Updated: Colledge OK at LT. Only Gave up 2 sacks in Bye Week

[The Shadow]

The offensive line needs to hold up the Vikes long enough for Rodgers to get off slants.
We have an advantage with our receivers over their secondary - but it won't do much good unless we can get it into the hands of the skills guys. Let them have the chance to make something happen.
If we can succeed with this, along with a few runs mixed in, it will open things up for the rest of the playbook.
A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

[MJZiggy]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Nice.

[retailguy]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

I agree. This would be wonderful. I hope he can block.

[pbmax]

Finley and Lee have to hold backside blocks. If they did nothing but that, then the run game would improve.

[SnakeLH2006]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Well that happened and then some. Very happy with J-Fin's progress...

But word is Colledge is still at the Metrodome looking for his jockstrap.

[bobblehead]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Well that happened and then some. Very happy with J-Fin's progress...

But word is Colledge is still at the Metrodome looking for his jockstrap.

considering he was playing against Jared Allen I think he wasn't that bad. I have rewatched the entire first half in slow motion and I would say spitz was awful, Babre was bad and College was average, but going against a top 3 DE.

the sack turned fumble in the first quarter was as much on Babre and Arod as it was on College, it was a quick hit play, ARod held the ball, Babre broke down like, immediately and ARod was forced to turn into Allen when the ball should have been gone already. He also cut and moved Allen in the run game in the first quarter. Bottom line though, we ran effectively in the first quarter and we passed effectively too. Arod threw a red zone pick and had a red zone fumble. By the third quarter MM forgot how to call a run or a screen and shortly after TJ Lang was in the game.

Remember, that stud Cliffy gave up either 2 or 3 of the sacks to the dude from cincinatti....not like college gave up all five.

[Gunakor]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Well that happened and then some. Very happy with J-Fin's progress...

But word is Colledge is still at the Metrodome looking for his jockstrap.

Cmon Snake. Colledge isn't the first LT that Jared Allen has embarrased, and he won't be the last.

You know, MM could have helped him out a little bit more than he did. Chip Allen with Grant or Lee, or hell, maybe run the ball a bit more than 15 times or so for the game. Take the pass rushers out of pass rush mode. I mean, we knew it was gonna be a mismatch ever since the Bungles game. Colledge trying to block Allen? We should have planned better for that and executed that better plan. Colledge got whipped. Repeatedly. But we knew that was gonna happen weeks in advance and did nothing to stop it. So who's to blame?

[SnakeLH2006]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Well that happened and then some. Very happy with J-Fin's progress...

But word is Colledge is still at the Metrodome looking for his jockstrap.

Cmon Snake. Colledge isn't the first LT that Jared Allen has embarrased, and he won't be the last.

You know, MM could have helped him out a little bit more than he did. Chip Allen with Grant or Lee, or hell, maybe run the ball a bit more than 15 times or so for the game. Take the pass rushers out of pass rush mode. I mean, we knew it was gonna be a mismatch ever since the Bungles game. Colledge trying to block Allen? We should have planned better for that and executed that better plan. Colledge got whipped. Repeatedly. But we knew that was gonna happen weeks in advance and did nothing to stop it. So who's to blame?

I agree, but Colledge is really, really an embarrassment week in week out at LT. He was making strides at LG and looked good there. It's not ALL his fault, as MM is too blame (and he did it again with the freakin' musical chairs scenario). Enough with switching in the "top 6-7" guys and get used to having someone take over. By then, it was too late and Lang gave up a late sack too. Always, liked Cliffy, and totally see/saw him slip over the past 2 years, but he's still eons better than Colledge at LT. Why not KEEP Colledge at LG and be solid, instead of moving 3/5 the line and making them ALL weak? Barbre is a seive too, but not as bad as Colledge has been as of late. It's really embarrassing. No doubt the Pack is looking at resigning Taucher per JSOnline.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/63648362.html

Regardless, a good age old quote hangs true: Put your Aces in their places. Colledge at LG is pretty good. Colledge at LT is absolutely atrochious. That shit (half on MM for doing it, half on Colledge for being so putrid regardless if was Allen) goes half-blame on both. But Colledge needs to man up. He needs to at least put some effort in...Allen would have had 8 sacks himself if ARod wasn't able to get away from half of the non-sack pressures. I slo-moed/DVR'd the game too, and saw him just get roasted over and over...hardly even touching Allen.

