+ and -'s from Week 1 Game

[Noodle]

Besides the obvious love of what the D did, I think the biggest plus was that Rogers showed he could have a mediocre game for 58 minutes, yet still have the stones and mental toughness to make a play at the end.

Seriously, that showed a lot. He had missed, and pretty badly, on his other down-field throws. But when they called a play for all the marbles, he threw a gorgeous ball right on the money.

That's greatness, or a least winnerness, for you.

[oregonpackfan]

On a personal note, the game I experienced sucked SEVERE ass. The Packer offense was disrupted most of the night, I found it frustrating to watch. I was watching late last night on DVR, and my fucking machine stopped recording just before the packers made their thrilling comeback. Had to come on here and read the last 10 pages of the game thread.

Dang, Harlan! The same thing happened to me and my DVR! I had to leave after the first half but felt confident I would see everything because I had recorded it.

Not only did I record the game but clicked on the "extra 30 minutes." The recording stopped with 2 and a half minutes to go in the game! I finally did see the 50 yard winning pass on the 11:00 news.

[mission]

Besides the obvious love of what the D did, I think the biggest plus was that Rogers showed he could have a mediocre game for 58 minutes, yet still have the stones and mental toughness to make a play at the end.

Seriously, that showed a lot. He had missed, and pretty badly, on his other down-field throws. But when they called a play for all the marbles, he threw a gorgeous ball right on the money.

That's greatness, or a least winnerness, for you.

Nice post, Noodle... I feel that!!

[pbmax]

Swain should get a mention. That dumb punt fake might have gone for a first if Swain didn't make the tackle. I haven't seen the replay from behind Swain and the Pack, but I think he saw the hand motion the center used to call out the direct snap to the up man. Good catch on his part.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Nelson did an alright job. He doesn't have nearly enough acceleration to be a punt returner. That's not quite as big a problem at KR cause he has room to get some steam going.

He makes up for his lack of acceleration by running forward.

A highly underrated skill for return men and a valid point.

[Freak Out]

Besides the obvious love of what the D did, I think the biggest plus was that Rogers showed he could have a mediocre game for 58 minutes, yet still have the stones and mental toughness to make a play at the end.

Seriously, that showed a lot. He had missed, and pretty badly, on his other down-field throws. But when they called a play for all the marbles, he threw a gorgeous ball right on the money.

That's greatness, or a least winnerness, for you.

Nice post, Noodle... I feel that!!

He got pounded all night but got it done when it really counted.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Nelson did an alright job. He doesn't have nearly enough acceleration to be a punt returner. That's not quite as big a problem at KR cause he has room to get some steam going.

He makes up for his lack of acceleration by running forward.

A highly underrated skill for return men and a valid point.

I didn't have a problem with Nelson as a return man. He gets up field and breaks some tackles. He's kind of shifty too. He'll be better as a KR than PR, but running the ball he's fine. I'm worried about his decision making (fair catch or not) and catching the ball. He seemed close to fumbling a couple of punts. Overall, I'll be happy to see Blackmon back returning punts, but I like the combination of Nelson and Blackmon returning kicks. Nelson might end up being a better kick return than Blackmon--who tends to dance and run backwards on kickoffs too much.

[Fritz]

face it, the big plus for this game was that Rodgers rallied the team to win. There would be nothing but bitchin and long faces in here if the Bears had stopped them. The Bears played tough defense the whole game.

On a personal note, the game I experienced sucked SEVERE ass. The Packer offense was disrupted most of the night, I found it frustrating to watch. I was watching late last night on DVR, and my fucking machine stopped recording just before the packers made their thrilling comeback. Had to come on here and read the last 10 pages of the game thread.

Sounds like it. As in smelly and unwiped.

[Tony Oday]

Finley. I loved his "chip" block on Ogunelejreihwiueh however you spell that he LEVELED him...I think it is more of a scheme issue on Barbe, he is a rook basically and needs help with good DEs that just happens.

[boiga]

Swain should get a mention. That dumb punt fake might have gone for a first if Swain didn't make the tackle. I haven't seen the replay from behind Swain and the Pack, but I think he saw the hand motion the center used to call out the direct snap to the up man. Good catch on his part.

Swain mentioned in his post game interview that keeping an eye out for a trick play was his primary responsibility during punts.

This one might validate the change in ST coach.

[red]

Swain should get a mention. That dumb punt fake might have gone for a first if Swain didn't make the tackle. I haven't seen the replay from behind Swain and the Pack, but I think he saw the hand motion the center used to call out the direct snap to the up man. Good catch on his part.

Swain mentioned in his post game interview that keeping an eye out for a trick play was his primary responsibility during punts.

This one might validate the change in ST coach.

the bears long snapper took a lot of heat for that play, but i don't think it was that bad of a call. swain was not there when the play started and it looked like wolfe would have a clear lane for the first, if not a TD. but swain sniffed it out and came flying into the hole to stuff it

it wasn't so much a horrible call by the bears but a great play from swain

[Freak Out]

Swain should get a mention. That dumb punt fake might have gone for a first if Swain didn't make the tackle. I haven't seen the replay from behind Swain and the Pack, but I think he saw the hand motion the center used to call out the direct snap to the up man. Good catch on his part.

Swain mentioned in his post game interview that keeping an eye out for a trick play was his primary responsibility during punts.

This one might validate the change in ST coach.

the bears long snapper took a lot of heat for that play, but i don't think it was that bad of a call. swain was not there when the play started and it looked like wolfe would have a clear lane for the first, if not a TD. but swain sniffed it out and came flying into the hole to stuff it

it wasn't so much a horrible call by the bears but a great play from swain

I thought he made the call to do a direct snap because he thought Clay would not get off the field in time and could get the 12 men on the field penalty?

[boiga]

Yup, but the LS didn't look up to check that Mathews was still on the field and thus screwed up royally.

Shawn Slocum's the coach that kept Swain focused on the potential for this kind of trick play. I'm not sure that a Stock coached unit would have been so heads up.

[Bossman641]

Swain should get a mention. That dumb punt fake might have gone for a first if Swain didn't make the tackle. I haven't seen the replay from behind Swain and the Pack, but I think he saw the hand motion the center used to call out the direct snap to the up man. Good catch on his part.

Swain mentioned in his post game interview that keeping an eye out for a trick play was his primary responsibility during punts.

This one might validate the change in ST coach.

the bears long snapper took a lot of heat for that play, but i don't think it was that bad of a call. swain was not there when the play started and it looked like wolfe would have a clear lane for the first, if not a TD. but swain sniffed it out and came flying into the hole to stuff it

it wasn't so much a horrible call by the bears but a great play from swain

I thought he made the call to do a direct snap because he thought Clay would not get off the field in time and could get the 12 men on the field penalty?

Yep Mannelly thought he could catch the Packers with 12 on the field and made the call himself.

[red]

i don't know if he was trying to get the 12 men on the field penalty. he was never looking up to see where mathews was. and why would he take the time to look back and wolfe and point at him before he snaps.

if he sees that theres 12 with one guy trying to get off, wouldn't you just snap it as fast as you can to the punter?

plus, on the one replay where you could see him point, you could see a giant hole just to his left the opened up when he snapped it, only to have swain fly in and plug it

collinsworth was the one saying he was trying to catch matthews.

collinsworth doesn't know his ass from his dick