Positive Pollies/Negative Nellies Packers vs Skins

I see what you did there...

Negatives:

-Too much of the game was "garbage time."

-I had to listen to this one on the radio instead of watching it.

 

Positives:

-Just about everything else except that touchback call.

 

Positive:

Just about everything

 

Negative:

WTF will it take for the officials to call a helmet to helmet hit on a defenseless player? The hit on Lacy was so dirty...there will be a huge fine on it. The hit on Starks was dirty. And the hit on Jones where he fumbled at the goalline was dirty. Every year they call this a point of emphasis, but WTF is the point if you only call it for a QB. That was three 15 yard penalties that should have been called immediately.

Unless I'm remembering things incorrectly, Franklin looked pretty bad in pass-pro for most of TC.   That being the case, I'm not in any hurry to see Franklin on the field protecting Rodgers.  If the game is far enough in hand to turn the game over to Wallace, then Franklin can get his snaps. 

Meriwether is a major league POS and it was poetic justice that Starks drilled him later on after the cheap ass hit to the helmet on Lacy.

 

BTW, nice "no call" on the Lacy hit refs

 

Franklin didn't do anything very well in TC/preseason.  Starks was hot.

Don't disagree, Henry, but the game was in hand and I wouldn't have wanted to risk china-doll Starks during mop-up time.  Just curious to me.

Here are some thoughts I haven't seen yet:

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Mike Daniels doing his best Geno Atkins impersonation. He's a stud interior rusher.

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The middle of the field is still ripe for the taking. Those crossing routes are killers. Either an ILB needs to step back or a S needs to step up.

McCarthy not going for the throat. Not advocating running up the score, but he was starting to try and lean on the running game when it was clear he needed to keep doing what was working. He realized it, stopped running 3 times and punting, and they closed out the game. It was a negative but it was a positive that he realized it and 'got it fixed'.

When you have that much time left you can't just rollover.  They were putting everyone in the box, you would need a truckload of 3 and outs to drain the clock.  Then your defense is gashed and gassed and teams put themselves back in the game.  Pretty obvious stuff.  You don't have to be crazy aggressive but you can't toss the opposing team a bunch of gimmes.

 

Good point.  

 

I agree with the tenant but again, so much time left.  My concern is not beating up the defense as much burning the clock.   This Potato Skins team was just completely demoralized.  MM wasn't throwing anything big at them, they just could not defend squat.  Being a good winner is important but we aren't talking about going for it on 4th down with a 30 point lead. 

Don't agree.  MM could have gone all Belichick and the Packers could've hit 50 easy... but why rub it in?  I dislike the Washington franchise and Shanny as much as anybody, but IMO McCarthy played it correctly.  I think MM is conscious of respecting his peers. 

 

Besides, why not give the O-line some run blocking reps? 

Washington is going to have a lot of games like this because outside of their DL that defense is garbage.   RGIII might put up big numbers but it's all meaningless stats type stuff. 

 

Would not surprise me at all if the Skins ended up 6-10 or something like that.  That team is not very good and it still doesn't look to me that Griffin is healthy.

I'm very confused.

Too much editing.  [sigh]

Having watched all Washington's games last year, its not just Griffin being rusty.  In 5+ decades of watching the NFL I never saw as many wide-open receivers as they had last season.  Griffin's passing stats reflected that.  Defenses just weren't coping at all with their Pistol/read-option combo.  Griffin never had to make more than one or two reads on any passing play.  Ain't gonna happen this year with DC's having a season's-worth of tape to dissect.

With Boston Jim?

@PackerUpdate:  Crosby on pace to attempt 8 field goals this season. Perfect.

Hard to argue with this:

 

Cornerback Davon House––House didn’t get the start at cornerback, but he made the most of his opportunities, rotating in the game with Sam Shields. He had arguably the best game of his three-year career when he blitzed and sacked Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III off the edge, the Packers’ only sack of the day. He also did a good job in pass coverage, nearly forcing a fumble that was called back on review. On special teams, he made a tackle of Christian Thompson after only a three-yard game as a gunner on punt team in the first quarter

Seems like he benefited from quite a few circus-type catches in 2012 from what I saw. That too isn't happening again.

I could see Merriweather getting a 1 game suspension. He has already been fined twice and to do a helmet to helmet 2 times in the same game will draw the ire of the NFL.

Starks felt the pressure from the draft picks and responded positively. Good for him.

