ONE IDIOTS TAKE............WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM THE PHILY GAME

[pbmax]

Holy crap, that was downright positive Bretsky. I hope you got that out of your system in time for some good old fashioned fatalism for Saturday's jinx.

[gbgary]

Huh. It worked for me...

i got this message...

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[Bretsky]

Gary,

I'll PM Joe to check on the issue. A while back I had let Joe know I'd occasionally write a blog here and there. What was important to me was that I was not committed to do so with a timeframe. He dropped me a message noting I could give it a shot and I wrote this up tonight and posted the URL. I'm not sure why it is not working for you but I'll drop Joe a message since I'm pretty much clueless as to how it works.

[Bretsky]

You missed Underwood on your Losers. And Cullen Jenkins? Harsh.

ya; I know Cullen was harsh. He maintained his contain lane which did not allow Vick to scramble wild.............but how about making a play or two ? The dude is playing for a contract.

P.S............in a winners/losers piece I want to try to have at least three of each on GB and he was my sacrificial lamb

[Tony Oday]

James Jones goes for 150 and 2 TDs and no drops...write that down.

[gabe]

Biggest winner in this game to me was clearly David Akers.

[MadtownPacker]

Biggest winner in this game to me was clearly David Akers.

Haaa! Aint that the truth. I am still stunned he missed those. I have never seen him do that.

[mraynrand]

James Jones goes for 150 and 2 TDs and no drops...write that down.

OK, I wrote it down. Now what - do I write "Next season" or "Wishful thinking"

[Patler]

ya; I know Cullen was harsh. He maintained his contain lane which did not allow Vick to scramble wild.............but how about making a play or two ? The dude is playing for a contract.

Had Jenkins wondered from his contain responsibilities to "make a play", the likely outcome would have been Vick running free. He and the other D-linemen did exactly what they needed to do. Not letting Vick beat them with his feet was a key to the Packer victory. Jenkins may not have "made a play", but he set the conditions for others to do it, and made Vick a common quarterback whose primary weapon was passing. The entire D-line did exactly what was needed, in my opinion. They negated the unique aspect that Vick presents as a QB. That isn't an easy thing to do.

If you absolutely needed another "loser", I nominate Bulaga. He got manhandled several times, which caused hurried throws and incompletions. Rodgers' quickness got Bulaga off the hook a couple other times when he was being overpowered. He battled hard, but was struggling somewhat frequently.

Underwood's lack of awareness on the first punt, taking away the Packers first possession after a solid start by the defense should merit consideration for the losers list as well.

[MadtownPacker]

OK, I wrote it down. Now what - do I write "Next season" or "Wishful thinking"

Shit this post is making start to believe he will go off too.

[vince]

Thanks for the write-up B. I'd also add CMIII to the winners' list.

Colledge played pretty well too I thought. The holding call was ticky-tack at best and he immediately responded with a very nice lead on the beautiful screen play for six. I'm not sure if he hit anyone on the play, but he was agile and got downfield with excellent timing on the screen to pave the way. That was a huge play in the game. Consistent with his career, he's frustratingly inconsistent.

It's tougher to pick the losers, but I agree with yours except that Jenkins doesn't belong there. I'd stick Underwood for his big screw up and Jarret Bush for getting beat for six after the turnover to start the second half on the losers' list. Underwood got bailed out but that could have been costly.

[Noodle]

Vince, interesting you picked out Colledge as a winner, because I thought he was a candidate for loser. Missed blocks in the run game, was responsible for pressures, and had a very mediocre performance overall.

On the Jackson TD, Wells was the real star, taking out two Iggles with his block, though I agree it was good work by Colledge to get to the second level.

But as Vince points out, for every bad thing Colledge does, you can usually find a good thing. I just hope that next year he becomes a versatile back up.

[vince]

Yeah I'd credit Wells too on the play. There were certainly a lot of run plays that didn't succeed and Colledge no doubt had his share of responsibility on some of them. Colledge also did a very nice job on Starks' first big run very early on though and that established the running game for the day. A number of Starks' cut-backs came behind effective seals by Colledge.

I also thought the TD in the second half was such a big play in the game for the Pack that it carried more weight.

Edit: I went back and re-watched the screen play Noodle and agree with you about that. Wells made a very nice seal on the play and because of that Colledge didn't really have anyone to block. Gold star for Wells for sure as well there.

[Bretsky]

Buluga I thought had an ok game; he was overpowered on a few plays but held up for the most part
I should have listed Underwood (I've blacked out that play from memory) and Bush as co losers....but Bush played well on specials
Mastay deserved a spot in the winners area; he clutched up big time with the hang time on the last punt. Crosby's kickoffs were stellar

I was in the middle on Bishop; he made a great first play and saved the game with the shoestring tackle...take those two plays away and he took some very bad angles and missed some tackles he should have made.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Count me as one of the people who didn't think Cooper was open at all. He only appeared to have a step on Williams as Williams stopped to catch the ball. Vick threw up a jump ball in hopes Cooper would come down with it. It was a stupid play on his part.