Positive Pollies/Half Empties Atlanta vs Green Bay...

- Half Empty
-Kuttencheese
-PDX

Sad ass pussies all.

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Crosby is missing 33% of his FG in the post season
Mastay with 0 net yards punting
Jones
SLOCUM

GB is winning it all. Who the **** is going to slow AR down? Who?

If we're going to scrounge for negatives, well, yeah....we can't have cheap TDs on kickoff returns...and I guess it would be cool if our placekicker made every field goal try.

Not letting Mastay play. They should have punted instead of kneeling at the end.

Big + for me

Jordy Nelson - i stopped counting the first downs he made today... i remember easily 4 critical first downs he made when drives where looking to get stalled

What an epic win

Aaron Rodgers "Ya. This was probably my best performance. We didn't punt the whole night. And I got to wear my favorite shoes."

- MM's playcalling.

+++Jones CAN catch the ball, Nelson is back...
Rodgers
the D
Starks still shows nice burst


- KICK OFF RETURNS FOR TD'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ARod
The Claymaker
James Jones
Everyone stepping up, short of...

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SLOCUM!!

- Lynch will to better tomorrow than Starks did tonight really doesn't matter if they win or lose, hus ypc will be better---maybe.)

Just thought I'd save some of the boneheads around here sometime in having to posy that.

There is so much to say about this performance. Just a "wow" performance all around.

I know it was just one game, but the Packers demonstrated true greatness in this performance. They took a couple early hits and then floored the pedal and steamrolled the best team in the NFC.

Between Rodgers' Apex performance and the Defense's incredibly dominant performance, we really have finally seen what this team is capable of.

I want Chicago... I know Seattle would be an easier game, but I want Chicago. There's just so much more at stake there...

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James Jones's thumb
Driver

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Originally posted by Brak:
- MM's playcalling.

Not to mention, Rodgers once again failed to win a close game. I think we need to cut our losses with this guy and call Brett Favre. See if he'd be willing to come back for one more year while we try to develop Flynn.

+ In the 2006 pre-season, I watched Aaron Rodgers play and believed he would never make it in the NFL. Today I watched Aaron Rodgers, and frankly, he looked like he has the potential to make it to the Hall of Fame. This may have been the greatest performance by a QB and his receivers in the rich lore of Packer football history. Unbelievable job by the receivers other than the Jennings fumble, and unbelievable job by Rodgers and the O-line. As close to perfection as we've ever seen.

- Ah sure there were a couple of bad plays, but today was a historical day in Packer history, and because of that, I refuse to hang any negatives on this team even though you can find a couple.

I can see sending Woodson, Jennings and Mastay down to Mississippi with a wheelbarrow of meth and nude picks of Sterger to recruit next summer

Positives:
Aaron Rodgers
Offensive Line
Basically the rest of the team and coaches

Negatives: The following did not contribute:
TE Jermichael Finley
RB Ryan Grant
OT Mark Tauscher

LB Nick Barnett
LB Brandon Chiller
LB Brad Jones
LB Brady Poppinga
DL Mike Neal
DL Justin Harrell
DB Morgan Burnett
P Masthay

+
Absolute statement tonight!!
Entire offense
Entire defense

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Not one f-ing thing!!

TT can drive the plane and MM can carry the bags ...

+ Coaching - It is so obvious how well coached they Packers are at EVERY position.

So much to say, but, I will highlight one item.

+++++ Not one drop by a receiver. Not one.

The +'s are enormous and many to number.

If someone put a gun to my head and tried to pick someone who didn't come to play today, I'd say Mastay, from what I saw from sideline shots, clearly didn't come to play. Even some of his practice punts I saw in the background were telling of him not being dialed in. Had the Packers had to punt, I'm not sure we win this one with how Mastay appeared on the sideline.

Hell of a win.

Let me add, Driver came to play. He had the veteran look and I love seeing guys like him and Woodson lead this team. Plenty of leaders, but those two are real favorites of mine along with Rodgers.

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Originally posted by phaedrus:
So much to say, but, I will highlight one item.

+++++ Not one drop by a receiver. Not one.

well there was 1 drop.

