Dumb luck

[BallHawk]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

[Partial]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

Yeah.. That's one play. One play does not determine a game. I agree shit happens. The same "dumb luck" resulted in the Bears turnovers as well. It's all part of the game.

[channtheman]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

Well if Stock tells the dipshit to move up 10 yards and CATCH the ball it never happens. We never adjusted to punts and that was on coaches.

[Bossman641]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

Yeah.. That's one play. One play does not determine a game. I agree shit happens. The same "dumb luck" resulted in the Bears turnovers as well. It's all part of the game.

Orton staring holes through receivers is dumb luck? You lost me there bud.

[Bretsky]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

I call it balancing the earlier play with the ball not going off of Blackmond for a Bear TD

[Partial]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

Yeah.. That's one play. One play does not determine a game. I agree shit happens. The same "dumb luck" resulted in the Bears turnovers as well. It's all part of the game.

Orton staring holes through receivers is dumb luck? You lost me there bud.

I don't think he does it any more or less than the other QB starting. On one of the picks, definitely, the other was iffy at best.

[Bossman641]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

Yeah.. That's one play. One play does not determine a game. I agree shit happens. The same "dumb luck" resulted in the Bears turnovers as well. It's all part of the game.

Orton staring holes through receivers is dumb luck? You lost me there bud.

I don't think he does it any more or less than the other QB starting. On one of the picks, definitely, the other was iffy at best.

Which one would you say was definite?

[BallHawk]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

Yeah.. That's one play.

Which proves luck exists. Which you said didn't exist. Thus, your theory is proven wrong by your own admission.

/thread.

[digitaldean]

Orton staring holes through receivers is dumb luck? You lost me there bud.

If he follows that logic, all those INTs I saw Randy Wright threw in the 80s while staring at one receiver were plain unlucky. WHO KNEW?!?

[superfan]

Let's look at the key stats. Not sure if these have been updated through the completion of the Monday night Bear game, they come from NFL.com

Total First Downs

GB - 279
OPP - 276

Third Down Conversion

GB - 44.3 %
OPP - 38.9%

Total Offensive Yards

GB - 5134
OPP - 5033

Time of Possession (per game)

GB - 31:43
OPP - 28:51

Turnover Ratio - +6 in favor of Packers

Points Scored - 388
Points Allowed - 359

In terms of primary statistics, the Packers should have a winning record, which makes a case for dumb luck affecting the team this season.

[cpk1994]

But do we have the playcaller?

I've liked his play calling the previous two years. Not so much this year, but I have faith in McCarthy. Division title in 2009.

was it M3's playcalling the last 2 years? or was it a certain qb that use to audible out and call some of his owns plays that weren't so pussified?

That's exactly what I think is the problem too. Rodgers is scared to change the play I think and Favre was like "What? You gonna fucking trade me or soemthing?"

I disagree. Teams aren't defending Rodgers the way they went against Favre. Has nothing to do with audubles.

[Pugger]

I saw this on another forum but I'm not positive it is a fact:

"The Bears block was an illegal play. We have been penalized for lining up in the center gap facing the center. The Bears put guys in both center/guard gaps and plowed the snapper (Goode) and he ended up on his back. It's an illegal play. The rule is to protect the long-snapper. You can't touch him until his head comes up."

I'm sure MM will send this as well as a couple other instances to NY and we'll get a letter apologizing for the zebras missing more calls...

[KYPack]

Partly true. Or, things don't go your way. Jets went 10-6 in 2006. Pennington got hurt and they went 4-12 in 2007. Steelers went 10-5-1 in 2002, 6-10 in 2003, and 15-1 in 2004. Tennessee was solid every year, went 9-23 in 2004 and 2005, and have been solid since. Seattle went 13-3 in 2006, went 10-6 in 2007, Hasselbeck got injured and they are 4-11 this year. We fix the DL and we'll surprise people next year. We have the QB to lead us.

The other one I got to thinking about was the Ravens.

They went 13-3

Then they won 5 games.

Ray Lewis staged a last minute palace coup and they ran Billick off.

This year, they are back in the play-offs.

We need to make a few changes, but essentially stay the course and we should be fine.

[KYPack]

Where in the heck is Tracy White anyways ??????/

He was one of our better ST players and didn't we bring up another furturite and cut his ass ???

As was posted, he's in Philly.

And should still be here.

TT has a weakness for young kids.

Essentially, we cut Tracy White for Lasagna. White was a mediocre back-up and ST terror. He played ST perfectly and was a leader. He got everybody fired up, lined up, and lead the charge. Lasagna was a mediocre back-up and ST non-entity, They brought him on the big team for ST, now they have him inactive for most games.

When White was gone, our ST play fell off the table. They had no leader and all the groups floundered.

After injuries, they brought up Havner, who can play ST. Another kid, apparently a good kid. With Havner, we may be OK at that ST slot and have a back-up LB.

But we are lucky to do so. Thompson has got to ID a core group and stick with 'em. White was older and has probably peaked, but so what? When a player can do a job for you, stay with him.

TT is endlessly chasing rainbows. He treats the players like toys. He gets enamored with a new toy and throws the old ones away. When that toy breaks, he throws it away. We can't be young forever. Figure out your team and help 'em grow.

Don't keep bringing in all these "hopes".

[gex]

I cannot believe how many of you homers are talking about luck. There isn't any such thing.

So what do you call that ball bouncing off Bush? He couldn't of done anything. Shit happens.

Well if Stock tells the dipshit to move up 10 yards and CATCH the ball it never happens. We never adjusted to punts and that was on coaches.

Luck is only a small part of this game, good execution, adjustments, and game planning will over come dumb luck and bad calls everyday. We aren't doing those things very well.