How to Beat the Packers (the "I'm Bitter" Thread)

[ThunderDan]

I'd respect this analysis a whole lot more if we analyzed every game from this angle. But we don't. Things don't get called in every game. There were probably more calls that the Packers could have been penalized for that weren't. But when we win? No one wants to look at what calls were missed. But there are ALWAYS calls that are missed.

Player safety issues? Really? That's what you're concerned about? I'm concerned because we lost, and that we looked like crap while doing it.

"IF" we did things differently, we might have won by more than 17 points. BUT WE DIDN'T. So, I'm not talking about "if". I'm talking about what I saw last night.

I saw our team play the most undisiciplined game of football that I've seen in a while. I saw a lesser talented opponent capitalize on those mistakes, and play a more disciplined game of football last night than we did, and walk away with a victory they shouldn't have had. But they have it. Fair and square by the rules defined by the NFL.

None of the rest of this stuff matters to me.

Some of us do go back and watch every game more than once and look at these issues. I want to know who is to blame or praise after ever Packer game. I use to do the Studs and Duds column on the home page and I try to analyze every game to see who needs to improve and who played well.

In this game I see 4 areas that caused the loss.
1. Special Teams
2. Penalties
3. Officiating
4. MM poor last 2:20 of game management

Cleaning up the first 2 lead to a victory. A balanced officating crew and we win the game. If MM had thought things thru to finish off the game we might have gotten the ball back with enough time to tie the game.

If I am MM now I have points to work on for next week. Clean up 1 & 2 and review what led to 4 and don't let it happen again.

[Smidgeon]

Stop blaming the officials. Sure there were some poor calls, but teams make their own luck on the field. If the FG doesn't get blocked the game is tied, if JJ doesn't fumble a good chance we win, if our tackles didn't have to hold everybody to block we don't have all those penalties. Lots of things that were in our control that we fucked up.

Yes, lets stop acting like queen fans. The fellas played like crap and still had a chance to win it but we didn't deserve to win. We'll meet up with those stinkin' bares later on. They played about as well as they can and only won because of our ineptitude. Let's regroup and take out our frustrations on the loins on Sunday.

But that's the point of this thread. To be unreasonably (or reasonably) bitter and let all those frustrations out. Thus why it's subtitled "The 'I'm Bitter' Thread".