In a game like we had tonight, one must really nitpick to come up with negatives. But, with that being said:

Jenning's fumble.
Not taking advantage of the FP after the Falcons failed on their 4th down attempt.
Crosby's miss.
And, of course, the Weems TD on that KO return.
Which leads me to Slocum. There's NOTHING positive about his coaching. Period.
Oh, and a few calls by the refs sucked big time, too.

To be fair, positives:
Arod. Man, was he in the zone tonight!
Ditto for Driver, Jones, and Nelson.
Tramon. How this guy isn't DPOY, I'll never know.
Raji. Although he is a bust, he is an incredible player. Getting sacks when that's not even his main responsibility. Did I say bust? Sorry, I meant BEAST!

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
- Half Empty
-Kuttencheese
-PDX

Sad ass pussies all.

Haven't checked... Game thread again?

Whoda thunk we'd be where we are today way back in the first five games or so when we were all crying "uncle" as the injuries started piling up?

Like Aikman said, only a small number of times (I think he said 3?) has a team lost 91 games by starters and not one of those teams managed to win even six games in a year. Helluva job by ALL the coaches, and TT for building a deep roster and his ability to restock the cupboard when it was bare.

These coaches and these players? Priceless.

IMO, the most impressive playoff win of my lifetime. Can't find a negative to bed wet about...sorry...

Tramon and AR's performances were off the charts, IMO...

Bring on next week!

I see Slocum mentioned... I assume it's about the KO return. It happens. The guy is a pro bowl return man for a reason. This is a team game and the team kicked the shiit out of Atlanta in their house.

GO PACK GO!

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Originally posted by Pakrz:

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
- Half Empty
-Kuttencheese
-PDX

Sad ass pussies all.

Haven't checked... Game thread again?

Nope.

Not a peep.

Pussies.

quote:

Originally posted by BeerGuy:
If someone put a gun to my head and tried to pick someone who didn't come to play today, I'd say Mastay, from what I saw from sideline shots, clearly didn't come to play. Even some of his practice punts I saw in the background were telling of him not being dialed in. Had the Packers had to punt, I'm not sure we win this one with how Mastay appeared on the sideline.

The NFC's No. 1 seed entered this game 18-2 in the divisional round over the previous 20 seasons.

They let Kuhn run the ball instead of Raji.

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Which leads me to Slocum. There's NOTHING positive about his coaching. Period.

Of all the coaches, Slocum has had to deal with the most player changes. The fact that the special teams look decent is quite frankly amazing. Mastay has improved drastically from the beginning of the year and the coverage teams have been much better as the year has gone on. Sure they gave up a TD today to a pro-bowler, but they basically shut Hester and all the good Philly returners down the last couple of weeks. I think Slocum has been fine.

Dyslexic Dog nails it. Bag on Slocum all you want....he's had a horrible situation. Losing 14 players was bad enough for the offense and defense. But for the special teams, it has been killer. I think Mastay's performance, particularily against Devin Hester in week 17, gives me a belief that Slocum is better than many think.

+ Is there anything Rodgers doesn't do well? He's improved every facet of his game from year to year. I try to think of Qb's to compare him too but he's honestly the most complete QB I've ever seen play. He has a little of everything. Today he took the game from Ryan. He elevated his game and dared Ryan to match him and Ryan folded. I don't think I've ever seen Rodgers as in tune to the pass rush as he was tonight. He escaped from four or five sacks and turned them into positive plays.

+ Tramon Williams putting stuff on coaching tape that will change the way offenses play our defense.

+ nice to have a game where we weren't on the edge of our seats with two minutes left.

+ extra day of rest

tramon is going to get revis/scrabble type gameplanning now.

QBs will ignore his side of the field. they will realize if he is playing off that he is baiting them into a throw.

You guys can spin it any way you want. I won't argue, either, because you guys do have valid points. However, look at what Capers and his position coaches have had to do on defense. With street FA's! Ditto for MM with the offense, but I credit Bennett and even Campen (gasp!) just as much for dealing with the injuries at their respective positions.
Slocum....not so much. We were lucky tonight that the rest of the team were able to overcome the ST gaffes, but I personally don't want to have to do that week in/week out.