Any of you Packerrats hit?

[Patler]

Have any of you been hit by a piece of it?
A piece of the sky, that is, which apparently began falling late Sunday afternoon.

[Deputy Nutz]

Well let me see, all that thought this team was an offensive juggernut and was bound for the Super Bowl, I think they might be waking up out of their coma right about now.

What I love about Packer fans are their loyalty, but what cracks me up is their eternal optimsim. Hell each year I get caught up in it, even this year after the Arizona game.

I suggest from now on the "Wait and See Approach".

I really can't believe the Steeler and Patriot fans are really happy right now, but those teams had winning records last year, one of them won a Super Bowl last year. Those teams have reason to believe that they will get it back on track. The Packers, well this team that played against Cincy on Sunday looked no better than the 2008 Packers

[sheepshead]

[Kiwon]

What? Farve has unretired and signed with another team?

Capers? 3-4 defense?

Where is Wahle and Riveria?

Ochocinco? What is a 'Ochocinco'? Somebody in orange doing a Lambeau Leap?

The world must be coming to an end.

[Scott Campbell]

Re: Any of you Packerrats hit?

Have any of you been hit by a piece of it?
A piece of the sky, that is, which apparently began falling late Sunday afternoon.

Yes. Watching that O-line get manhandled for a 2nd week in a row was extremely disappointing.

[Patler]

Well let me see, all that thought this team was an offensive juggernut and was bound for the Super Bowl, I think they might be waking up out of their coma right about now.

What I love about Packer fans are their loyalty, but what cracks me up is their eternal optimsim. Hell each year I get caught up in it, even this year after the Arizona game.

I suggest from now on the "Wait and See Approach".

I really can't believe the Steeler and Patriot fans are really happy right now, but those teams had winning records last year, one of them won a Super Bowl last year. Those teams have reason to believe that they will get it back on track. The Packers, well this team that played against Cincy on Sunday looked no better than the 2008 Packers

But "Wait and See" is not very fan-ish!

The eternal optimism of Packer fans is understandable. The franchise has been successful on the field since long before any of us were fans. There have been droughts, but there also have been long periods of outstanding play. Packer fans aren't merely hopeful that it will happen, they know that it will...eventually if not now. Packer fans are accustomed to rising from the ashes of disastrous seasons due to their own fan experiences and due to hearing the stories from their elders.

[sheepshead]

Where is Wahle and Riveria?

I actually did see someone bring up Mike Wahle in this forum the last few weeks.

[Tarlam!]

I'll be satisfied if we hit the bye week 2-2. I was hoping to have at least won both home games before the bye week, so now, I'm focussing my fan energy on the Rams.

The sky is not falling, it just got a little more fragile.

[pbmax]

I only wish the piece of sky that fell on my couch had hit the TV instead, right before halftime.

On the other hand, I still got a lot done around the house yesterday.

[oregonpackfan]

I miss Mike Sherman's consoling words of "We'll get that fixed!"

[Patler]

I only wish the piece of sky that fell on my couch had hit the TV instead, right before halftime.

On the other hand, I still got a lot done around the house yesterday.

Me too, listening to the game on the radio, while recording it to watch later. It actually lets me watch it objectively and dispassionately, to see "what happened".

Take Grants performance, for example. Some complain, while others (I think correctly) point out that he had little room to run. If you can, watch the game again, and see how many times he was hit in the backfield, and how much yardage he picked up after the initial hit. I think he performed OK, with what he was presented with. Example from the 2nd quarter:

1st & 10 from the 10 - Grant for eight, on a decent carry.
2nd & 2 from the 18 - Grant gets hit at the 15, but gets back to the 18, no gain.
3rd & 2 from the 18 - Grant gets hit at the 16, but again gets back to the 18.

On the last two carries, 5 yards after contact for a net gain of a big fat zero. Earlier in the half, he was swarmed under by 3 players almost as he received the handoff for a loss of a couple. On several of his short gains, 2 or 3 yards came after initial contact. He also had a short run for the TD. With all of those, and few carries to boot, of course his average per carry was low. Only one play from the 1st half (I haven't yet watched the 2nd half) sticks out in my mind as a play that he did not get the yardage that was there. He was sort of breaking into the open in the 2nd quarter, and someone grabbed his ankle and he went down.

[hoosier]

I only wish the piece of sky that fell on my couch had hit the TV instead, right before halftime.

On the other hand, I still got a lot done around the house yesterday.

Yeah, me too, cleaned the entire family room while vacuuming up the hundreds of little silver plastic fragments that were once the TV remote.

Nah, not really. I had the good fortune of finding myself in southern Indiana where the Packers weren't part of the run of the mill cable package.

[sheepshead]

I miss Mike Sherman's consoling words of "We'll get that fixed!"

OPF I think you called this one ...a trap game...nice call.

[Fritz]

In the passion of the moment, I was very, very upset. Part of this came as a result of the sloppy play. The relentless penalties are upsetting.

Part of my disappointment comes because this is a team that has been built slowly, mostly through the draft, and these guys are supposed to be hitting their primes. The offensive line, for example, consists of a veteran left tackle, a fourth year left guard, a fourth year center, a second year right guard, and a third year right tackle.

This is about the time where they're supposed to be getting it figured out. This is no Will Whitticker situation - yet they looked like a bunch of Will Whittickers out there yesterday.

On the other hand, it's one game. Let's let it play out before we decide to fire everyone. If the injuries do not pile up too badly and the team still plays like crap for most of the year, well, then the nay-sayers will be right - it'll be time to take a very serious look at the entire program.

[denverYooper]

Good topic. Before preseason started, two of our big questions were our O-Line and our D. There was a lot of discussion about how we might take time to adjust to a new D, etc. A lot of people had us pegged as an 8-8, 9-7 type team.

Then we became the preseason juggernaut and that all went by the wayside. Suddenly, the Packers became a championship team.

But now they're back to where they were: still trying to get it together on the O-Line and in transition on D.