Winners and Losers, Week 10 Vikings Game

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Apologies to Nutz for stealing his thread (Fritz's too), but we need somewhere to complain about the multitude of problems on the Packers. Don't see a multitude? Just wait until we get this thread going.


WINNERS

Rodgers: On the one hand his total yards look pedestrian at 250. But with a defense and ST hitting on all cylinders, he had some nice field position to work with and hitting 23 of 30 atts made it a great effort in a blowout.

Starks: Missed a few and seemed to hesitate, but then ran some people over like they had stolen something from him.

Driver: 3 for 36 is not going to win player of the week honors, but it was his best game in over a month.

Bulaga: Once on a Starks run and again on a boot (or scramble) he knocked his man down. His best performance since his injury.

Matthews: Got some single blocking and defeated it. He has faced more double-teaming this year but prior to this game, he had been stymied too often by a single tackle. Loadholt didn't fare so well last night.

Woodson: Somehow, simply being close to the LOS made this Defense better.

Tramontana: Very good coverage the entire night.

Masthay: Netted 43 yards average on 2 kicks.


LOSERS

Grant: 8 carries and 6 yards.

Cobb: Two great returns but the fumble is a pattern.

Raji: The whole D line seems to have disappeared at stretches. Its a little weird.

[Brandon494]

Can't put Cobb as a loser because of one fumble but you should add Newhouse and Sitton.

[pbmax]

Can't put Cobb as a loser because of one fumble but you should add Newhouse and Sitton.

Fair point, I forgot the pressure from Allen and Sitton's inability to anchor. But your post stands as their addition.

[gbgary]

starks seemed to get most of the up the middle runs and grant the runs around the end. minn was stringing out the lateral runs and allowing nothing. no L for grant. just a tough night running east and west.

cobb looked down field, just as the ball got to him, sneaking a peek. i'm sure he heard about it. wouldn't put him on the loser list at all for all the positive things he did.

[gbgary]

i'd cut anyone facing allen some slack. he's a monster this year.

[Fritz]

I thought that outside of Bulaga the offensive line ranged from mediocre to lousy. Especially bad were Newhouse and Lang, and Sitton sucked at times and even sometimes Wells. Man, Rodgers did not have much of a pocket, nor did he have much time in his Incredibly Shrinking Pocket. That pocket shrank faster than a busted cheating husband's wiener.

[Harlan Huckleby]

starks seemed to get most of the up the middle runs and grant the runs around the end.

My memory is different, Starks' longest runs were outside.

It is really hard to evaluate runners on so few carries. There weren't a lot of running lanes.

[Joemailman]

I'd put Bishop with the Winners. 8 tackles, including a sack.

I'm not sure I'd put Cobb with the losers. Produced one TD, basically gave one away, but then set up another one with a return to mid-field. Crazy night, but overall a plus.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I thought that outside of Bulaga the offensive line ranged from mediocre to lousy. Especially bad were Newhouse and Lang, and Sitton sucked at times and even sometimes Wells. Man, Rodgers did not have much of a pocket, nor did he have much time in his Incredibly Shrinking Pocket. That pocket shrank faster than a busted cheating husband's wiener.

I thought both the pass and run blocking merited a C. The Vikings have superior D line, so I'm not disappointed. Blocking was worse previous week, but since I can't remember who they played, guess my testimony is suspect. Oh ya, San Diego was worse.

[Joemailman]

My memory is different, Starks' longest runs were outside.

It is really hard to evaluate runners on so few carries. There weren't a lot of running lanes.

The difference being that Starks can knock some people over to get extra yards. Grant has looked slow to me the last 2 games. It might be time to officially make Starks the starter.

[red]

starks definately looks like he's the all around type back. he's got some speed and he can lay the hammer

grants seems real finessie to me right now. he's running like a speed back, but doesn't have enough speed for that

[Fritz]

Funny, we're ready to write Grant off - I am, too - but it's a funny game, and come January we might be cheering him for saving the bacon and rushing for some important yards and picking up the slack or something.

[MadtownPacker]

I'm not sure I'd put Cobb with the losers. Produced one TD, basically gave one away, but then set up another one with a return to mid-field. Crazy night, but overall a plus.

If the ball had actually got stripped I would have issue but he made a rookie mistake starting to take off before he had secured the ball.

[Deputy Nutz]

You don't put a lot of thought into this so it will never be article worthy at Packer Rats.

Grant doesn't deserve to be on the field. He is slow and weak.

[Smeefers]

Winner: Sammy Shields. Solid alllll game long. He wasn't asked to do much, but he locked his guy down.

Loser: Offensive play calling. 13 running plays? C'mon man!