And the PackerRat gameball goes to.......

[George Cumby]

DD was a clinic out there. He leads that personnel group and is real cool about passing the torch to Greg as "group leader". One of my favorite moments in the SB was DD staying involved in the game after his injury. In the 2nd half, Nelson made a big catch when we needed it. DD was on the sidelines hollering "way to go Jordy"! It was real, not some rah rah bullshit. those guys work and play as a group, helping each other and pulling for one another.

The overall success of that group I attribute, in part, to Drivers' leadership. The standard of professionalism the man has set has got to rub off on his understudies. And what a great compliment to him for them to surpass him. And what a testament to DD that he has so gracefully accepted his role. As MTP says, OG.

I digress, but what if He-who-shall-not-be-named had taken the high road as DD has? He might still be on the roster, still be idolized and respected not just for his playing record but for grooming and passing the torch to the nascent Rodgers. Woulda', coulda', shoulda'. I digress

[pbmax]

Newhouse got a lot of blocking right. Some of the problems with the interior protection were from assignment mistakes, not being physically beaten. Newhouse's game is to mostly direct the outside pass rush up the field and past Rodgers. He struggled on pass rushes to his interior shoulder. If Rodgers couldn't step up, it was a disaster.

Rodgers was also bailing early to his right because he was sensing pressure that sometimes wasn't there.

[pbmax]

Some of the improvement in the second half came from 3 man pressure that Fewell was using much to his eventual chagrin.

[PA Pack Fan]

Youre fucking hating if you dont give this to DD. When all the "weapons" like Finley where dropping shit left and right Driver was just being OG about it and catching his passes. It was his day IMO.

A good day yes, but 4 for 34 gets the gameball??

[George Cumby]

Rodgers was also bailing early to his right because he was sensing pressure that sometimes wasn't there.

I was slightly distracted during the game but got the impression that Aaron was kind of nervous back there. Is that accurate?

[Smidgeon]

Hey, what did happen to Jones? Is he dinged or what? 0 targets 0 catches.

Where are the participation logs? Did he even hit the field?

Jones was on the field for a couple plays, but I'm guessing that he either isn't that good against a zone or Rodgers had other better options on the plays Jones was in on.

[Smidgeon]

First half was worse than the second. The infographic at one point had 27 drop backs, a couple sacks, a couple knockdowns and 13 hits. Probably had better pad level in the second half.

I read afterwards that Rodgers only had about 8 hits all game. The infographic I saw had Eli with 12 hits by the third quarter (or thereabouts--maybe it was the fourth). I remember looking at that in shock because I was surprised he had been hit that much.

[pbmax]

I was slightly distracted during the game but got the impression that Aaron was kind of nervous back there. Is that accurate?

Yes, it was purposeful, as he moved to clear areas while keeping his eyes downfield and he had a few step ups. But he was moving more and more quickly than previous weeks. Newhouse seemed to have trouble trouble both inside as someone mentioned AND he lost Tollefson to an outside move I think. So he was unpredictable as well.

[mraynrand]

Yes, it was purposeful, as he moved to clear areas while keeping his eyes downfield and he had a few step ups. But he was moving more and more quickly than previous weeks. Newhouse seemed to have trouble trouble both inside as someone mentioned AND he lost Tollefson to an outside move I think. So he was unpredictable as well.

Yeah, Newhouse looked shocked that Pierre-Paul would actually come straight at his inside shoulder - and so quickly. I think that probably threw him off-balance - more mentally than physically. I think the prospect of the quick inside move had him a bit freaked out.

But you have to hand it to Pierre-Paul. That guy got chipped hard on one rush, and still managed to pursue and almost catch Rodgers running to the left side of the packers offense. P-P is sudden, fast, and strong. Wish the Packers had him.

[George Cumby]

Yeah, Newhouse looked shocked that Pierre-Paul would actually come straight at his inside shoulder - and so quickly. I think that probably threw him off-balance - more mentally than physically. I think the prospect of the quick inside move had him a bit freaked out.

But you have to hand it to Pierre-Paul. That guy got chipped hard on one rush, and still managed to pursue and almost catch Rodgers running to the left side of the packers offense. P-P is sudden, fast, and strong. Wish the Packers had him.

Yeah, I have to give Marshall a pass on this game. PP ain't no slouch.

[LEWCWA]

I'm not sure what game I was watching, but I didn't think the pass blocking was quite as bad as it has been made out to be. We had 48 dropbacks, 2 sacks allowed. You're going to allow some pressure with that many passes--especially with a lot 3-4 WR sets. The pass blocking wasn't great, but it wasn't that bad. I've seen some bad pass blocking games (see the games in Minnesota the first couple of years ARod was starting for examples), and I don't think this was it. Especially considering we have probably our two best pass blocking OL injured. I think other teams might be in a lot worse shape, if you take away their two best pass blockers.

I thought Rodgers was pretty antsy the whole game. He just didn't trust his blocking and it showed with his passes not being on the money. Yeah I know, tough problem to have when your QB's off game is for 370 and 4 td's....

[LEWCWA]

Oh sorry my vote goes to Jordy for sure. The guy is turning into a nightmare for other teams....

[Upnorth]

I'm with Harv and George on this, Newhouse was not as bad as many are saying. He got beat a few times, but firmed up in the second half. The line could be better as a whole but our tackles played well.
I still can't get over the series of drops in the third (I think third). Arod had four bad throws I saw (and one into turf he tried to pull down) but five drops on the wr/tes is not good.

[mraynrand]

I have Newhouse for 6 bad plays in the second half. 2 didn't affect the plays (Jennings TD and Rodgers first down scramble), two were pressures, and two were sacks, but one sack was inside and probably was 1/2 Newhouse's fault. So not the 90% perfect some want from a LT, but probably 80% effective; certainly not 50%.

[pbmax]

I have Newhouse for 6 bad plays in the second half. 2 didn't affect the plays (Jennings TD and Rodgers first down scramble), two were pressures, and two were sacks, but one sack was inside and probably was 1/2 Newhouse's fault. So not the 90% perfect some want from a LT, but probably 80% effective; certainly not 50%.

Fire Campen!