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Putting up 31 points against a decent Browns defense when you factor in no JJ, no Cobb, Finley drops out is impressive. Had those players been in all game, Packers likely put up 45 + points.
Boyyyykin. Can we say draft and develop?
Lacy. Keeps this up and we could have drafted the Rookie of the Year.
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Penalties.
Yet another fu***** injury!
ST's were turrible. Ginger with a pretty poor game.
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+ Too many to mention...but COACHES deserve game balls
- Injury to Finley
Masthey
Tripplet's squad SUCKS!
I was WRONG!!! Boykin can play.
Tripplet's squad SUCKS!
This guy should not be allowed to officiate any sort of sport.
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- Rodgers
- Boykin. Plug and play team keeps pluggin n the players keep playing. Nice game
- Lacyball Z. Dude has been huge this year. He's legit
- Secondary. DB's manhandled Gordon and kept Cameron in check all game
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Finley going down like that. Always scary to see that. Hope for the best
ST. Holy crap that unit had a day to forget. Missed FG, Masthay with some bad punts, terrible ST coverage
Triplette. Guy is simply one of the worst officials of any sport
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Boykin
Rodgers
Defense
Hawk was good again
Mike Neal gutted it out and played after not practicing
Davon House
Lacy played a gritty game
Bears lost
Lions lost
Vikings will lose tomorrow
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Another damn injury
Special teams were awful
Penalties
Officiating
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Jamari Lattimore was very good.
A.J. Hawk solid again.
Davon House.
NIck Barnette
Eddie. Money.
Boykin the wonderkin.
Jordy finding ways to win.
Hawk going beast mode again.
Finely going 09 on the Brown's ass.
Dumbass penalties have to stop
Another one bites the dust. Browns going KO on Finley's ass.
ST. But it's got to be tough with half a roster of benchies.
I say give the special teams a pass. The injuries to the LB and wides really hurt that group.
Positives:
Boykin had a couple dumb things early, but just like last week he finished the game strong. Have to love his mental toughness.
Lacy AND the blocking looked good against a very strong Browns DL. Between Taylor, Rubin, Sheard, and Mingo those guys are big, strong, and athletic. Lacy left some yards on the field (as every rookie does), but overall he looks great!
Lattimore and Hawk were strong again. Lattimore especially has looked like a stud 2 weeks in a row. He's fast, he's a strong tackler, and he just makes plays.
House having another strong outing.
Saw a couple good plays from Banjo. He's definitely one to watch as a developmental player. Seems like he has great football instincts.
Rodgers getting it done without his top guys against a pretty good secondary. I think this clearly answers the question of whether guys like Driver, Jennings, Nelson, and Jones made Rodgers look better or vice versa. Good receivers made better by a great QB.
Negatives:
Dumb penalties. Taking off a helmet, excessive tackles, etc. Can't make those mistakes against good teams.
Terrible refs. Bad spots and bad calls (on both teams).
Special Teams were downright awful, top to bottom. Bad punts, bad kicks, bad snaps, bad coverage.
was traveling during the first half so I only saw the 2nd, but from what i saw:
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- Eddie Lacy needs a nickname. He's the real deal.
- MM, thought he did a great job mixing it up. Browns defense is no pushover.
- House, did a great job from what I saw.
- Many, many more things, probably add more once i watch the game on rewind.
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- Special teams. Start replacing starters with special teams studs and then special teams starts to slack.
- Finley. Hope he's gonna be alright. Even if he doesn't come back this year, hope nothing is hurt too bad.
- Pass rush. Noticeably lacking without Perry and Matthews in there. Gotta find ways to generate a rush without those guys.
eats the clock.....and everything else.
Steelers gotta pretty pissed as it looks more and more like they whiffed at not picking him.
Positives:
I knew it wouldn't be easy with all the injuries, but the Pack did a nice job coming up with a win when they are very very battered.
Negatives:
Had to depend on Weeden's ineptness to win this one.
Just way too many dumb penalties.
A serious injury to Finley would hurt an already shaky offense.
Davon House is getting better and better with playing time as is Hyde. Going to be very interesting to see how they bring Hayward back into the mix once he's able to go.
Shields
Hayward
House
Hyde
Williams
Very nice problem for the Packers to have.
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"Fast Eddie" (vs. Minnesota Fats. The Hustler allusion. Whadya think?)
"Man among Boykin"
Lattimore
My man, D.House
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Another injury? Ridiculous! On the other hand, reminds one of 2010, doesn't it?
And that worked out, didn't it?
Game not on TV here, so I "watched" the game on my iPad on GAMECAST.
In my mind the players for Cleveland were pictured as players from the
Lingerie Football League. Made for some great fun. Tackling would have
really been fun at times! :-)
Lacy is the most patient back we have seen, just really plays off the blocks. Did show one burst of speed on a run, but most time seems like he is hardly running and you look up and it is 4 yards.
