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Studs & Duds Playoff Edition:
The Green Bay Packers lost the football game Sunday. The Packers slowly shot themselves in the foot over and over and over until there was finally no time to pull the game out of the fire. Until Grant’s fumble in the 4th quarter I was sure the Packers would put it together and finally beat the Giants. As horrible as we played in the game we still were within distance for a win. Unfortunately, the Packers couldn’t get it turned around and the season ended with the team’s worst mental performance of the year.
Studs:
Donald Driver stood out. He had 3 receptions for 45 yards and a TD. Maybe it was DD’s experience that the rest of the receiving corps doesn’t have but Driver was able to adjust to ARod’s passes that were a little off. It would be sad if that was DD last game in GB. I sure hope he comes back for one more year.
Ryan Pickett played a really good game. The defense as a whole played fairly well. Pickett was a disruptive force in the Giants’ backfield play after play. He finished with 4 tackles.
Duds:
Charlie Peprah was awful. He was lost in coverage time after time. On Hakeem Nicks’ 66 yard TD reception Peprah went for the knock out blow but instead bounced Nicks clear of any pursuit. As the last man back on the defense you have to make the tackle not go for the highlight reel hit. He also was partially to blame for the Hail Mary at the end of the half. GB has to find a way to make Peprah a special team player and 4th safety on the roster.
The Receiving Corp other than Driver. Too many dropped balls on the night. Best Buy is going to sell $4k in gift cards this week. Arod wasn’t at his best last night but his receivers consistently got two hands on the ball and couldn’t bring the pass in.
Other Notes:
It would have been easy to add a few more to either list but I thought the players above need more mention than others. I thought Bishop had a good game. He put a few licks on Eli and forced the INT. Morgan Burnett and Jones flashed too on the D. The RBs played hard and had some good runs but dropped passes and fumbled also.
I still can’t believe that the fumble by Jennings wasn’t overturned. I kept hoping that on some angle they would show his butt hitting the ground before the ball came loose but I didn’t see one.
I still am undecided on a few of MM calls last night. I am still not sure on the onside kick in the first half. I keep going back and forth on if that was the right call or not. The other decision I was against was going for it on 4 and 5 early in the fourth quarter. The Packers up to that point had dominated the Giants in the second half. Only down 7 points at the time, I would have punted and let the D try to force the third 3 and out in the second half.
The Green Bay Packers lost the football game Sunday. The Packers slowly shot themselves in the foot over and over and over until there was finally no time to pull the game out of the fire. Until Grant’s fumble in the 4th quarter I was sure the Packers would put it together and finally beat the Giants. As horrible as we played in the game we still were within distance for a win. Unfortunately, the Packers couldn’t get it turned around and the season ended with the team’s worst mental performance of the year.
Studs:
Donald Driver stood out. He had 3 receptions for 45 yards and a TD. Maybe it was DD’s experience that the rest of the receiving corps doesn’t have but Driver was able to adjust to ARod’s passes that were a little off. It would be sad if that was DD last game in GB. I sure hope he comes back for one more year.
Ryan Pickett played a really good game. The defense as a whole played fairly well. Pickett was a disruptive force in the Giants’ backfield play after play. He finished with 4 tackles.
Duds:
Charlie Peprah was awful. He was lost in coverage time after time. On Hakeem Nicks’ 66 yard TD reception Peprah went for the knock out blow but instead bounced Nicks clear of any pursuit. As the last man back on the defense you have to make the tackle not go for the highlight reel hit. He also was partially to blame for the Hail Mary at the end of the half. GB has to find a way to make Peprah a special team player and 4th safety on the roster.
The Receiving Corp other than Driver. Too many dropped balls on the night. Best Buy is going to sell $4k in gift cards this week. Arod wasn’t at his best last night but his receivers consistently got two hands on the ball and couldn’t bring the pass in.
Other Notes:
It would have been easy to add a few more to either list but I thought the players above need more mention than others. I thought Bishop had a good game. He put a few licks on Eli and forced the INT. Morgan Burnett and Jones flashed too on the D. The RBs played hard and had some good runs but dropped passes and fumbled also.
I still can’t believe that the fumble by Jennings wasn’t overturned. I kept hoping that on some angle they would show his butt hitting the ground before the ball came loose but I didn’t see one.
I still am undecided on a few of MM calls last night. I am still not sure on the onside kick in the first half. I keep going back and forth on if that was the right call or not. The other decision I was against was going for it on 4 and 5 early in the fourth quarter. The Packers up to that point had dominated the Giants in the second half. Only down 7 points at the time, I would have punted and let the D try to force the third 3 and out in the second half.
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