Bretsky
10-29-2006, 11:15 PM
1. Brett Favre is playing smarter under Mike McCarthy; he is getting coached well for the first time since Mike Holmgren was here.
2. Our Offensive Line is improving each week. This Cardinal Defense had some very good defensive lineman in Barry and Dockett. Rarely did our backs get hit behind the line of scrimmange. Our Young OL controlled the line today. Impressive
3. This offense is different with Ahman Green Back. He breaks tackles and punishes people. His Style of play makes Morency a very good change of pace back as well
4. David Martin is our pass catching TE. Bubba Franks is our blocking TE. David Martin is the better route runner and gets yards after the catch. The coaches realize this and are utilizing Bubba as an extra blocker and sending Martin out in routes. I am happy that it looks like I was wrong about Martin in reaching his potential. I also may have been wrong about Bubb's deal as well; I'm starting to wonder if that was money will spent.
5. Donald Driver needs Greg Jennings to get back to consistently excel. The Cardinals had their focus on him; our other WR's put no fear into the defense. Without Jennings, David Martin is probably our second best receiving option.
6. Aaron Kampman is one of my most admired players. Watching him play with that motor is a pleasure. All of the posters who said we overpaid for Kampman were wrong; we may have even underpaid him. Talent wise he may not be one of the top DE's in the game; but result wise he is. If we'd get a difference maker along the DL he'd be even better
7. Al Harris has been an absolute blanket the past two weeks. He practically shut out my boy Chris Chambers last week. He held Boldin down today. Each of those weeks he was purposely matched up against the top WR. He stepped his game up. Does he miss interceptions at times ? Yes.
But his game is at a very high level right now. He's played like a Pro Bowler the past two weeks.
8. Brady Poppinga still does not look like a starter to me. Instincts do not seem to be natural for him yet. On the brighter side, the defensive staff is not allowing him to be isolated in coverage so he's not being exposed like he was at the season's beginning
9. Watching Leinart today, I wondered if it's best for a QB to let him sit a couple years and learn from watching. He looked jittery. He was clearly uncomfortable when the rush was coming, and he made some lousy passes because of it. He keyed in on one WR too long at times. He kind of looked like Aaron Rodgers at the beginning when I had minimal hope for him. I'm more confident in Rodgers chance for success now, and watching Leinart struggle today reminded me how it might be best for Rodgers to watch and learn til Brett retires, whether that's this year or two years later.
The right answer is not always to throw them into the fire.
10. I met Harvey Wallbanger and Superfan today at the game; watched the 3rd quarter with them after finding where they were sitting in the stadium. They are both first class guys in person as well as in this forum and I feel very fortunate to have met a couple of the best posters in the Packerrats community.
2. Our Offensive Line is improving each week. This Cardinal Defense had some very good defensive lineman in Barry and Dockett. Rarely did our backs get hit behind the line of scrimmange. Our Young OL controlled the line today. Impressive
3. This offense is different with Ahman Green Back. He breaks tackles and punishes people. His Style of play makes Morency a very good change of pace back as well
4. David Martin is our pass catching TE. Bubba Franks is our blocking TE. David Martin is the better route runner and gets yards after the catch. The coaches realize this and are utilizing Bubba as an extra blocker and sending Martin out in routes. I am happy that it looks like I was wrong about Martin in reaching his potential. I also may have been wrong about Bubb's deal as well; I'm starting to wonder if that was money will spent.
5. Donald Driver needs Greg Jennings to get back to consistently excel. The Cardinals had their focus on him; our other WR's put no fear into the defense. Without Jennings, David Martin is probably our second best receiving option.
6. Aaron Kampman is one of my most admired players. Watching him play with that motor is a pleasure. All of the posters who said we overpaid for Kampman were wrong; we may have even underpaid him. Talent wise he may not be one of the top DE's in the game; but result wise he is. If we'd get a difference maker along the DL he'd be even better
7. Al Harris has been an absolute blanket the past two weeks. He practically shut out my boy Chris Chambers last week. He held Boldin down today. Each of those weeks he was purposely matched up against the top WR. He stepped his game up. Does he miss interceptions at times ? Yes.
But his game is at a very high level right now. He's played like a Pro Bowler the past two weeks.
8. Brady Poppinga still does not look like a starter to me. Instincts do not seem to be natural for him yet. On the brighter side, the defensive staff is not allowing him to be isolated in coverage so he's not being exposed like he was at the season's beginning
9. Watching Leinart today, I wondered if it's best for a QB to let him sit a couple years and learn from watching. He looked jittery. He was clearly uncomfortable when the rush was coming, and he made some lousy passes because of it. He keyed in on one WR too long at times. He kind of looked like Aaron Rodgers at the beginning when I had minimal hope for him. I'm more confident in Rodgers chance for success now, and watching Leinart struggle today reminded me how it might be best for Rodgers to watch and learn til Brett retires, whether that's this year or two years later.
The right answer is not always to throw them into the fire.
10. I met Harvey Wallbanger and Superfan today at the game; watched the 3rd quarter with them after finding where they were sitting in the stadium. They are both first class guys in person as well as in this forum and I feel very fortunate to have met a couple of the best posters in the Packerrats community.