My "Chris Cook thinks Green Bay's QB problems make them vulnerable" stone cold lock of the week.
38-10 Packers.
I smell a beat down.
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Greg Jennings complains about everything in Green Bay; otherwise the game is a defensive struggle thanks to two inept offenses.
GB wins 2-0 thanks to a botched snap on a Minnesohhhhhta punt.
GB wins 2-0 thanks to a botched snap on a Minnesohhhhhta punt.
Rodgers is active for the game but the Packers have no intention of playing him. His presence strikes fear into the Vikes players... Chilli may be on to something.
TBSS!
Wrong thread, I know, but it's how I feel.
Vikes QB will be....??
Looks like they may have lost CB Josh Robinson for the year.
6-1 Packers. The Packers score late in the Game. during the conversion attempt the ball is fumbled. ( No Viking ever touches the ball) Newhouse picks up the ball and runs the wrong way the length of the field, a Viking player tackles Newsome in the Packers end zone, conversion safety, the Vikings score one point.
Ok the conversion safety is only in college football.
http://www.ehow.com/list_67840...ne_point-safety.html
Or maybe it can happen in the NFL
Tolzien throws 3 picks, Gomp's D burned up the middle, 4 critical drops by our receivers result in the inability to score 2 TDs, a late 7 minute drive by the fairy queens results in the dagger, in short--old dog cant learn new tricks over the space of a week.
Pack 20
Fairy Queens 33
Originally Posted by ChilliJon:
My "Chris Cook thinks Green Bay's QB problems make them vulnerable" stone cold lock of the week.
38-10 Packers.
I smell a beat down.
There's a very good chance Josh Freeman makes his second start Sunday. Ponder got the hook in Seattle and Cassel wasn't any better. Might find out today.
If Freeman starts, I hope he sucks as bad as he did the last time I saw him play. Holy cow was he bad in that game a few weeks ago. Even guys like TJ Rubley, Spergon Wynn, and Randy Wright were probably thinking "I can do better than that" after watching that horrendous display.
I believe today is decision day for Worthy and Richardson. Activated or done for the year.
Hoping Shields, Perry, and Barclay can go Sunday.
PFF ranked Newhouse 53rd out of 53 tackles that played last Sunday. Sherrod played 3 snaps (special teams). If Barclay can't go we might see Sherrod. Newhouse is close to not starting a RT at all.
Hoping Shields, Perry, and Barclay can go Sunday.
PFF ranked Newhouse 53rd out of 53 tackles that played last Sunday. Sherrod played 3 snaps (special teams). If Barclay can't go we might see Sherrod. Newhouse is close to not starting a RT at all.
I thought Worthy and Richardson had 3 weeks to practice before decision time. Weren't they just cleared to practice a week or 2 ago? And once cleared, have they even been on the field yet? I think it's 3 weeks from first snap.
You're right. I thought they'd been activated sooner. Both have until December 4 before a decision has to be made.
This is the week that the Packer D actually takes the ball away. James Starks has 80 yards receiving the Tolzien sustains drives, Packers 28, vikes 17
The Queens have named their starter!!!
Little surprised it's Ponder. Might be without his favorite target, Rudolf and possibly Jennings.
Pretty useful with bonus points for the reinforced wrist / forearm connection. Not conducive to activities like zipping chaps or throwing a football. Could work well for holding a clipboard if the clipboard had a lot of pages.
Not practicing for GB today, AR, Nixon, Shields, Perry, Barclay, Jolly, Hayward. Tretter is practicing.
Rodgers occasionally broke out of observation mode. He threw a short pass and took on role of RB on play action 'handoff.'
The Packers should win this one, considering the suckfest season the queens are having, even with our injuries. However, we could just as likely lose if the D maintains it's horrible play.
It looks like it's going to be a mighty cold game. Can Lacy hang onto the ball in the cold? Will the indoor queens wither on the frozen tundra?
