Week 3: Packers at Seahawks

[BloodBrother]

I still expect the offense to get it together. THey have too many studs on that side of the ball to just stink it up

the encouraging thing is the D has really looked much better these last 2 weeks. The PA TD was really bad, but they tightened up after that

[TimmG6376]

Originally Posted by Hawk

******* ********.

But regardless I still love Kevin Greene.

:gif removed to save space:

Originally Posted by SuperPacker

Defense was awesome tonight. 2 weeks in a row we've looked like the 2010 defense.

Second half offense was looking better as well. Hopefully we can carry the momentum over to the Saints game. Would be nice to start 3-1 after 4 hard games.

Unfortunate that another really good defensive performance was not rewarded with the W they deserved. Very solid outside of the one TD pass which after replay did not appear to be a breakdown in coverage just a perfect call against that particular defense.

[J-Mike88]

Originally Posted by BloodBrother

this is seriously worse than 4th and 26 and any other painful loss over the years.

Freddie Mitchell ended our season.
So did Terrell Owens.

This was just regular season loss #2.

We had 6 losses in 2010, still won the Super Bowl.
Last year we had 1 loss, didn't win a playoff game.

We're one game behind the schitty Bears & Vikings. If we can't beat them out with 13 weeks to go, it will be our fault.

That being said, we clearly were robbed and the replay official should have overturned it without question per the rules.

Now, I expect this charade will galvanize our team, and our defense looks great and our depth at OLB right now is awesome.

Walden looks great, and he was robbed on that BS play. I have photos of that play and he didn't hit him late enough to warrant a flag, and his head was at Wilson's waist level, not a low hit.

Bad call there like on Shields, twice.

[J-Mike88]

We will win 5 of our next 6 games, probably with the loss being at Houston.

That will put us at 6-3 entering the bye. After the bye we will get 2 vs the Vikings who will be back to reality by then. We also welcome Tennessee to Lambeau late. We get the Lions twice. We're fine as long as we aren't screwed over by rashes of big injuries.

[PackerFan20]

Originally Posted by princefielder28

Last night's loss was painful, and really for the 3rd straight week we, as fans, have to wonder where the MVP is. Rodgers has had some good moments thru the first three games, but he is nowhere near the level he was last year. Our offensive line clearly looked awful last night as well and I wonder how much of that has to do with Jeff Saturday and the calls he makes at the line compared to Scott Wells. The defense played pretty well for the most part, still some question marks with our safety play and communication in the defensive backfield.

Opposing defenses are taking away the long-ball and forcing the Rodgers to throw underneath, but the combination of poor play-calling from McCarthy and Rodgers trying to force the ball down the field to covered receivers is really hurting the offense.

A) Run the ball early to make the defense respect it
B) What happened to the screen game? That will help against teams pinning their ears back and rushing Rodgers
C) It seems like too many pass plays are being called where the primary receiver is running a route that takes too long to develop (like deep double moves on a PA pass). Rodgers either gets sacked before the receiver is out of his route or the receiver isn't getting open and Rodgers doesn't have enough time to go through his progressions. Get back to the "quick pass + run after catch" mode you were in last year!

[J-Mike88]

Originally Posted by PackerFan20

A) Run the ball early to make the defense respect it
B) What happened to the screen game? That will help against teams pinning their ears back and rushing Rodgers
C) It seems like too many pass plays are being called where the primary receiver is running a route that takes too long to develop (like deep double moves on a PA pass). Rodgers either gets sacked before the receiver is out of his route or the receiver isn't getting open and Rodgers doesn't have enough time to go through his progressions. Get back to the "quick pass + run after catch" mode you were in last year!

A) absolutely
B) we did try a screen, and they sniffed it out and Rodgers had to throw it at the ground. you can only try one or two screens a game. what does work, and has been working, is the checkdown to the RB because defenses do NOT account for that facing our offense. they worry about Finley, the WRs, and Rodgers running. The RB out of the backfield is low on their list.
C) defenses have been accosting, molesting our receivers off the line more than usual. the Chiefs did this last year and people (Giants) followed the blueprint. with the scab refs, the 49ers took it to another level. it works. it takes away the quick passes which were our bread & butter. and it throws off the timing and rythym of our offense. it's no wonder we're scoring at the same level as the Browns so far.