Great game!! I've always liked Starks more than most probably to a fault. The guy runs with an attitude. If he could only figure out blitz pickup and stay healthy! That being said, this was basically an inept offense with a gimpy qb, but the Pack showed up big time and dominated their opponent. Capers still sucks. Great win!

Got Burnett another week to get healthy in a game we ended up not needing him anyways, 

This is idiotic.  I played at a high level.

Stats people still have to be missing something.

475 yard passer.

2-100 yard receivers.

1-100 yard rusher.

 

That's gotta be something!

It turns out maybe Chip Kelly isn't a jeenyus after all after seeing how porous the Redskin D is, and the iggles losing at home as well.

 

We destroyed them on the perimeter today. Jones, Nelson , Finley, STarks all gashing the Washington D on the outside.

 

All the garbage tds don't bother me, as we pulled off the gas a little early.

 

just hope Eddie Monster is good to go next week 

 

Read where some NFL scouts commented that if Franklin wasn't a 4th round pick he would been cut and looks like a street free agent and plays small.... Time will tell

I'll bet you figure out the quote thing before I figure out the embed thing, so you've got that going for you.

I think before the final cut they would have been comfortable trading either Starks or Green for a draft pick and keeping the other.

With Franklin I seem to remember them doing the same thing with Alex Green his rookie season.  If they don't have to, they don't play the shaky rookie until they feel comfortable he has enough plays down pat to play and stay in the game.    It seemed during camp the role they wanted him to challenge for was special teams KR.  He was deep on the RB depth chart. 

 

They would love for him to be able to handle the third down role but that's a whole lot of learning before he's ready.

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There were several guys that really stepped up their game today; I think Grave Digger mentioned Daniels, and deservedly so. He had penetration all day long.

packerboi posted the bit about House, and he had a great game, especially in the second half. 

Nick Perry also showed up today big time. He had pass rush, did well in coverage, and made some good tackles versus their rush.

Jolly has really invigorated the DL. Pickett is playing like he's 10 years younger, Raji is playing well, and guys like Daniels are providing solid, if not outstanding, depth.

Starks was really in the zone today. He dominated when the 'Skins defense was worn down. The most impressive play I saw from him today was his long run in the 3rd quarter; there was a huge hole where the run was designed to go, but the S or LB was rushing to fill it. Starks bounced to his right, found another hole outside the OT, and was gone. Really some excellent vision and patience.

Cobb, Jones, and Jordy all had great games, too. Talk about dealing some abuse to their DBs! They actually had a LB responsible for covering Cobb on one play (about a 12 yard or so completion), and Nelson was schooling the rookie in the second half.

Was good to see us getting ROI from Quarless today. He had a good game.

 

Although the OL still has much to clean up, I think they got some valuable experience today. They need to know what it 'feels' like to win your battles, wear your man down, and open up some holes for your RB.

Speaking of the OL, this is the 2nd week in a row where there have been some penalties (both called and not), horrendous rulings by the refs, or other plays that could give the Packers every reason to lose focus and break down...but didn't. I love seeing the team overcome adversity and TCOB.

 

 

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Shields. Had a great first half, but broke down completely in the second. There may have been some influences like 'playing soft', but Garcon was abusing him. He allowed receptions to their occasional 'other' receivers as well, but I'd say he looked more like he was out of position most of the time as opposed to allowing a cushion against the receiver.

Blitzes remain a problem. We saw a bunch of 'em today; they generated plenty of pressure and some success, but there were just as many that RG III beat for completions.

ILB is still sketchy, especially if they are in coverage.

OL is still a work in progress to put it the best way possible. Today's game made me think of the first half at Seattle last year; they appeared to be completely breaking down, holding, or false starting, but played much stronger in the second half. That's why I hope valuable lessons were learned that can be seen on tape, and they can play a game without getting into that situation in the first place.

 

 

Dom Capers

Hawk made one great play in coverage. Tipped the ball away from the receiver IIRC.

one a game, got to love it

This is why I've been tell you turd burglars that we should keep Starks.  Yes, I'm

concerned about his health record, but when he's on the field he can make a difference.  I feel badly about Lacy.  That first run was powerful.  How did the refs not flag that helmet-to-helmet hit?

 

Great job of distributing the ball to all his receivers by AR.  

 

Only pissy point--out here Fox switched in the 3rd quarter to "a more competitive game," so we missed the rest of the game.  How does Fox not know that this displeases me?