More Banjo - Packers vs Dolphins

[MadtownPacker]

Jordan Love - Turkey leg

Josh Jacobs - Turkey leg

Isaiah McDuffie - Turkey leg

Discuss :lol: I’m no JoeMailman

[King Friday]

It was a very solid game all around. Love was as efficient as he’s been all year. The ground game continued to churn out a lot of yardage, and it wasn’t just Jacobs this time. Kraft finally became a weapon when the Dolphins focused on the run game. The defense went all out to stop the speedy receivers and let Miami eat up short stuff in the middle with TEs and RBs, tightening up in the red zone.

The game was really never in doubt after the second TD. There were several dumb penalties again, and that stuff needs to get cleaned up. No excuse for lining up in the neutral zone or having a false start on offense in a quiet stadium. However, stayed clean in the turnover column and showed strong run/pass balance for most of the game. The Packers are playing their best football of the year heading to Detroit. Buckle up.

[call_me_ishmael]

Isiah McDuffie and Christian Watson have oddly similar face shapes and coloring.

Why does the D look like ass? They just look soft to me and like they'll get carved up vs a good team. Look worse than EOY last year to me.

[call_me_ishmael]

Tucker Kraft is one of the 5 best players on the team IMO. Dude is a different maker.

[King Friday]

Isiah McDuffie and Christian Watson have oddly similar face shapes and coloring.

Why does the D look like ass? They just look soft to me and like they'll get carved up vs a good team. Look worse than EOY last year to me.

I posted that it was tough to watch the defensive strategy against the Dolphins, but it was the right strategy. You can’t play aggressively against the Dolphins offense. Waddle and Hill are incredibly dangerous receivers who can go to the house on any play. The Packers used a lot of double teams on those guys and played soft coverage elsewhere. They were PURPOSELY soft, especially after jumping out to a big lead. There was no reason to allow Miami to get back into the game by making big plays. They forced them to take 8 or 9 plays to get downfield and tightened up in the red zone.

Miami is a good team. Defensively, they were banged up but offensively they are one of the top ten teams in the NFL when Tua is healthy. We held them to 17 points. They scored at least 23 in their prior 5 games, including against the vaunted Bills. Some of you are delusional in how good this league is and how difficult it is to stop todays top offenses.

[George Cumby]

I posted that it was tough to watch the defensive strategy against the Dolphins, but it was the right strategy. You can’t play aggressively against the Dolphins offense. Waddle and Hill are incredibly dangerous receivers who can go to the house on any play. The Packers used a lot of double teams on those guys and played soft coverage elsewhere. They were PURPOSELY soft, especially after jumping out to a big lead. There was no reason to allow Miami to get back into the game by making big plays. They forced them to take 8 or 9 plays to get downfield and tightened up in the red zone.

Miami is a good team. Defensively, they were banged up but offensively they are one of the top ten teams in the NFL when Tua is healthy. We held them to 17 points. They scored at least 23 in their prior 5 games, including against the vaunted Bills. Some of you are delusional in how good this league is and how difficult it is to stop todays top offenses.

This.

As painful as it was to watch at times, the D did their job.

[Joemailman]

Pretty much any team up against those receivers without their best cornerback up 24-3 at halftime would have played prevent defense.

[CaptainKickass]

Miami had two plays all game that gained more than 16 yards.

I saw a photo of a Nixon Jersey upside down so now I'm calling him "Noxin" and he's handling that outside corner position far better than I expected.

There needs to be a sandwich or a beverage named the "McDuffie" served at McDonalds across Wisconsin.

I could watch Reed's one handed grab on loop for a very long time.


And finally...



Redemption of the Fowl!


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[Vincenzo]

Pretty much any team up against those receivers without their best cornerback up 24-3 at halftime would have played prevent defense.
Hmm, Not so sure I like the sounds of that.

[call_me_ishmael]

Packers will beat Detroit. Mark it down baby.

[Fritz]

This was the first game this year where the Pack looked like they did at the end of last season. But Wicks still had an egregious drop and needs to get it together quick. I think they’re going to need him.

