimore. All three of them have three different injuries. Talking with Ted Thompson, I haven't talked to Dr. McKenzie yet. None of them were long term, but how fast is to be determined.

 

On losing CBs on back-to-back plays:

I thought our defense definitely responded. Looking at the secondary play throughout the game, they hit a couple throws. I felt good about the way Davon House played, Jarrett Bush. Micah Hyde played outstanding on special teams.

 

On Micah Hyde's return before final drive:

Micah won the game-ball for special teams. His and Jarrett Bush's plays were excellent. Big play in the game.

On stacking successes from win like this:

It's an investment in confidence. It's a lesson in overcoming adversity. Those are all great lessons.

 

On Letroy Guion:

Letroy has played very, very well. I thought he responded from early things in Chicago game. I thought he was outstanding.

 

On reaction to touchdown:

Three seconds are still on the clock. These games wear me out. Aaron checked back to same play as the one Randall Cobb scored on.

 

On Aaron Rodgers' draw:

Really, our process is when our players come off the field. They have these new surface tablets, Microsoft Surface. They work very well in the sunshine. Aaron sees the game so well, like none other. Things come to him a little differently than other guys. That particular play and check is something we haven't done in a while. There's an investment in that play.

 

On Aaron Rodgers:

You can't always have your cake and eat it, too. He's the best in the business at it. There is risk involved. I think he's smarter, more mature in some of his decisions. When I see him slide, I'm happy about that because there was a time he didn't slide. It's how we feel that's how quarterbacks should play

 

On missed tackles:

We missed way too many tackles. Eighty percent of our missed tackles were in the second half. You give them credit for that. That's really football. I thought they made a couple big plays. Their run game adjustment. I wish we would've played better defense in the second half. That four-minute drive was outstanding.

 

On getting ready for heat, holding canopies:

"You have to be smart about it. I thought our training staff, strength and conditioning staff, Adam our new nutrition specialist, this is what it's all about. Even on the plan, I don't think I've seen that many guys go to the bathroom that much."

 

On this win among his best performances:

"He's had great performances. I don't even know where to start. A couple of those plays he made were extraordinary. The touchdown throw was really in his wheelhouse. That's the situation you want to give him. He's had some great games – the Super Bowl, the Atlanta (playoff) game."

 

On Rodgers' pass to Nelson:

That's the grit of the position. When you have that pressure in your face, you have to make that throw and he doesn't even blink. If he reacts to the blitzer, we probably don't make that play."

 

On protection:
I clearly understand the number of quarterback hits and sacks we gave up. We had some things in the plan, wish I we would've done more of. I think they jumped our silent count. I still believe the sack in the red zone, he was offsides. That's a very good, active front. They have a number of guys back. We knew it was going to be big challenges."

 

On Clay Matthews' production:

"I'm very comfortable with the way Clay is playing. His grades are consistent. The production doesn't always reflect the performance. I liked the rotation we had with Clay, Julius Peppers, Mike Neal and Nick Perry. Clay is a big-time player. His production will come."

 

On Andrew Quarless' touchdown:

"I spent some time with Andrew on the TV show. He's walking with a little bit more hip in your hop. He's been here a long time. Andrew has made big-time catches. I think people tend to forget some of the plays he's made. The touchdown he made in Detroit. Just like the one in Miami, it's a route adjustment change. He's done a lot of good things."

Depends on what you're wearing....

By the by, in watching MM's presser live today he was in a very good, joking mood today.

 

Though you always have to take any of his injury updates with a grain of salt, I've noticed when his mood is upbeat and he's joking with reporters it usually bodes well for injury outlook.

 

 

Noticed that too. It was almost as if he didn't want to stop answering questions. As relaxed as I can remember MM in-season.

"They have these new surface tablets, Microsoft Surface. They work very well in the sunshine. "

 

MM responds well to coaching, probably saved himself a few bucks by not calling it an iPad. Microsoft paid big money for that product placement and announcers keep calling them iPads.

RE: McCarthy's giddiness today. They just stole a victory on the road.

Not with the pink flower in hand.

I don't recall Henry ever saying it was "in hand".

Thanks H5. Another sleepless night for me.

@RobDemovsky: #Packers have made a practice squad change: Adding TE Ike Ariguzo, who worked out today, and releasing OL Jordan McCray.

