2010 Opener: The Official Packers -v- Eagles Game Thread

[Little Whiskey]

Calvin Johnson flat out caught that ball. Two feet down, butt down and then the ball comes out of his hand as he was standing back up. Pathetic fucking rule. Talk about over analysising the shit out of something. Brutal, brutal rule. TD all the way.

i remember this bit our asses last season. don't remember who (jennings or fin i'm thinking) or when. it was a td last year and it was a td today. bad rule. no different the a runner breaking the plain and losing the ball.

its as bad as the tuck rule.

[gbgary]

michael vick's still got it. he's just as slippery as he's ever been. hope we don't see him ever again.

[Little Whiskey]

michael vick's still got it. he's just as slippery as he's ever been. hope we don't see him ever again.

i was having flashbacks to the Atl playoff game.

[mraynrand]

That was freaky with Vick. I wonder how much time the Packers spent preparing for him?

[Joemailman]

With Neal inactive for the game, Harrell plays more than intended, and goes down. The Packers are forced to play extended time with 2 linemen. The run defense suffers.

You are evil!!!

[gbgary]

With Neal inactive for the game, Harrell plays more than intended, and goes down. The Packers are forced to play extended time with 2 linemen. The run defense suffers.

You are evil!!!

be careful. he may make some prediction about you going to work in the morning.

[retailguy]

With Neal inactive for the game, Harrell plays more than intended, and goes down. The Packers are forced to play extended time with 2 linemen. The run defense suffers.

You are evil!!!

be careful. he may make some prediction about you going to work in the morning.

what like falling out of the mail truck or something?

[pbmax]

Packers will lose by two, 30-28, to start the season 0-1, throwing the Packers nation into a frenzy of despair. The defeat largely will be the result of poor ST play, primarily on the kickoff team, but field position will be lost in punting do to the net results of allowing longer returns while generating no long returns. Shields, Burnett and Williams will be victimized in the passing game as the Packers will fail to generate pressure on the QB. Offensively, the Packers will struggle to protect Rodgers, allowing 2 sacks. Finley and Grant will be non-factors. Colledge will begin his annual Jekyl/Hyde performance, leading to his replacement in the starting lineup by game #6.

With Neal inactive for the game, Harrell plays more than intended, and goes down. The Packers are forced to play extended time with 2 linemen. The run defense suffers.

Lotto numbers next Patler?

[pbmax]

That was freaky with Vick. I wonder how much time the Packers spent preparing for him?

M3 said on the radio with McCarren after the game that they devoted sub packages to Kolb and only the Wildcat with Vick. Thought given that, they did OK. That might be too positive. But I will say this. Capers started with blitzing him and it was killing the Packers as the first wave would miss and then he would escape to an undermanned secondary.

He went to a four person rush and forced him to throw more, which seemed a better option until he flat got hot. Capers then started to blitz on certain down and distance. I like that he adjusted on the fly and kept up pressure. He did however, on 3 and 17 go with a three person rush and Vick escaped easily and had no one near him for the first 10 yards. I think if you send 3 or blitz heavy, you must play zone to keep people's eyes on him. A four man rush you might be able to man up, turn and run with people. But you probably need a spy even then.

He should get player of the week consideration for what he was able to do, considering he spent the preseason running.

[mission]

Packers will lose by two, 30-28, to start the season 0-1, throwing the Packers nation into a frenzy of despair. The defeat largely will be the result of poor ST play, primarily on the kickoff team, but field position will be lost in punting do to the net results of allowing longer returns while generating no long returns. Shields, Burnett and Williams will be victimized in the passing game as the Packers will fail to generate pressure on the QB. Offensively, the Packers will struggle to protect Rodgers, allowing 2 sacks. Finley and Grant will be non-factors. Colledge will begin his annual Jekyl/Hyde performance, leading to his replacement in the starting lineup by game #6.

With Neal inactive for the game, Harrell plays more than intended, and goes down. The Packers are forced to play extended time with 2 linemen. The run defense suffers.

Lotto numbers next Patler?

I wouldn't use any numbers based on all of that. I'd get 2 outta 8!

[ThunderDan]

Just saw the Calvin Johnson play.

Two feet down and both hands on the ball...is the play not over at that point???

Apparently not!

It would be called a fumble in the field of play. So he had to have possesion to make it a fumble which would end the play in the end zone and should be a TD.

Damn is this confusing!

um, but the ground can't cause a fumble. The ball popped out when he brought it down to the ground.

But apparently the ground can negate a TD.

This whole thing is a joke!

Costas on NBC said the rule was correctly inforced per the NFL head of officals. No, I really don't think it was.

[gbgary]

costas said it well. "the call was correct, but it wasn't right."

[ThunderDan]

costas said it well. "the call was correct, but it wasn't right."

Amen!

[pbmax]

Well, the M3 Hire Bobby April crowd (McGinn and a ton of people who had previously never heard of Bobby April) should be quite for a few weeks now.

[pbmax]

I kind of ripped him in the preseason, but you know who had a hell of a game? B.J. Raji. (Ryan Pickett also.) It's hard to find blame when Vick gets them back in the game by scrambling for 100 yards in a half. Our young guys weren't exploited in the passing game. Our biggest mistakes on defense were 1) knocking Kolb out of the game, and 2) getting too much pressure on Vick (and giving up the scrambles). Gotta find a way to keep him in the pocket.

Shields got abused in the 2nd half and Burnett was solid. But there were only a few Eagle attempts deep into the middle. One of which, Celek's catch, they did complete.

Pass rush was better, but Capers was blitzing quite a bit until Vick started running through it.