Pos/Neg's Packers Phins

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Taking the FG with 4 minutes left on the clock

 

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I said it was stupid at the time.

+. We're in the NFC North

That's great news.

Forgot to single out Clay.

 

We need more production.  Hell, at this point, we need SOME production. 

He was an student-athlete at Da U, where his most advanced science class was A Survey of Dinosaurs. I doubt he picked up the medical vernacular during McCarthy's Sustained Silent Reading period.

Who would've thought that 36 year old Peppers would be more of an impact than Matthews when he was signed?

I don't know how many read option plays Miami ran at Clay but it wasn't enough.  He was clueless.  

I can't give credit to BJ for having a severely under thrown ball bounce off the back of his head.  A decent pass and that's a TD.  Any field awareness and that's a pick.

I'm thinking (hoping) Clay's groin is making him tentative on quick changes of direction.

TeeSmallz Didn't even buckle his chin strap to throw the game winner. Gangsta. http://t.co/QVgratNHmY 10/12/14, 4:35 PM

 

 

TyDunne Rodgers on fake spike: "That was kind of some freestyling right there." 10/12/14, 4:58 PM

..and screens over him.  Part of the blame belongs to the end who was getting caved in but not keeping contain is inexcusable.

If that's the case, I think he should sit for a week or two to let it heal some. He's just not himself out there.

zachkruse2 Aaron Rodgers the last three weeks: 58/87 (66.7%), 722 yards, 10 TDs, 0 INTs, 129.6 passer rating. 10/12/14, 5:22 PM

 

Packerpedia Today Jordy Nelson moved into ninth place in #Packers history in receptions (Max McGee) and touchdown receptions (Boyd Dowler). 10/12/14, 5:21 PM

On the TD to Q. It looked like AR flashed the "roach hit" sign to him. Anyone else catch that?

+beating the heat in Miasmi.  those are really tough conditions to beat a good D in for a team that has been practicing in 50F weather the last month or longer.  even better that they had to come from behind.  huge win.

+Adams finally emerging.

 

-OL was hard to watch until the last drive. 

-the big run gashes vs our run D.  some of that was the Caper being out-called and some of that was horrible missed tackles.

-our WR corps shows up in spurts but as good as it supposedly is, they disappear for stretches at a time, even when AR has good protection.

I missed that

So did I. The Packer D was gassed after giving up 80, 80 and 78 yard TD drives in the second half. And, they were down both starting corner backs. I didn't think we'd get the ball back unless somebody got a tipped interception or something. Thankfully, we were both wrong.

 

+ I also forgot Guion. He's getting better quickly. 

 

I don't think Clay is anywhere near 100%. His hands are fine, but he seems to be having difficulty changing direction. He can get upfield, but circling back to the quarterback is looking really hard for him. 

Henry at least with the hat tip:

 

 

Pretty freaking good today, coach.

 

 

+

Quarless

 

I really don't have a beef with MM and his play calling.  My concern is in seeing the weak spots in his staff and getting more out of consistently weak areas.  

 

Defense is improving and it comes from losing guys to injury (although losing Shields and Tramon is a serious concern).  Hungry guys like Pennel and even Robinson are making an impact but probably wouldn't see the field if injuries didn't put them on the field.  That whole evaluation/development of talent thing.  

Tough, gutty win with a short-handed defense making a stop when needed.

 

The non-holding calls vs. Nick Perry and CMiii on the same play when Tannehill was allowed to complete a 3rd & long on one of those TD drives was an officiating embarrassment.  Both of these guys were mugged in plain sight of the officials.  Hell, Nick Perry is a 260-pound man that was going in one direction and was pulled and turned around in the opposite direction!

Not calling any screens when the OL was getting manhandled is an obvious oversight.

And, don't forget, it was Brad Jones who landed on Tramon's ankle and kocked him out of the game.  Heck, at this point,  I would rather play Sean Richardson at LB.  At least he can tackle and run.

Clay Mathews has been abducted and an incompetent alien is playing in his place.

 

He looks good on the sidelines, washing and grooming his hair and all. 

 

Maybe he should stay there until he is completely healed.

Brad Jones and Sherrod will not be cut this year.

Middle Linebacker maybe a priority position next year for packers scouts.

 

 

I honestly don't know if they had enough time to let a screen develop.

I agree. We would have lost more yards than we could have gained. However, Harris might have made a screen work.

+ We won and AR was beyond great! We won despite not having 4 starters.

 

_ The loss of 4 starters.

 

I sure hope Latt, D. Jones, Shield and others can make it back soon.

 

EDIT: per MJS "Turning point: The defense didn’t play well in the second half, but got the one stop it needed to — with just over 2 minutes to go — to give Rodgers the ball back. Poor clock management by Miami is also to blame but Clay Matthews and Brad Jones got some pressure on Tannehill at a key moment."

- Brad Jones 

 

later

 

+ Brad Jones made a play

 

10 seconds later

 

- No he didn't

How awesome is Aaron Rodgers?  Knocked around all day, and still cool as a cucumber for the game-winning drive.  What a stud.

 

What about Jude Waddy?

Damn Tedford QB holding the ball much too high. 

Not as though the Packer doctors' initial diagnoses are any good anyhow.  The news on Mondays is almost always worse than the news on Sunday. 

Rodgers in his post-game presser about the last TD:

 

"Q was kinda in my ear all day about throwing him the ball, he had a match-up, so I threw him the ball."

 

Yawn.

@ESPNStatsInfo

Aaron Rodgers:1st player in NFL history with at least 15 Pass TD & 1 or fewer Int in his 1st 6 games of a season

Positives:

 

Won a gutcheck game on the road against a decent team.  Road games against just about 4/5 of the NFL are tough games and the Pack found a way to steal a win.

 

Negatives:

 

Injuries, let's just hope they are not of the serious variety.

Huge positive today:

 

+ Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. 7 tackles, all of them solo. 1 tackle for loss and a pass deflection. He was flying around better than any Packers safety i've seen in a long time. I like Micah Hyde, but Ha Ha needs to be the starter at FS. With possible injuries (-) to Williams and Shields it would make sense to move Hyde to CB and let Ha Ha start at FS. 

Positives: We won, thanks to the best QB on planet earth

 

Negatives: How the **** does that mother****er expect us to relax when he is leaving it so late.

 

Best Packer game of the year.

we might hate these nail-biters but they're good for the team in the long run (as long as they're winning). 

Negative:
Rodgers throws the ball based on which receiver bitches to him the most.