Positive Pollies/Neg Nancies Donkeys Packers

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Shields. That was a silly athletic INT.

that was a horrible pass. granted Shields used his speed to catch up a bit but if that pass is thrown where it's supposed to be it's six points.

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Cliftons knee? Is it ok?

I ain't no expert and didn't hear postgame comments but from what I saw I think he got leg whipped in the shin. That's why he didn't want to come off - them shin bone bruises just hurt.

Disagree on the Shields INT. Any long ball like that gives him 1-2 steps of room to use his insane closing speed to make a play. Shields still gets there if it's a better throw. He may not pick it off, but he at least gets a hand on it.

Now, his tackling or total lack thereof makes Darlene Sharpier look like Ray Lewis, but that's another issue altogether.

Positives

- AR12
- Bishop
- Burnett
- Opportunistic defense, they make plays and step up when they need to

Negatives

- Pass rush
- Newhouse looked ugly in the beginning

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Did So'oto see the field?

Has he got vision problems?

Positives:

+Rodgers is NFL MVP at the 1 Quarter poll
+All the TEs and Receivers

Negatives:

-The D needs some work. Let's hope the return of Zombo/Neal in the next month or so can inject a little more pass rush to the front 7.

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Originally posted by fightphoe93:
Positives:

+Rodgers is NFL MVP at the 1 Quarter poll
+All the TEs and Receivers

Negatives:

-The D needs some work. Let's hope the return of Zombo/Neal in the next month or so can inject a little more pass rush to the front 7.

Totally agree with this post. Time to get somebody in Walden's slot that could make at least 2 moves.

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+Rodgers is NFL MVP at the 1 Quarter poll

Haven't you heard? The Detroit Lions with their 22 Hall of Famers are the best team in the NFL. Stafford leads that charge and he is the undisputed MVP

I wonder what ESPN would have been like today if Michael Vick threw for 408, threw 4 TDs and ran for another 2 TDs?

I wonder...

Having TWO "Game of the Century" in consecutive years may indicate they over reacted a bit last year.

Now when Stafford throws three TD's for 318 yards and runs for a 1st down next Monday night against Chicago, MNF may give us a sneak peek at his HOF Bust.

Great find CA!!!

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Hearing a Vikings fan this morning say he would put a poster of Rodgers on his office wall since ARod got him 55 fantasy points yesterday!

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Pass rush. Why not move CMIII around a bit or try some stunts? I wonder what would happen if you put Raji and CMIII next to each other? Or have them mix it up with stunts? I worry about our pass defense a great deal -- especially the lack of a rush -- and in its current form, would not want to see Brees again. In a few weeks, Rivers might take us apart.

Overall
A win is a win is a win no matter who you play!

The Bronco's do a good job of protecting their QB. They are better than most.

Next week will give us a good idea of where the pass rush stands. Ryan has been sacked 13 times this year. That's Cutler territory....

I hope we do get to Ryan with the rush because if we stay anemic in the pass rush, Ryan can throw the ball better than Orton and he has some weapons. I don't want to be hearing how Julio Jones had a breakout game against GB next Sunday in the featured night game.

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Rivers might take us apart.

there's something wrong with Rivers' throwing motion and I have a feeling our DBs will expose it. I'll bet at least one INT by Rivers in that game and suspect two.

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Pass rush is going to get Rodgers killed if we don't have
Ryan Grant there to pick up blitzers.

Either the rest of the league has figured out Dom Capers' defense,
or we really, really miss Cullen Jenkins. And it's utter hubris
to think we can win another super bowl by relying only on our offense.

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Offense is en fuego!

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AJ Hawk. He's only recorded 15 tackles in 4 games. Bishop has 30. Not sure if it's a scheme thing or not, but it seems like he's regressing. Is he pissed off he got cut and brought back at a reduced rate??? He needs to step it up though.

Paws:

- Rodgers is a god.
- No special teams melt downs
- MM going for the throat early with 4th down and onside.

Negs:

- Newhouse got abused. He looked like hell at RT in preseason too. LT seems to be the only place he is competent. Get well soon Bulaga, if not, you might have to consider Sherrod.

- Pass Rush. They desperately need someone to step up and win the occasional 1 on 1 opposite Clay. Wynn had 1 good game, Caly is doubled 80%, nobody else is getting home. I'm hoping So'oto is given the chance next week.

To be fair to Newhouse, he held up really well against Julius Peppers the previous week. Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil have rare speed for the position, so I'm not surprised he struggled. I didn't look at the time, but I would be interested to know how he held up against them in the run game. I'm not ready to give up on Newhouse, I think he will have a solid rebound game against Ray Edwards or John Abraham next week.

I just watched the game once. Normally, I watch it a second time and focus in on the linemen instead of just following the ball. So I cant answer, but the line in general, didn't have their best run blocking day.

One more Neg.. The commentator at the start of the game thought Newhouse played for the Broncos.

I think it was Simms... I dont remember, but it was comical..

- Not sure why there aren't any fire Dom Capers threads. The defense got fooled so bad on the tackle eligible play, it was pathetic. The Bronco's ran the same formation multiple times having #75 come in. He was also in on the Shields interception. I even yelled "watch the pass" on that play.

I think I remember reading a story about Capers a few years ago. The gist of the story was that his defenses tend to be less effective as the years go by. I have no idea if that is true, but I'm pretty sure I read it somewhere.

Teams have enough film on the current Packers defense to know they can attack the linebackers in the passing game and also that running against them when they line up Pickett, Green and Raji is a bad idea, for example. It's a consistent chess game, especially since the Packers are seemingly short a second good pass rusher so they can't line up and run very often and be successful.

I think it's funny how Slocum gets his smoked on a weekly basis yet gets zero credit for the perfect execution of the onside kick.

Slocum has Bush-itis...

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Originally posted by heyward:
I think I remember reading a story about Capers a few years ago. The gist of the story was that his defenses tend to be less effective as the years go by. I have no idea if that is true, but I'm pretty sure I read it somewhere.

Yeah I had read that too. If I wasn't lazy right now I would do the digging to find it. But of course, the NFL is dynamic enough that personell, injuries, and even crappy luck just happens.

FWIW, he was head coach with Carolina, and at that point, you are a manager of all aspects and probably wouldn't have the time to assess every minute bit of the team. Add in injuries and depth, then you end up with what you got.

We all know Dom is old and... hopefully, appreciates the position he is in. ROTTT keeps finding players to help out, he doesn't have to do it.

*shrug* and so what if it turns out we have to be a 2009 saints-like team and score 40 a game?

As long as the number one player in the league remains upright, I would put my money on Dom's D, no matter who Ted gives him to work with, can hold the others to 39.