Positives / Negatives

+

Arod on fire
Love me some Cobb
Hayward is a beast
Bush killed ST's
Bulaga pwned Long
Nelson is the best WR in GB
Kuhn just gets the job done every damn play
House picked up where he left off pre-injury
2nd half energy

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Throwing on 3rd and short all the time
Opening field tackling is bad
Tramon didn't cover well today
Crosby. Come on man!!

+

Rodgers
Cobb
Nelson
Defense

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Crosby (don't want him to try a pressure kick for the rest of the year)

Does Jordy need to do any more???

Pos: Receiving Corp and AR


Neg: Way too happy too happy for a negative!

Ond more +:

Finley with no drops

+ are obvious

- Lang had a terrible day!!
Green needs to stop the stutter feet in the back field.

- The continued pussification of the NFL.

+ Besides the obvious, great adjustments at halftime by MM and Capers

- We need a middle linebacker

quote:

Originally posted by antiworst:

- We need a middle linebacker

In the 3-4?

+ MM calling a lot of running plays -- keeping the defense honest

quote:

Originally posted by TimthePackerFan:
+ are obvious

- Lang had a terrible day!!
Green needs to stop the stutter feet in the back field.

+ AR
Cobb
Nelson
Jones
Kuhn
Hayward
Good game plan

- Lang, I thought he was our best offensive lineman. Not True. He got man-handled.
Run defense
Long Pass to Jones on third and one.

+ With Cobb coming on, our passing attack will be down right scary with Jennings back. Cobb is starting to be good enough to start in my FFL.

- We miss Benson. Green... no Benson.

+ The O in general
+ I agree, the gameplan was nice today.

- agree to the pussification, yet another play where a formerly good hit cost us a bit.
- Lapses by OL. They were in general decent, but they still have 'moments' at wrong times.

As far as Green goes, I really won't fuss about him, he really seems decent if not good. Lots of time the OL didn't get the push for him to make a good cut, then he slips on one where it was wide open.... but I still love the potential

+

Few injuries (known of)
Rogers
WRs
No turnovers
Creative play calling
Few penalties
Special teams play
Kuhn
Cobb

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Consistent intensity on the defensive
Defense couldn't get off the field in the first half
Run defense
Running game, YPC
Tackling at times was suspect
Crosby's long kick attempt, is there something wrong with him?
Pass blocking, especially Newhouse

+
Almost everyting
This team will only get better once the injured guys come back

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Second quarter
That one long play the Rams had in the 4th

Not a 4th qtr comeback, some writers will still hold this against Aaron and feel he is still not a great QB

quote:

Originally posted by GBFanForLife:

quote:

Originally posted by antiworst:

- We need a middle linebacker

In the 3-4?

My bad. An inside LB to take the place of Jones.

McCarthy has used more short-yardage plays to get things into a rhythm, and just enough running game to keep them honest. I am glad he has made these adjustments. It's really unleashed their advantages when they spread things out- the big plays are there, but you can't gear the whole offense to it. And the one part of the team that probably appreciates it the most is the defense. They rested most of the second half.

I am a little concerned about the LBs, though- they had an OK game. All the injuries could really catch up to them.

+++

Conference road win
2nd half adjustments
AR and Cobb.

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5 tackles by Hawk. Need better than that given all the injuries
Rams averaged 5 yards per carry behind a patchwork line.

+
> Rodgers - Belly Fire Index off the charts
> Nelson
> Cobb - Rodgers knows it, MM knows it, TT knows it, Greg Jennings knows it
> Newhouse - let up that one sack to Quinn but thought he did well against one hell of a pass rusher
> Hayward - steal
> 2 wins in a row

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> Lang - got destroyed by Brockers a couple times
> Bulaga - held up okay against a good rusher in Long but the penalties killed

Worst play for Lang today. I think it was a shovel pass to Cobb. Set up perfectly. Lang out in front. He kind of stumbled between 2 defenders and whiffed on both of them. Could have been a much bigger play.

Not too worried about the yards allowed today. Lots of guys will be back soon enough to to turn a good defense into a great defense. The fact that the sacks keep coming is more worrisome, but I'm not even concerned about that so much now. Rodgers wasn't able to move around as well as he normally can. I'm thinking if not for the calf injury, he avoids 1-2 of those sacks.