Like the wheel route with Franklin out of the backfield. Would have rather seen him than Kuhn getting the open field pass on 3rd down, and think he has more elusiveness on passes out of the backfield than the other backs.
John Kuhn needs to not carry the football again......ever.
He may still be good for a trick play on the goal line, but nothing else. That quick, surprise handoff to the FB actually does work when you have a credible threat at RB.
I like "Eddie Money"....but I'm old.
Nice to see Beast Mode Finley again. That first TD was what we've been expecting out of him for several years now. The injury didn't look good though. I don't think it should have been a penalty though. And I don't think Finley's head hitting the turf caused the injury. I think he was out long before he landed.
STs was bad today, but fortunately, not as bad as Weeden. Man, he sucks!
Biggest negative for me: Game wasn't showed locally. Fortunately, the inlaws have NFL Gameday and we have the password so we can sponge off of their account.
Unfortunately, that meant HDMIing from the computer to the big screen. So the picture wasn't good and it froze up during just about every pass. There's nothing quite like watching a ball frozen in mid-air for five seconds and wondering what was going to happen if/when it ever came down.
Penalties, injuries and special teams are all negatives.
Secondary was great. Boykin was a good start on my fantasy team.
I thought Hawk was pretty nondesript. He was hosed on the facemask flag though. EDS will grade way better this week.
Nice to see Beast Mode Finley again. That first TD was what we've been expecting out of him for several years now. The injury didn't look good though. I don't think it should have been a penalty though. And I don't think Finley's head hitting the turf caused the injury. I think he was out long before he landed.
Guy leading with the crown. It's about as automatic a call you get in the NFL. If guys watched what they were hitting and keep thier eyes on the target, the crown of the helmet wouldn't be an issue. Lots of guys diving into ball carriers that are almost on the ground. If you would let them fall and not try to get that last second spearing n, you'd also see less injuries.
first think I ever learned in pop warner was to keep your head up and see what you hit. Put your face mask on the guys chest.
not many NFL players were taught the same apparently.
Nice to see Beast Mode Finley again. That first TD was what we've been expecting out of him for several years now. The injury didn't look good though. I don't think it should have been a penalty though. And I don't think Finley's head hitting the turf caused the injury. I think he was out long before he landed.
Guy leading with the crown. It's about as automatic a call you get in the NFL. If guys watched what they were hitting and keep thier eyes on the target, the crown of the helmet wouldn't be an issue. Lots of guys diving into ball carriers that are almost on the ground. If you would let them fall and not try to get that last second spearing n, you'd also see less injuries.
Unfortunately, it's not an automatic call....otherwise Meriweather would have been ejected in game two.
Your head should be up but to the side. Hit with your shoulder, not your face.
How do you put your head to the side? If you mean lead with your shoulder, yes. With you head up and eyes on the target.
I think the axe is gonna draw a flag.
- Tripplet and crew....
vs
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With the win today, Head Coach Mike McCarthy moved into a tie with Mike Holmgren for the most career victories in franchise history (including playoffs) with 84.
How do you put your head to the side? If you mean lead with your shoulder, yes. With you head up and eyes on the target.
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With the win today, Head Coach Mike McCarthy moved into a tie with Mike Holmgren for the most career victories in franchise history (including playoffs) with 84.
that was probably one of the worst throws to ever be completed for a TD in NFL history.
Many positives and a few negatives from today's game, and I'll start with one could be an either/or, and likely was the biggest factor in the game today: luck.
We were very lucky Weeden is so inept, because he had receivers open all game long. Even a mediocre QB could've made the outcome of this game very different.
With that said...
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ARod. How many more accolades can we heap on him? And he deserves 'em all.
Lacy. Steddy (steady) poundage. How's that for a nickname?
Nelson. Had a good day against a very good DB.
Boykin. Boinked 'em! He came to play, and took advantage of his opportunities.
Finley.
DL. Another strong effort against the rush, and occupied blockers for the LBs.
LBs. Every one of them came to play, and each deserves their own accolades.
Lattimore. Have to single him out for a monster game. 9T/2A and 1 sack!
Burnett. He's really settled the defensive backfield.
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ST. Yeah, it's been tough with all the turmoil of players coming and going, but how hard is it to stay in your lane?
Masthay. I'm assuming the plan of 'directional kicking' affected his performance, but when is the last time we've seen 2 bad punts in the same game?
Crosby. Won't be too hard on him, but how does he come up short on a 52 yard attempt? At least it was on-target, if nothing else.
Like many others, I'll also complain about the officiating. Ref #32 was killing us when he spotted the ball. It was interesting to note in the 2nd half, ref #101 was spotting the ball. Hmmmm....
The saddest thing is, even with the benefit of replay, they can't get the call right.
And the 'phantom' calls were over the top bad.
Q really had a game to forget.
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With the win today, Head Coach Mike McCarthy moved into a tie with Mike Holmgren for the most career victories in franchise history (including playoffs) with 84.
Didn't some guy named Lombardi have 98?