Fortunately, or unfortunately, I wont be able to watch the game. Because, I'll be up at deer camp and there's no Fox channel that we can get in our cabin. So, I'll be listening on Packer Radio Network.
At home, in the cold... gotta get up early and the Vikes might be looking for the exits.
Zeno could have told you there's no H in "team" either.
Perry seems to be taking a page out of Neal's "first two years" manual.
MM: No update on Randall Cobb. He's off his segway. He's getting around a lot better, see him in weight room. He's getting healthy
RT @WesHod: Shields and Barclay are in the rehab phase. Haven't done anything in practice. They're still rehab category.
MM: I don't think Eddie Lacy has hit wall. Guy I feel I neglected in opportunity was Franklin. Carried ball well in Cincinnati
MM on Sense of urgency: Hell yeah. Ya see it around the locker room. There's a lot that goes into this game. Dont care about playoff picture
MM: It was good to see JC Tretter out there. We'll go pads tomorrow. We laid out a 3-week plan and try to move along. He looks good
LOL. And has anyone ever said Perry broke his?? Packers medical news/speculation is nothing if not entertaining.
Originally Posted by packerboi:
MM on Sense of urgency: Hell yeah. Ya see it around the locker room. There's a lot that goes into this game. Dont care about playoff picture
Then win the goddamn game, for Christs sake.
@VikingUpdate: Jennings (Achilles), AP (groin), Robinson (chest), Rudolph (foot), Sullivan (concussion) didn't practice.
Originally Posted by Hungry5:
@VikingUpdate: Jennings (Achilles), AP (groin), Robinson (chest), Rudolph (hoof), Sullivan (concussion) didn't practice.
You can bet your bottom dollar Gerg and AP will be on the field playing Sunday. It's their Superbowl afterall. The queens suckfest will hopefully roll for another week. As the hillbilly said "embrace the suck".
Scott Tolzien's plate gets fuller each week he's in the lineup
by Tom Silverstein WE-11-20-13
A big problem against the Giants was that their defense crowded the line of scrimmage and made it difficult to run the ball. It's a good bet that if the Vikings do the same thing on Sunday, that Tolzien will be able to audible out of running plays more often than he did last Sunday.
Tolzien had a very good day finding the open areas in the Giants defense, but three interceptions overshadowed the yardage he put up. Being able to audible won't keep him from throwing interceptions but it might put him in better plays.
McCarthy said that dealing with constant eight-man fronts is something the Packers didn't account for much when preparing the offense in the off-season, so it has taken a shift in emphasis to deal with it.
There are plenty of plays in the playbook, he said, but much time in the off-season and training camp goes into what kind of offense you'll be.
"That’s what you’re seeing with us on offense," McCarthy said.
"We’re balancing out really how people, the reality of how we’re being played as opposed to how we trained since April 15th." continue
You'd like to think they'd expect more eight man fronts with Tolzien at QB. The amount of runs they tried last week against it was kind of strange. Perhaps Tolz and MM spent so much time preparing for the scripted plays that MM was reluctant to deviate from it.
Have to say Tolz, even with his limited exposure to the offense, is a better option than Harrel or Coleman would be right now. MM has to be pretty happy with what he has considering the preseason. That was disastrous.
As much as MM needs to win right now, I think he wants to make sure he doesn't give Tolz too much too soon and overwhelm him even if it limits the options on gameday.
I think part of MM's excitement with the downfield success last week was it opened up where he thinks he can take the game plan this week against the 8 man fronts.
It's a hard watch as the pressure builds with each loss, but that's the cost of saving cap space on a backup. I can't say I disagree with the approach. 12 and 52 take a large piece of the cap. As Rodgers gets older it may become prudent to keep a more experienced backup around, though.
Adrian Peterson is ailing as well so I have to think the Packers have a good chance to win this week. The D has to get off the field though and Tolzien cannot turn the ball over 3 times again.
