Studs and Duds

[Noodle]

How about Frost for one of the studs? He had a 42 net and seemed to do well directionally. Not bad for a guy who's still unpacking his moving boxes.

[mission]

Bigby as Stud, he came clutch with that Pick.. Dagger

I nominiate him for Dud on the same play has he idotically busted out his Darren Sharper imitation. Go down, you moron!.

Bigby has had some good pick returns and I dont ever remember him fumbling.

Some of yall talk so passively in your play preferences. How bout not going down but "hold onto the ball" ... you play to win and with NFL players, cant be expecting them to make mistakes. Great teams dont play with fear of what *might* go wrong. They go for the jugular.

That's the difference between creators and joe blow though ... mentality.

Mission, when he picked the ball, all he had to was go down and the GAME WAS OVER. You don't give the other team a chance to get the ball back. Anything could have happened to jar the bal loose. Going down in that case was going for the jugular becuase THE GAME WAS OVER.

Scroll up buddy.

[gbgary]

Don Hutson - while the punt was in the air, I turned to my wife and said this one's going back for a TD. 76 yards later and I'm one smart guy.

when that ball was coming down and nobody was within 10 (maybe more) yards of him, i thought the same thing.

[gbgary]

Like I said... dating back to 12+ months ago.

"Rodgers has the intangible, immeasurables to be a very successful QB" ...

Has Favre EVER had an 80%+ completion percentage?

Cuz, um... A-Rod has played in really two regular season games. yall know the stats at dallas... saw the game tonight.

Dare I say it ... he's very Tom Bradyish.......

ya know...cuz of his legs, i'd say he's more majkowskiish.

[cpk1994]

Bigby as Stud, he came clutch with that Pick.. Dagger

I nominiate him for Dud on the same play has he idotically busted out his Darren Sharper imitation. Go down, you moron!.

Bigby has had some good pick returns and I dont ever remember him fumbling.

Some of yall talk so passively in your play preferences. How bout not going down but "hold onto the ball" ... you play to win and with NFL players, cant be expecting them to make mistakes. Great teams dont play with fear of what *might* go wrong. They go for the jugular.

That's the difference between creators and joe blow though ... mentality.

Mission, when he picked the ball, all he had to was go down and the GAME WAS OVER. You don't give the other team a chance to get the ball back. Anything could have happened to jar the bal loose. Going down in that case was going for the jugular becuase THE GAME WAS OVER.

Scroll up buddy.

I see that now sorry.

[DonHutson]

Don Hutson - while the punt was in the air, I turned to my wife and said this one's going back for a TD. 76 yards later and I'm one smart guy.

But then she turned you into a Dud by reminding you that you say that on every return.

No, but I did predict a Rodgers QB sneak for a TD about five times before he finally did it.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I don't think anyone mentioned this, so I will. I think Mike McCarthy was the biggest Packer stud last night. I continue to be impressed.

First, he put together a reasonable game plan.
Second, he had his regulars ready. Winning in the pre-season is unnecessary.
Third, he played it "smart" with key guys in the pre-season (like Pickett) and it paid off when it counted.
Fourth, he didn't panic during the game. Kept to the plan.
Fifth, I thought the playcalling was good, with one or two exceptions. He put his guys in positions to succeed, especially Rogers.
Sixth and most important, in the post game press conference he defended his guys tenaciously, like Al Harris defends a pass. He defended Rodgers saying he took what the defense gave him and "didn't take chances." (Wow, was that a shot?) Regarding the penalties, all he said was that he "liked his team" and they'd fix the mistakes. He refused to let the reporters steer the conference toward the negative.

I said it before and I'll say it again, MM is the Packers' greatest asset and before long will be rivaling Holmgren as their best coach since Lombardi.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Pass rush - not a ton of sacks, but that's fine. Jackson is elusive and seems to have a pretty good feel in the pocket. The Packers put a lot of good hits on him, and he never had forever to throw the ball.

ok, D-line did fine. But the Vikes played with third string LT, that skews the results.

[OL penalties - Moll in particular. I don't buy that he's allowed to just charge downfield on those option plays. Nobody else had that problem and he did it twice.

I don't think we can judge, we don't have enough information. LArry McCerran commented on both downfield penalties that Moll did what he was supposed to do. And I noticed on the called-back touchdown there was at least one other O-lineman blocking downfield.

[boiga]

I don't think we can judge, we don't have enough information. LArry McCerran commented on both downfield penalties that Moll did what he was supposed to do. And I noticed on the called-back touchdown there was at least one other O-lineman blocking downfield.

You can block down field as long as you don't move forward after disengaging from the guy you started blocking at the line of scrimmage. That's what Moll did, and he needs to gain the awareness to know when to look for a LB to block and when to sit still so Aaron can throw the ball without it being called back.

[HarveyWallbangers]

ok, D-line did fine. But the Vikes played with third string LT, that skews the results.

Well, their vaunted DL couldn't take advantage of our 3rd string RG. BTW, KGB had 4 sacks in 2 games last year against McKinnie. He owned him, so things might have been worse for them if McKinnie was in against a healthy KGB.

[retailguy]

Packers with first year QB = STUDS

Fucking dirt queens with vet QB = DUDS


Hahaha. Fuck you queens.

HA fucking HA bitch queens.

You really are a dipshit aren't you. I congratulate Rodgers for a great game, and the Packers for winning.

Thanks for the classy comment. JH is our version of the idiot fan. Most other teams take it to the opponents board. He can't seem to do that, he just trashes his own teams board....

[HarveyWallbangers]

Actually, McCarthy seems to infer that Moll was at fault.

(The illegal downfield penalty on Moll, what is the rule?)
They give you a yard past...Based on my understanding and looking at the picture, the engagement of the block, he ended up falling forward and got too far downfield. But we should have been engaged there, that shouldn't have been a problem based on the defense and the way we were blocking it.

Sounds like McCarthy has changed course now. He said this about Moll on the play.

"We'll absolve him," McCarthy said.

[mraynrand]

Actually, McCarthy seems to infer that Moll was at fault.

(The illegal downfield penalty on Moll, what is the rule?)
They give you a yard past...Based on my understanding and looking at the picture, the engagement of the block, he ended up falling forward and got too far downfield. But we should have been engaged there, that shouldn't have been a problem based on the defense and the way we were blocking it.

Sounds like McCarthy has changed course now. He said this about Moll on the play.

"We'll absolve him," McCarthy said.

I looked at that play, and I need to again, but I could swear he was engaged in a block almost the whole time - he may have blocked too well - he freed himself up and looked like he was going upfield. Still, in any event it seemed like a real ticky-tack call. I hate that officiating crew - they always throw lots of flags.

[HarveyWallbangers]

One thing that went unnoticed when praising Jennings for his great catch. Rodgers let go of the ball from his own 29 and Jennings caught it at the Vikings 5 or 6 yard line. That's 66 yards in the air. Actually, he threw it from just outside the right hash to just outside the left hash, so maybe tack on another yard or two. That's good arm strength and pretty damn good accuracy on such a deep ball.

[Noodle]

One thing that went unnoticed when praising Jennings for his great catch. Rodgers let go of the ball from his own 29 and Jennings caught it at the Vikings 5 or 6 yard line. That's 66 yards in the air. Actually, he threw it from just outside the right hash to just outside the left hash, so maybe tack on another yard or two. That's good arm strength and pretty damn good accuracy on such a deep ball.

meh, Favre takes craps that go farther with more accuracy.