More Banjo: Week 12 @ Pittsburgh

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Wow.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13
Hell of an answer from #Packers LT David Bakhtiari about the #Steelers pass rush: "I never saw (Bud) Dupree, I just saw (T.J.) Watt. On that end, I’m happy that we took (Vince) Biegel to be honest. I’m very happy that we ended up getting (Kevin) King and took Biegel."

Watt must have insulted his parents. Or maybe some sort of Rodgers/Watt championship belt beef continuing?

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13
#Packers LT David Bakhtiari got stitches on his right thumb at some point during the game. It was still bloody in the locker room. Shouldn't be a problem moving forward though.

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Green Bay Packers @packers
Brett Hundley after #GBvsPIT: I love my teammates. I've had so much support from them. That's why it hurts. I’m just trying to make sure we have an opportunity to win & that I play my best for them.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13
#Packers RB Jamaal Williams on his TD reception: "Oh shoot, I give all thanks to Corey (Linsley) because without him blocking old boy, I definitely would not have got out of there. But as soon as he got that block and I seen some field, I was like, ‘I ain’t getting caught.'"

TYPO? TRANSCRIPT ERROR? HAS TO BE OH BOY, DOESN'T IT?

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
Brett Hundley is out here going toe-to-toe with Ben Roethlisberger on a national stage in a hostile environment. Whatever happens tonight, this is impressive. They’re doing something right in Green Bay.

NO IAN, JORDY NELSON'S LACK OF PRODUCTION INDICATES THAT THE PACKERS ARE ALL STUPID

[Pugger]

They either didn't see it (hard to believe) or ruled him a runner.

I don't know if they saw it because you're not supposed to hit runners helmet to helmet either.

[ThunderDan]

They either didn't see it (hard to believe) or ruled him a runner.

McCarthy said in presser that blow to the head screwed up the Packers 2 minute offense. Wasn’t sure what Hundley could do after the hit. Was checking to make sure he was ok. Ran play clock down to almost zero before next snap.

[pbmax]

I recommend you all spend some time tomorrow reading up on the failed Greg Schiano deal on a contract to coach the Tennessee Volunteers football team.

Its playing out like its the Internet Mob versus very serious media types+Tennessee AD+Greg Schiano. Pat Forde said the inmates are running the asylum.

This is good enough theatre. But the real treat is that Forde and others have been shaken so hard by breaking developments that they have forgotten a rule that even they are capable of understanding about College Football. Money talks and money apparently balked at Schiano's hiring.

[mraynrand]

I recommend you all spend some time tomorrow reading up on the failed Greg Schiano deal on a contract to coach the Tennessee Volunteers football team.

" In a deposition, former Penn State assistant Mike McQueary said he was told by another assistant coach, Tom Bradley, that Schiano had told Bradley that he had seen Sandusky “doing something” with a boy in a shower."

hearsay two times removed of a possible witness to child molestation should be sufficient to end any career. The real question is whether Ohio State can allow this monstrous possible witness to molestation backs on campus. (the answer is NO FUCKING WAY!). Have a moving company (wearing gloves) load this pervert's office into a container truck and have a deaf mute drive it to a secure location. Mail the location to Schiano in an envelope with no return address. Fumigate his office and/or demolish the building and incinerate the rubble.

[Smidgeon]

I understand that gets called often, but if my OLB hit the QBs helmet when he ducked down and we lost a game on a flag I would be livid.

When inadvertent hands to the helmet get called, you bet I'm expecting helmet to helmet being called.

[mraynrand]

When inadvertent hands to the helmet get called, you bet I'm expecting helmet to helmet being called.

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[pbmax]

" In a deposition, former Penn State assistant Mike McQueary said he was told by another assistant coach, Tom Bradley, that Schiano had told Bradley that he had seen Sandusky “doing something” with a boy in a shower."

hearsay two times removed of a possible witness to child molestation should be sufficient to end any career. The real question is whether Ohio State can allow this monstrous possible witness to molestation backs on campus. (the answer is NO FUCKING WAY!). Have a moving company (wearing gloves) load this pervert's office into a container truck and have a deaf mute drive it to a secure location. Mail the location to Schiano in an envelope with no return address. Fumigate his office and/or demolish the building and incinerate the rubble.

Gonna reply in the Badger forum.

[denverYooper]

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Lowry's hit from the previous week?

[mraynrand]

Lowry's hit from the previous week?

i get it now....

[Teamcheez1]

I agree with this summary of the game (not from me):

But I wouldn’t say that the Packers lost despite a great BH performance – I would say that while he had his best game, he still made a lot of mistakes and was part of the reason that the Packers won the turnover battle 3-0 but somehow still lost the game. Too many really short drives. A few really bad throws to open receivers. Second-half sacks due to bad old habits. (An egregious, but unflagged helmet-to-helmet hit on the QB by Watt didn’t help – I can’t believe BH wasn’t concussed on that play.) And a defense missing Clark and Matthews and, for a while, Randall, that eventually succumbed to Antonio Brown and LeVeon Bell, especially Bell. Bell ate them alive in the 2nd half, one dump-off after another. Despite having three drives ended by turnovers, Pittsburgh still won the time-of-possession "battle" by 7 minutes.

