Official Packers Versus Colts GameDay Thread

[Joemailman]

They should have double-teamed Wayne in the 2nd half. It was obvious by then he was having a great game. Take him out of the game and make their other rather average receivers beat you.

[Smidgeon]

Replay showed why a flag was thrown - at least to me it did. Perry's helmet got under Lucks chin and pushed his helmet up a smidge. In real time, it probably looked like helmet to helmet. Still a bad call, but I see why the flag was thrown.

That PI on Shields though, I just don't understand. I've rewatched it 5 times, I give up. Refs are out for Green Bay, I swear.

I replayed the flagged Perry play a few times in order to figure out what the ref said in explanation of the penalty. The stupid announcers couldn't keep their mouths shut long enough, and were talking about the wrong thing anyway.

What the ref said was not that Perry was flagged for helmet to helmet, but that he was flagged for hitting a defenseless player with his helmet (AKA spearing). It didn't matter if he went for the chest. He led with his helmet and was thusly flagged. Meanwhile the announcers are talking about helmet to helmet...

[Joemailman]

Not sure what Perry is supposed to do there. If he doesn't lower his helmet, then it's probably helmet to helmet. Is he supposed to aim his right shoulder for Luck's right shoulder and tackle him with his right arm?

[Freak Out]

They should have double-teamed Wayne in the 2nd half. It was obvious by then he was having a great game. Take him out of the game and make their other rather average receivers beat you.

Not a bad strategy....not sure why Capers or Stubby didn't come up with such a concept though. The few highlights I saw today really bummed me out....I listened to the game on Sirius, and as good as the radio announcers are watching a collapse is much worse than listening to one.

WTF was up with Crosby? Fuck man...at least get it close.

WTF happened at the end of the game with the TO?

[Packers4Glory]

They should have game planned to take Wayne away and make Brown and the other WR beat us. Now we face one of the best next week and I can only imagine what Calvin Johnson is going to do to us when we play Det later.

fuck we couldn't take away Indy's only weapon and now we go up against an extremely talented and balanced Texan team w/ multiple weapons.

[wist43]

Not sure what Perry is supposed to do there. If he doesn't lower his helmet, then it's probably helmet to helmet. Is he supposed to aim his right shoulder for Luck's right shoulder and tackle him with his right arm?

It was absolutely a stupid play by Perry - everyone knows you can't lead with your helmet. The ref made the right call... and I knew it was a penalty before the flag was thrown.

The Packers are poorly coached and undisciplined. All of the mental mistakes and penalties scream unpreparedness - that's on the coaching staff.

[LEWCWA]

It was absolutely a stupid play by Perry - everyone knows you can't lead with your helmet. The ref made the right call... and I knew it was a penalty before the flag was thrown.

The Packers are poorly coached and undisciplined. All of the mental mistakes and penalties scream unpreparedness - that's on the coaching staff.

Complete bullshit, anything to further your cause. That was a clean hit. If that isn't a clean hit, just get the damn flags out already.

[denverYooper]

They should have game planned to take Wayne away and make Brown and the other WR beat us. Now we face one of the best next week and I can only imagine what Calvin Johnson is going to do to us when we play Det later.

fuck we couldn't take away Indy's only weapon and now we go up against an extremely talented and balanced Texan team w/ multiple weapons.

Yes, because they have never stopped Calvin Johnson before...

[Packers4Glory]

Yes, because they have never stopped Calvin Johnson before...

yeah our offense was top notch last yr and we won a super bowl the yr prior...so fucking what?

[Joemailman]

They should have double-teamed Wayne in the 2nd half. It was obvious by then he was having a great game. Take him out of the game and make their other rather average receivers beat you.

Not a bad strategy....not sure why Capers or Stubby didn't come up with such a concept though. The few highlights I saw today really bummed me out....I listened to the game on Sirius, and as good as the radio announcers are watching a collapse is much worse than listening to one.

Turns out, Capers said they were double teaming Wayne at times.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/173187761.html

"He’s a good receiver and he had a good day," Capers said. "There were times where we had him doubled and he caught the ball. Any time that you have two guys committed to one guy, you don’t want him to come up with the ball. The percentages should be in your favor. He had a good day and Luck, as we talked about last week, is a talented young man. You saw he’s a big, strong guy. He’s got good movement. There were a couple times where we had him wrapped up and he kind of shook us off and pulled the ball down in a couple of critical situations. A couple other times, he scrambled outside – and that was after taking some pretty good hits."

Not sure what's worse. Not double-teaming a guy who's killing you, or double-teaming a guy and still not being able to stop him.

[mraynrand]

Complete bullshit, anything to further your cause. That was a clean hit. If that isn't a clean hit, just get the damn flags out already.

That hit was clean as the driven snow

[Guiness]

Been avoiding this place for 2 days because I had the game recorded and wanted to watch it spoiler free.

Wow. Just wow, I can't believe what I saw. It was a total collapse.

The main thing that got me was the 2-x-x formations. I know Raji went down, but were we left without enough healthy linemen? Why did we have 2 down linemen time after time when Indi was running the ball so much in that quarter???

That PI against Shields...

[MadtownPacker]

Where the fuck where you hiding that you didnt hear about it? Cant be Alaska cuz Freakout would have told you about the choke job.

[Guiness]

Luckily, no one at work is really an NFL fan, and for two days I did a damn good job of avoiding anyone who was!

Haven't read through the thread, and I bet it's a nasty one.

[Smidgeon]

Luckily, no one at work is really an NFL fan, and for two days I did a damn good job of avoiding anyone who was!

Haven't read through the thread, and I bet it's a nasty one.

Not as bad as the Seahawks one was.

But good for you. I missed the Saints game and couldn't watch it until the following Wednesday. I managed to avoid mention of anything NFL except on a teleconference when someone wanted to talk about the Panthers...