+ and -'s from Week 1 Game

[boiga]

+ Dom Capers - The D looked great out there, with consistent pressure, steady Run D, and stunning ints. The new scheme looks like a massive improvement at this point.

+ Special Teams - Sure Mason missed a long FG early, and Kapinos shanked the punt he had to redo after a holding penalty, but never the less, the Packers neutralized one of the most dangerous ST units in the league. Most of the punts were decent, Jordy made a positive impact as a return man, and Mason redeemed himself.

+ Johnny Jolly - He was a beast today. That Int was ridiculously athletic. He was constantly in the backfield, and he might push Raji for the permanent backup NT position.

Special Mention: Kampman, Chillar, Mathews, Harris, Cullen Jenkins, Grant, and Spitz.


- The receiving corps - I've never seen Driver drop two clutch passes in one game like this. Maybe Waldo's right and he's lost a step, but this was not his game. Same goes for Jordy, WTF?

- Rodgers - He had a bad game. He made up for it a the end, but it was still a bad 58 minutes.

- Woodson - He seemed to be trying too hard this game. He underestimated a speedy rookie for big loss and missed a few drive ending tackles.

- Barbre - He blew today. nuff said.

Unspecial mentions - Pickett, Poppinga, Wynn

[Lurker64]

Why did you have Pickett as an unspecial mention? I thought he played well enough. The NT isn't exactly a position that makes a lot of plays or has a gaudy stat line, but Pickett seemed to do his job adequately.

Also, I think Jenkins is a little more deserving than an honorable mention. In a lot of ways, his ability to beat Pace one on one was the force that drove the defense for most of the first half.

[boiga]

Feel free to add your own list. Pickett just seemed extremely quiet at NT. He didn't record a single tackle and there was no loss of ability when Jolly spelled him.

I'm not expert enough at line play to tell if he was a major contributor or not, but he was certainly outshined by his mates on the Dline.

And Jenkins probably deserves better, but you can't beat that Jolly INT. It was like King Kong grabbing a plane out of the air.

[oregonpackfan]

I would not say Rodgers had a bad day. Barbre, in particular, did a poor job of pass protection which led to at least 3 sacks.

Their were a number of dropped passes which were hardly Rodgers' fault. Driver dropped two passes, Wynn dropped another, and Nelson should have caught a deep pass which bounced off his fingertips.

If the O-line gives Rodgers enough time, he will pick apart most secondaries, IMO.

[mission]

For such limited time in preseason, I really liked Matthews tonight... he seemed to be much more assignment sure and around the ball tonight. Jenkins I thought was awesome tonight.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I would not say Rodgers had a bad day. Barbre, in particular, did a poor job of pass protection which led to at least 3 sacks.

Their were a number of dropped passes which were hardly Rodgers' fault. Driver dropped two passes, Wynn dropped another, and Nelson should have caught a deep pass which bounced off his fingertips.

If the O-line gives Rodgers enough time, he will pick apart most secondaries, IMO.

Agreed, and I thought Jenkins was the defensive MVP. I thought our LBs played well. Pretty much all of them. Chillar had poor run defense on one play, but rushed the QB and was active. I don't know how many catches Olsen had, but when you can shut him down, you are doing a good job. I thought Hawk was effective--yet won't get any credit. Run defense was stout, and I don't remember him giving up a catch even though he played a lot in this game.

[mission]

Forte had 25 carries for 55 yards... wow... didnt know he had that many tries.

We put the clamp down shaawwwty.

[Partial]

Hawk made the sideline tackle to stop the big reception down the sideline. He had a solid game.

[mission]

Hawk made the sideline tackle to stop the big reception down the sideline. He had a solid game.

Didnt hear his name a whole lot but I seemed to see him around Forte at the LOS all night long.

[bobblehead]

I would not say Rodgers had a bad day. Barbre, in particular, did a poor job of pass protection which led to at least 3 sacks.

Their were a number of dropped passes which were hardly Rodgers' fault. Driver dropped two passes, Wynn dropped another, and Nelson should have caught a deep pass which bounced off his fingertips.

If the O-line gives Rodgers enough time, he will pick apart most secondaries, IMO.

Agreed, and I thought Jenkins was the defensive MVP. I thought our LBs played well. Pretty much all of them. Chillar had poor run defense on one play, but rushed the QB and was active. I don't know how many catches Olsen had, but when you can shut him down, you are doing a good job. I thought Hawk was effective--yet won't get any credit. Run defense was stout, and I don't remember him giving up a catch even though he played a lot in this game.

Agree with everything you say here. Jenkins was a beast. Jolley looked awesome. Hawk played a sound game. I thought chillar was very good. That leaping sack was just silly. I still had a feeling they were moving the ball a few times but we got the big turnover.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Silverstein on Jenkins:

He had six tackles, a sack, three tackles for loss and two quarterback hits. He was a primary reason the Packers were so successful on defense, playing both his traditional end position and tackle in the nickel defense. The Bears had to account for him a lot because he only came out of the game for a couple of snaps.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/59192592.html

[pbmax]

Hawk made the sideline tackle to stop the big reception down the sideline. He had a solid game.

Didnt hear his name a whole lot but I seemed to see him around Forte at the LOS all night long.

He and one other leveled Forte in the backfield in teh 2nd half. He looked good in coverage on Olsen as well, though they had him double-teamed.

[pbmax]

And that catch on Woodson came when he had no help from the middle of the field. Collins fell down.

[Scott Campbell]

Tramon Williams made my nice list.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Let's not forget Mr. Swain.