PH - I'm hoping my luck is better this time. Good luck to you again!
@Goalline posted:I think we have to do the irrational thing and pay Aaron Jones. The man is a playmaker.
I would have argued with you all season long, but I think I'm there with you. He's special, and you keep special. I know it's not an exact comparison, but he reminds me a lot of Marshall Faulk.
Forgot to add the party after the party. Our host for the weekend took us to some of his favorite dive bars in Oshkosh.
We hit Ratch and Deb's for some cheese and onion pizza with extra cheese (sounded weird but was really good) and about 5 or 6 beers. This is a Packer bar with literally every square inch covered with some kind of Packers picture or memorabilia. Aside from that, definitely a dive bar.
Then we went to Bob's Trails End for their alleged "World Famous Hot Dogs" and another 5 or 6 beers. We knew going in that they are really shitty chili dogs. They don't claim they are the worlds best so I guess they are world famous for being shitty. This place is a real dump. Right next to the train tracks. Perfect location.
Went to another place that I can't remember the name. Not remarkable but definitely a dump. One beer and left.
Finished up with a much more respectable place. Ruby Owl Tap Room. Great selection of beer. Awesome bartender, he got a real healthy tip when we were done. Great finish to a great day!
@Koopla Krash posted:PH - I'm hoping my luck is better this time. Good luck to you again!
Good luck to you, too. We get a few more chances for tickets this time around.
After that many beers I can understand why you didn't remember the name of the 3rd place. 
@Boris posted:@x4_Packers pic.twitter.com/4mdDtrvMyR
— Penny (@SmithCoulter) January 17, 2021Yes this is a Niner fan friend of mine
This Packers' team would make mince meat out of the 49ers, this season.
For approximately the 100th time this season, frustration with the defense during the game turns into "Wait the numbers are actually good" after it. #Packers defense allowed
— Peter Bukowski (@Peter_Bukowski) January 17, 2021
18 points
244 total yards
2/8 on third down
4.8 YPA
Once again, the Packers offense dictates the pace of the game and leads the opponent right into the strength of the Packers defense. This was happening in Tampa earlier in the year until AR forced a coupe of throws. Don't see that kind of game from Rodgers on Sunday.
Exactly. Everyone acts as if Pettine is just a lone wolf, deciding the defensive game plan and making calls totally independent of LaFleur and the offense. Coaches on every staff have connections with every other staff in the league. These guys are constantly "talking shop" with guys across the league. These conversations are often "what did you guys do against TB that you felt worked, etc." A lot of "information gathering" probably went on last night into this morning, the entire staff meets at some point to discuss overall approach to the game. However, as Rodgers said in interview last week, sometimes you come up with a plan that you feel very confident in but it doesn't work out.
Question - was Adams moving forward illegally before the ball was snapped on the TD? He starts leaning towards the line but it’s tough to tell if he took steps towards the line or not:
No, he turned on the snap. He knew the snap/sound from AR... he actually faded a little more off the line before making the cut back toward the LOS/GL.
homer view : he maybe kinda sorta rounded toward the line of scrimmage on his motion before the snap.
The timing is so freakin' incredible. It's like at the very moment he rounds that step toward the line, the ball is snapped. Tie goes to the runner.
BTW, when you watch the highlights, other than the Lizard pass caught on Ramsey out of the EZ, it looks like all the other passes caught on him were by Adams.
I like to read the Ref's blog, called Football Zebras and they go through many of the controversial calls each week from a Ref's POV.
They were fine with the timing on that one
http://www.footballzebras.com/...log-rams-at-packers/
"This looks bang-bang, based on the snapper's movement. When a motion man goes behind a backfield player, they generally can get back to the line they were on, as long as the movement remains mostly east-west. This would be borderline IF the snap was just a little bit later"
Good stuff, Satori, thanks. When I saw it live I thought it was a lot worse than after watching the replay and slowing it down. Such a great call at the right time.
In real time it looked pretty close, but I think the camera angle makes it look like he's more turned upfield than he really is.
Twitter videos are kind of crap... here's the YouTube version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5y4df5K7t8
Set playback speed to 0.25x and pay attention to Davante's footfalls with respect to the hashmarks. The turn and the snap are pretty much simultaneous. Just a well-designed and perfectly executed play.