A week to get ready for Detroit, then a mini-bye before the home stretch.

Van Less needs to make some noise, as does one of Engabre, Cox, and Mosby.

And can the defensive coaches just give Valentine the job already? Stokes is at best a stop-gap. At best.

[ThunderDan]

Two things stood out this week on O.

First, we kept pounding the ball with the run. Didn’t work as well as last week but we kept at it.

Second, we used a more intermediate passing game. We got Kraft involved in the middle. Love seems better at those throws than throwing it deep into double coverage.

[Joemailman]

This was the first game this year where the Pack looked like they did at the end of last season. But Wicks still had an egregious drop and needs to get it together quick. I think they’re going to need him.

A week to get ready for Detroit, then a mini-bye before the home stretch.

Van Less needs to make some noise, as does one of Engabre, Cox, and Mosby.

And can the defensive coaches just give Valentine the job already? Stokes is at best a stop-gap. At best.

LVN had a sack and 2 TFL. Had a strip sack the week before. Seems to be making a bit of a late rush like he did last year.

[Fritz]

Cool. He needs to play that way consistently.

[Patler]

LVN had a sack and 2 TFL. Had a strip sack the week before. Seems to be making a bit of a late rush like he did last year.

That was with playing 22 of 71 snaps on defense this week and 18 of 49 last week.

[pittstang5]

One thing I noticed last week against the Bears, then this past week, at least once, maybe more, some of the edge rushers getting called for Offsides / Neutral zone infractions. Anyone else notice it? Hell, I saw players lined up before the snap and was yelling at the TV that they were over the line. It's happened too many times now. I understand jumping offsides, it's gonna happen here and there, but why are guys lining up already offsides so many times recently? Do they not see where the damn ball is? Stupid penalties like that shouldn't happen.

[run pMc]

The offsides penalties are maddening. MLF needs to yell at Rebrovich, who needs to yell at the players about that. It's completely avoidable - players can check with the line judge or whatever if they are lined up correctly before the snap.

As for the defense, McDaniel actually had some pretty clever plays schemed to influence the LBs to shift away from where Tua would throw. Overall, I thought they kept a lid on the Dolphins, and jumping out to a 14-0 and 24-3 leads likely crossed some things off the MIA play sheet. The run defense hasn't been horrible lately - they have held MIA and SF under 100 yards rushing combined. Tua threw for a lot of yards, but it felt like a good chunk of it was garbage time in the 4Q.

Seems like Eric Stokes is the odd man out, or should be. I think Nixon and Valentine have been ok outside. I also think McKinney and Evan Williams have vastly improved the safety spots, which likely helped keep the lid on Tyreek/Waddle. When throws to Jonnu Smith underneath is your best weapon, it's going to be tough to be explosive. GB also swarmed to the ball and tackled well.

On offense, agree Tucker Kraft is a dude. Would actually like to see him (and Reed) be more involved in the offense. I wonder if Reed is hurt? He got some targets in this game but IIRC only played like 50-60% of snaps. Even then he had 2 TDs.
Was nice to see Wicks catch most of his passes. If he gets his head (and hands) right he'll be a big boost. Until then, he's been fun to watch as a blocker. Watson had a nice game too - was happy to see him catch that deep throw although it wasn't exactly graceful. For such a supreme athlete he sure looks clumsy at times. He's the Musgrave of WRs. Ignore anyone who tells you otherwise, the OL was very good in this game. They were very good vs. SF also, and Love hasn't taken many sacks this year. The run game wasn't really clicking, but I think Jacobs was a focus for the MIA D. Jacobs didn't have a lot of yard rushing, but they were tough yards. He had some 2 yard gains that would have been 2 yard losses if anyone else had the ball (cough Dillon). That move he put on Dodson on that 49 yard screen play was filthy fun. I will be curious to see what they do with Marshawn Lloyd, Wilson is the RB2 but Brooks is clearly trusted more in pass pro and outsnaps Wilson.

No turnovers - gotta love that.

Was a pretty fun game to watch overall. Might have been their most complete game of the year.