Turnaround

{Family Ghost} · Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 1026

I think it's pretty clear what is wrong with the Packers offense ... no ballance at times. When they run the ball it helps set up the pass, and when they don't the defense just pins their ears back, and mauls the wideouts. Perhaps McCarthy has finally seen the light .. we'll see.

They didn't really run the ball against the 49'ers .. Loss. Ran well against the Bears .. Win. Ignored the run for a half against the Seahawks and got smoked, ran it in the second half and had several scoring drives.

The defense has played winning football, as has special teams.

I do think this could be good for the Packers .. might bring them together a bit and help set that "us against the world" chip up on their shoulders. Lets see how they respond against the Saints. The season could be on the brink with a loss in that one.

ajdodge09 · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject:

I don't know if anyone else feels this way or if this has any merit, but I really think the replacement refs are screwing up rhythmic passing offenses. The amount of times the game is stopped and the amount of time it's stopped for is ridiculous. Look at the Packers, Saints, and Patriots specifically. All three insanely potent offenses are getting whipped this year. And defenses in general are playing much better around the league. Several defensive players have said these refs let them play more physically in coverage as well. Perhaps that's why our pass D is looking much better.
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yupyup · Joined: 19 Dec 2010 Posts: 585

It's disgusting how no one puts any blame on Rodgers. He hasn't been good, and our offense is 100% reliant on how he plays. So he needs to play good for the 1st time all year, or we need to change the offense.
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Kal-El · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:15 pm Post subject:

We *did* turnaround. Already.

Second half, we came back from being shut-out to putting up 16 points against a tough and energized D in their super-noisy home.

The problem is, playing good/sound football isn't enough because these refs are nullifying it with their incompetence. It's sort of become luck-of-the-draw with them at this point.

Here's hoping the ball rolls in our favor next week. It's about the most we can hope for.

babybulaga · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:26 pm Post subject:

My problem with the "they shouldn't put themselves in that position" is that yeah they didn't play very well, but they played well enough to win that game! They shoulda had the pick by McMillen that woulda sealed the game in all likelihood.

All this about how bad our offense is needs to stop... We have literally started with three of the top five defenses, we will get it together, turn around, and go on a 2010 type run. Another thing going unnoticed is how well our defense is playing!!!!

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Forgive me if this has been brought up, but does anyone think that Clements moving from QB Coach to OC is having a bigger impact than maybe we might have thought?

It occurred to me last night that there seem to be fundamental things that Rodgers is weak on this year that weren't issues last year- and perhaps Clements is a better QB guy than he is a game planner and play caller?
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