In the McCarthy era he only put one or two fresh Happy Meals on his MickeyDee's menu per season. LaFleur is cooking up something fresh once or twice a game.
How about this;
Packers "pressured" Goff on 15 of 31 throws; the highest "pressure percentage" given up by the Rams under McVay .
Here’s another look at that Rodgers throw under duress from the EZ. Packers’ OL play is something to behold.
Here's one of the plays I talked about with @Nate_Tice on last night's podcast.
— Robert Mays (@robertmays) January 18, 2021
Packers with 2nd and 17, one of the only times all game they were behind the sticks. Rams run a game on each side. Jenkins and Linsley shut it down. Rodgers does Rodgers things. Demoralizing. pic.twitter.com/NKzoHq2y8Z
@ilcuqui posted:Here’s another look at that Rodgers throw under duress from the EZ. Packers’ OL play is something to behold.
Here's one of the plays I talked about with @Nate_Tice on last night's podcast.
— Robert Mays (@robertmays) January 18, 2021
Packers with 2nd and 17, one of the only times all game they were behind the sticks. Rams run a game on each side. Jenkins and Linsley shut it down. Rodgers does Rodgers things. Demoralizing. pic.twitter.com/NKzoHq2y8Z
These are the types of plays you look back on and mark as significant to a SB run. It looked like certain disaster, and the entire unit hung in as long as Rodgers did. Just a tremendous, backbreaking caliber of execution.
@FLPACKER posted:How about this;
Packers "pressured" Goff on 15 of 31 throws; the highest "pressure percentage" given up by the Rams under McVay .
Gary had 7 of those pressures.
@ilcuqui posted:Here’s another look at that Rodgers throw under duress from the EZ.
Bonus: Lazard beats Jalen Ramsey on the play.
"Liazard King" with a strong game - in sync with AR.
Imposed a cool broadcast angle that shows Rodgers quite literally calling his shot on the Lazard TD.
— CheeseheadTV 🧀 (@cheeseheadtv) January 19, 2021
Rodgers starts his cadence, stops, alerts Allen by calling his name, then points to the coverage right before delivering the dagger. pic.twitter.com/CRm4aOvCcG
Scary Ninja is still a secret.
5 minutes to Rodgers live on McAfee show
Wanted men
In the biggest game of the year, LaFleur leaned heavily on the position group that many outside the organization thought badly needed an infusion of talent.
Though he ran the ball nearly as many times as he threw it Saturday, his wide receivers not named Davante Adams (62 snaps) came up big for him.
Allen Lazard (54) played the most snaps since returning from core muscle surgery in Week 10 and Equanimeous St. Brown (32) played his second most all season. Throw in the 36 snaps Marquez Valdes-Scantling played and the four receivers were on the field for 184 snaps.
That’s the second most this season behind the 190 they played against the Bears in Week 12.
“I think that confidence has been something that's been building as this season's gone on,” LaFleur said of the receivers. “And we've done it with different people and different ways and lost guys for a period of time and other guys stepped in and stepped up.”
Adams had a modest game with nine catches for 66 yards and a touchdown, but the others picked up the slack. Lazard had four catches for 96 yards and a touchdown, Valdes-Scantling had three first-down receptions and St. Brown had one catch for 27 yards.
We have been talking about this game at work today. How many of you remember when Pete Axthelm from ESPN used to call GB vs. TB the bay of pigs?
Some of the young football fans here don't know about how average/terrible both of these teams were back then.
Ye Old 5 team NFC Central division.
That's racist. The proper term is "Division of Color".
@The Heckler posted:... How many of you remember when Pete Axthelm from ESPN used to call GB vs. TB the bay of pigs?
Some of the young football fans here don't know about how average/terrible both of these teams were back then.
I can recall Chris Berman making a reference to Green Bay and Tampa Bay being "the mark of mediocrity" (or something close to that) in the early to middle 1980's. Both teams often finished seasons at 8-8.
@The Heckler posted:We have been talking about this game at work today. How many of you remember when Pete Axthelm from ESPN used to call GB vs. TB the bay of pigs?
Some of the young football fans here don't know about how average/terrible both of these teams were back then.
Seems like it was just a couple of years ago. Time flys for sure....