The Steelers once again played down to the level of their competition, made a game out what should have been a blowout, and got away with it.

[ND72]

Saw the officials both said they were "shielded from view" of the helmet to helmet hit. One of the local radio guys here said, you didn't need to see it, it was heard so badly, Pepper Burress was looking away from the field at the moment of impact and new what just happened. That's terrible officiating. A pinky brushes the helmet of Tom Brady and you get a flag, but obvious helmet to helmet, which a year ago gets Watt ejected, no call.

I've seen and heard people say "Hundley was ok"....kidding me? 134.8 passer rating, 3TD, 0 INT. That's just OK? People want him to fail so badly it's stupid. There were at least 6 other teams that wished they had Brett Hundley's 134.8 passer rating from their QB yesterday. Hundley played fantastic.

Stubby, again, with some questionable, stupid play calls that will never lead to anyone having success, was the problem. Our own lack of pass rush, and lack of talent in the DBackfield, was a problem. I know our DB's played decent, but again hearing press conferences, 2 of the steelers touchdowns were incorrect coverages, blown first by Dix, and second by Burnett. Just never ends.

[mraynrand]

^^ reasonable. Dix is having an awful year. Is it him, coaching, injury or all of above?

Randall's progression is really unexpected. Think about how how down and out he was at one point. Gotta at least give coaches some credit for sticking with him and getting him back into shape.

[texaspackerbacker]

I've been saying all along that Hundley is at very least decent. He did what he did with better than usual O Line play, but still way below average for the league - he got the same thing Aaron Rodgers has had to live with for years. It would be so nice if our QB could have the time that Roethlisberger or Brady or Brees or a lot of others get routinely.

I'm about ready to label Clinton-Dix as crap - he's been pretty consistent that way this season. Randall seems much improved, but I see him as a risk-taker (for better or worse) who will make big plays but also get beat sometimes. King seems just the opposite - steady but not much in the line of big plays, for this year anyway.

I think our lack of pass rush was more a matter of them having a decent O Line than badness on our part. You could see the burst of our guys, but they got blocked just enough to come close and not get the QB.

Jamal Williams woulda been the player of the game (other than Hundley) if we had won. That kid looks damn good going forward - he and Aaron Jones, and I still think Mays is more like he showed in the preseason and not like last week.

[Teamcheez1]

I guess Mays must officially be in the dog house. He didn't even get one carry after the two fumbles last week.

Also, our the TE's no longer part of the game plan, or only there to block? Rodgers did have one nice catch, but that makes three total catches for Kendricks/Rodgers the last two games. It would seem they could at least be a safety valve sitting down in a route 5 yards down the field.

[call_me_ishmael]

I am pretty sure that was the fastest Richard Rodgers has ever run

[mraynrand]

Jamal Williams woulda been the player of the game (other than Hundley) if we had won. That kid looks damn good going forward - he and Aaron Jones, and I still think Mays is more like he showed in the preseason and not like last week.

The O-line (see: scheme) was blocking well for him. Would have been nice had he pulled in that sideline pass, but he does OK in pass catching.

[mraynrand]

Also, our the TE's no longer part of the game plan, or only there to block?

And sometimes not even that. But Rodgers had a couple of nice seal blocks that I saw.

[Smidgeon]

Saw the officials both said they were "shielded from view" of the helmet to helmet hit. One of the local radio guys here said, you didn't need to see it, it was heard so badly, Pepper Burress was looking away from the field at the moment of impact and new what just happened. That's terrible officiating. A pinky brushes the helmet of Tom Brady and you get a flag, but obvious helmet to helmet, which a year ago gets Watt ejected, no call.

I've seen and heard people say "Hundley was ok"....kidding me? 134.8 passer rating, 3TD, 0 INT. That's just OK? People want him to fail so badly it's stupid. There were at least 6 other teams that wished they had Brett Hundley's 134.8 passer rating from their QB yesterday. Hundley played fantastic.

Stubby, again, with some questionable, stupid play calls that will never lead to anyone having success, was the problem. Our own lack of pass rush, and lack of talent in the DBackfield, was a problem. I know our DB's played decent, but again hearing press conferences, 2 of the steelers touchdowns were incorrect coverages, blown first by Dix, and second by Burnett. Just never ends.

And that was against the #2 scoring D in the league this year.

Honestly, I didn't feel like the Packers were a sieve like they were with the Falcons last year in the playoffs. They weren't giving up routine passes like in the past, but Antonio Brown made some phenomenal catches against tight coverage.

As much as people want to complain, this is not the defense of 2011. It has progressively gotten better.

I'm hoping the strategy of selecting DBs over LBs pays off though. It seems TT collects the DBs and the Steelers collect the LBs.