 

Ariguzo was one of the 40 plus tryout guys from this spring, the same session that resulted in Colt Lyerla's signing. Here's some verbiage from his pro day this spring.

Ike Ariguzo, WR (6-foot-4 3/4, 235 pounds) — Ariguzo ran the 40-yard dash in 4.89 seconds (against the wind) and 4.61 seconds (with the wind). He had a 37-inch vertical jump and 10-foot-4 broad jump. He did the short shuttle in 4.40 seconds and the three-cone drill in 7.28 seconds. He had 15 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. Ariguzo caught the ball well in positional workouts. He played wide receiver at Eastern Kentucky (he posted 256 yards receiving and five touchdowns in 2013), but a team might sign him as a rookie free agent and build him up a bit more to try him out at tight end.

Dude called 27 of the first round picks in the 2004 NFL draft correctly, he belongs on the practice squad.

From The Dope Sheet

 

http://m.packers.com/news/head...d-a2a1-a4a2b0ec005f/

 

Capers and Trgovac coached the Panthers, Peppers played there too.

Jarret Bush got his NFL start in Carolina...

the first time the two teams met was in the NFC CG and GB beat Carolina HC Capers en route to the Super Bowl win over the cheating Patriots.

 

Kevin Greene was an OLB for that Panthers team and when he and Lamar Lathon lipped off to Bert after building a 7-0 lead, it ignited the 35-13 beatdown that followed

 

Even more interesting is that current Packers TE Richard Rodgers ( DickRod) has a family connection -

his Dad is the Special Teams coach for the Panthers these days ...

 

 

Uphill both ways with wolves chasing him?  Who is this guy?  My dad?

 

@TriciaWhitaker

If either or both are healthy (near 100%), then let 'em play.  As mentioned, there's only 16 games in a season.  They're ALL important.  Carolina isn't great, but they're no pushover either.

My dad was raised by wolves.

Hopefully not these Wolves, poor man.

 

 

 

The Film Don't Lie: Packers

October, 14, 2014

Oct 14

11:00

AM ET

By Rob Demovsky | ESPN.com

A weekly look at what the Green Bay Packers must fix:
If the Packers' defense couldn't stop Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill on the read-option plays last Sunday, imagine what Cam Newton might do this week when his Carolina Panthers come to Lambeau Field.

Tannehill ran the read-option to perfection on his 40-yard scamper in the third quarter. On a second-and-5 play, Tannehill sucked in linebacker Clay Matthews, who played it as if Tannehill was going to hand the ball off to running back Knowshon Moreno. But when Tannehill saw that he could beat Matthews to the edge, he kept the ball and ran around left end. He might have scored had safety Micah Hyde not tracked him down from behind.

That would not be the last time the Dolphins fooled the Packers with the read-option on Sunday. On a fourth-quarter play, Matthews got up the field to play Tannehill, who instead handed the ball off to running back Lamar Miller, who ran up the middle for 9 yards.

"We'll go back to work and get that cleaned up," Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers said. "We know we're going to see that with an athletic quarterback coming in this week who ran for over 100 yards and threw the ball for a bunch of yards."

Newton had his best rushing performance of the season in Sunday's tie with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Panthers quarterback rushed for 107 yards on 17 carries, several of them on read-option plays or designed runs.

The read-option has baffled the Packers before, going back to Colin Kaepernick's liberal use of it during the San Francisco 49ers' playoff victory over the Packers in January 2013.

"We're going to get a similar attack with an athletic guy like Cam Newton," Capers said

What is fascinating to me is that he was almost 0.3 seconds faster with the wind.  He's like a human sail. Does he have webbing underneath his arms?

Give us a shot?

 

See if I have this right...

 

In one instance Matthews "played it as if Tannehill was going to hand the ball off to running back Knowshon Moreno. But when Tannehill saw that he could beat Matthews to the edge, he kept the ball and ran around left end."

And then in another instance Matthews "got up the field to play Tannehill, who instead handed the ball off to running back Lamar Miller, who ran up the middle for 9 yards."

 

 

 

 

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It's those ****ty players like Clay Matthews, not the Wizard's fault.

Can't wait to see what the wizard has cooked.up for Cam & the boys. Yes!!