Single biggest cause of loss

[LEWCWA]

Football can be a fickle game as we all found out sunday. 3 plays come to mind that would have really changed the outcome. Rodgers missed Jennings on an easy touchdown, Rodgers missed Finely on what could have been a TD and Bradshaws run through our secondary to setup the hail mary......had those plays been made sunday GB is probably playing next week....This team let it snowball. Rodgers surely didn't lose this game for GB, but he didn't put the team on his shoulders either! I guess we found out he is human......

[Bretsky]

Everybody kept trying to mask how crappy this defense with the the turnovers
Put us in the playoffs now facing the best teams with the better offenses
Our defense isn't going to get as many
and The offense couldn't continue to bail out our defense against high quality competition

With that being said, the turnover differential was the biggest difference.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Lack of pass rush ultimately led to Packers' doom

Silverstein weighs in

Tom Oates also ID'd lack of pass rush as the fatal flaw:

http://host.madison.com/sports/columnists/tom_oates/tom-oates-poor-pass-defense-key-to-packers-collapse/article_81dec9e6-3f45-11e1-b794-001871e3ce6c.html

[sharpe1027]

It was a comedy of self-inflicted errors that was out of character when compared to the rest of the season. Shit happens, but I believe that that Packers are still the better team. The Giants didn't beat the Packers as much as Packers beat themselves. If they replayed the giants game I bet that we would beat them 7 out of 10 times.

Congrats to the Giants. I'll still take the Packer's current roster and front office any day of the week.

[bobblehead]

In this game, the only difference between the turnovers and the dropped passes was field position. The end result of both was giving the Giants the ball.

So one was clearly worse that the other right?

[sharpe1027]

So one was clearly worse that the other right?

One was clearly more numerous than the other. The other was clearly worse per incident. The total effect was pretty close, but it's just a subjective opinion that two intelligent people can disagree on.

[mraynrand]

Tom Oates also ID'd lack of pass rush as the fatal flaw:

maybe he didn't watch the game either

[mraynrand]

One was clearly more numerous than the other. The other was clearly worse per incident. The total effect was pretty close, but it's just a subjective opinion that two intelligent people can disagree on.

Well, if someday we find two intelligent people on Packerrats, maybe then we can have disagreement.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Well, if someday we find two intelligent people on Packerrats, maybe then we can have disagreement.

No we won't

[sharpe1027]

Well, if someday we find two intelligent people on Packerrats, maybe then we can have disagreement.

Unintelligent can also disagree. I did raise it only as a hypothetical: two people can disagree on. I make no representation as to the likelihood of the hypothetical.

[mraynrand]

Unintelligent can also disagree. I did raise it only as a hypothetical: two people can disagree on. I make no representation as to the likelihood of the hypothetical.

I was just trying to be humorous.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I believe that that Packers are still the better team. The Giants didn't beat the Packers as much as Packers beat themselves. If they replayed the giants game I bet that we would beat them 7 out of 10 times.

This is sore loser stuff. When healthy, the teams are closely matched, as we saw in both the regular season and playoff game. You can't just ignore the Packers crappy defense in a close competition.

[denverYooper]

I'm surprised no one's posted the video of that drunk broad crying over the loss.

[sharpe1027]

This is sore loser stuff. When healthy, the teams are closely matched, as we saw in both the regular season and playoff game. You can't just ignore the Packers crappy defense in a close competition.

I did not "just ignore the Packer's crappy defense." That's just your strawman. Is it impossible watch a game and believe that the better team lost?

I thought the Packers have shown themselves to be the better team before the game and nothing I saw in the game changed my mind. The Packers stayed in the game right up to the end with their crappy defense despite having about as many unforced errors as they had through 16 regular season games combined (that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis). Whatever the reason for what happened on Sunday, it was mostly self-inflicted.

Maybe I am a sore loser. I still think the Packers have a better team. Again, congrats to the Giants.

[sharpe1027]

I was just trying to be humorous.

My response was perhaps too dry in its attempt at the same. I fail at Internet communication 101.