Can't wait for old-ass Cliffy to come back, and that is sad.

[MichiganPackerFan]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Well that happened and then some. Very happy with J-Fin's progress...

But word is Colledge is still at the Metrodome looking for his jockstrap.

He should check with Jared Allen, looks like he's wearing it around his head

[mmmdk]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Well that happened and then some. Very happy with J-Fin's progress...

But word is Colledge is still at the Metrodome looking for his jockstrap.

He should check with Jared Allen, looks like he's wearing it around his head

Ouch ! Hilarious !!

[mraynrand]

By the third quarter MM forgot how to call a run or a screen and shortly after TJ Lang was in the game.

Hmmmm...could there be a coincidence here?

After Matthews scores, Packers O doesn't touch ball until down 28-14 in the third. You lose your second LT. Probably you aren't going to run much down two TDs and you aren't going to run to many screens since 1) you don't practice them much to begin with and 2) you never practiced them with this group of lineman. In-game injuries always cause the playbook to shrink.

[SnakeLH2006]

A coming-out party for Finley would be sweet. Time to take the cellophane wrapper off him.

Well that happened and then some. Very happy with J-Fin's progress...

But word is Colledge is still at the Metrodome looking for his jockstrap.

He should check with Jared Allen, looks like he's wearing it around his head

Ouch ! Hilarious !!

LMAO. YES. It really does, doesn't it? Those darn, crazy rednecks and their jockstrap headbands nowadays I tell ya.

I tried to Twitter Colledge that I found it, but he's been off Twitter lately for some reason or another.

[Fritz]

By the third quarter MM forgot how to call a run or a screen and shortly after TJ Lang was in the game.

Hmmmm...could there be a coincidence here?

After Matthews scores, Packers O doesn't touch ball until down 28-14 in the third. You lose your second LT. Probably you aren't going to run much down two TDs and you aren't going to run to many screens since 1) you don't practice them much to begin with and 2) you never practiced them with this group of lineman. In-game injuries always cause the playbook to shrink.

That's not my recollection, Atlas. Pack got the ball with about four minutes left in the first half. MM called three passes. Packers punted.

That was exactly the moment to call two running plays. Hell, if you pick up five yards on the two carries you still only face a third and five. And you let the other team know you're not just passing all day.

It was a crucial moment, to me.

[mraynrand]

By the third quarter MM forgot how to call a run or a screen and shortly after TJ Lang was in the game.

Hmmmm...could there be a coincidence here?

After Matthews scores, Packers O doesn't touch ball until down 28-14 in the third. You lose your second LT. Probably you aren't going to run much down two TDs and you aren't going to run to many screens since 1) you don't practice them much to begin with and 2) you never practiced them with this group of lineman. In-game injuries always cause the playbook to shrink.

That's not my recollection, Atlas. Pack got the ball with about four minutes left in the first half. MM called three passes. Packers punted.

That was exactly the moment to call two running plays. Hell, if you pick up five yards on the two carries you still only face a third and five. And you let the other team know you're not just passing all day.

It was a crucial moment, to me.

The drive you are talking about was at 14-7. I agree that it might have been a good time to call a run. I might have called the run on the thrid and five after the completed pass to Lee. After that drive, they got the strip by Matthews and then MN scored two TDs in a row, with only 30 sec. at the end of the half for the Packer offense. After that, down 28-14, you can call draws and so forth, but you are up against the clock. And screens have to be out with the makeshift(ed) line.

http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nfl/playbyplay?gameId=291005016&period=2

[esoxx]

Screw the Pro Bowl talk. All I want to see out of Colledge is some form of competence from him at LT, something that hasn't been seen so far and that worries me greatly going in to this game.
DC is a very good guard, worked all offseason at that position and was looking forward to a solid year. He prefers guard and felt settled in the position. I don't think his heart's in to LT and his confidence has to be shaken.
I view his performance Monday night as the key to the outcome.

I've seen enough interviews and clips of DC to confidently say that his confidence is not shaken. In this situation he will dig in and do what he needs to do to get his feet under him. You just made my point, though. He's spent his whole NFL career at guard. Give him a chance to get used to tackle.

No more chances for DC at tackle. Can't do it, not happening. Sometimes you need to grow in to the role, sometimes you just don't have what it takes at the position. That experiment should never see the light of day again. When a 4th round rookie guard with minimal practice reps at LT comes in and plays better, you know it's OVAH.