+Everything about the passing offense
+Everything about the pass defense
+MM's playcalling was about perfect. Good run/pass balance and good job laying off the deep passes. Those slants were there all day and he took advantage of it.
+Special teams. MM continues to call the right trick play at the right time. 3 for 3.

-Run blocking. It's almost unbelievable how bad these 5 guys are at run blocking. Green may not be great, but it's embarrassing how little this o-line gives him.
-Run defense. Smith, Raji and Perry being out was clearly an issue, as their replacements were very poor in the run game. I think this game shows that Perry, not Walden, is the answer at LOLB. And Smith was better in run defense than we thought (but Jones was much better in pass defense)
-Crosby. Not even close on that try before the half. He does not look good right now.

Perry is probably slightly better than Walden at this point. Once Perry returns and picks up more experience over the course of the season, we won't be seeing Walden on the field much anymore.

Did Neal get injured?

Didn't see the game but looking at the stats....Green with 20 carries for a total of 35 yards and his longest run was 15 yards. SO....19 carries for 20 yards? Wow. Is Benson that much better or is the O-line awful? Same O-line that Benson had too. Benson usually gets the yards up the middle and maybe Green is more of an outside runner so interior blocking that much better? And, what happened to Starks? No carries? Was he active?

He went out in the 2nd Quarter but played the second half.

The run blocking looked pretty bad today.

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Originally posted by Packy:
Didn't see the game but looking at the stats....Green with 20 carries for a total of 35 yards and his longest run was 15 yards. SO....19 carries for 20 yards? Wow. Is Benson that much better or is the O-line awful? Same O-line that Benson had too. Benson usually gets the yards up the middle and maybe Green is more of an outside runner so interior blocking that much better? And, what happened to Starks? No carries? Was he active?

I don't blame Green for today. I doubt Benson could have done much more (and would have offered much less than Green in the passing game). The O-line was flat out awful in run blocking, and that has to be fixed.

The O-Line's been awful ever since Campen came aboard. I'm getting quite tired of it and would rather see someone else with that job, but since the Packers will probably win the Super Bowl this year, good luck having anything get done about it.

Did the defense adjustments in the second half have to do with Neal's return? He seems like a very good player.

You also used to bitch about Slowdum but now our ST's unit is a bright spot. Hush.

Rob Demovsky‏@RobDemovsky

#Packers CB Casey Hayward got some help from the Rams sideline on his INT. Said he saw players on the bench looking at the ball so he turned

Wow, pretty impressive to have that kind of awareness as a rookie.

seems to have great hands...usually guys are a DB for a reason cause they cannot CTFB

quote:

You also used to bitch about Slowdum but now our ST's unit is a bright spot. Hush.

Slodum turned that unit around with two less years than Campen's been in charge of his group. I'm sure Campy's a good guy and all but this O-Line has been a weak link for too long, especially with the talent that's assembled there.

quote:

usually guys are a DB for a reason cause they cannot CTFB

So you're saying Finley should be a CB?

quote:

Originally posted by Rusty:

quote:

You also used to bitch about Slowdum but now our ST's unit is a bright spot. Hush.

Slodum turned that unit around with two less years than Campen's been in charge of his group. I'm sure Campy's a good guy and all but this O-Line has been a weak link for too long, especially with the talent that's assembled there.

...the ZBS can be effective when you have someone who can teach it, but it does not appear that we do...first play of the Texans game we ran a trap, I'd sure like to see more of them, ala the SF running scheme.

IMO, this line has a tough time working together to open running lanes. Alnmost never see a GB RB get more than 2 yards before the initial contact.

Green seems to hit the hole better / quicker out of the I. Cobb seems to find a crease somewhere in the few opportunities he's been given on runs out of the shotgun.

+++

Rodgers and the receivers were money
Another road win against a pesky team
Back over .500

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Run game sucked
Crosby
Some shoddy tackling today

Offensive line doesn't run block consistently or very well, but Benson would add a yard or two on his own to every carry. Benson was not going to hit the home run, but he didn't get stopped for losses or no gain as many times as Green does. Green just seems to be more the 3rd down back, catching out of the backfield and an occasional explosive play when carrying it.