Mice And Men - Lions

[LegandofthePack15]

This win certainly made me feel a little better after losing a shitload of money playing poker on Saturday night. Who knows? Had the Packers lost, I would've drained life away with that ol' nemesis of mine, Sue Side.

Mice (Duds) -

Rodgers: Lately Mr. Sensitivity has morphed into Mr. Inconsistency. At times in the past 3 games Rodgers was more inaccurate than Tim Tebow. Defense gave Rodgers great field positions all day; could only materialize a couple of TD drives. Did win game in the clutch, but didn't play like a reigning NFL MVP for the majority of the day.

Crosby: The Snowman melted time and time again. Hell, Schwartz iced The Snowman on a try and he still melted like a polar bear melts on a hot global-warming day. Kicks are uglier than Charles Barkley's golf swing.

Dietrich-Smith: Played like the undrafted free agent he is. Granted, Detroit's DL is pretty good but the guard fouled out and he allowed far too many pressures/bad runs.

McMillan: I thought 'Wood' can't cover anymore. This guy makes Wood look like the Wood of yesteryear. Goddamn, I miss Wood. Game-ending pick off Johnson's desperate literal was probably the only plus play he made all day. I still like McMillan on Madden.

Men (Studs) -

J-Mike: Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say Finley sucks? Rodgers has got to target Finley more! Pop quiz: Who had the most drops on Sunday? A) James Jones; B) Jordy Nelson; C) Megaton; D) Morgan Burnett; E) J-Mike

Cobb: Should change his name from Randall to Randy. Would make some of us feel a little better about Wolf's failure to draft some hotshot wr from Marshall named Randy or Thompson's failure to trade for some disgruntled Oakland wr named Randy. Hint: Randy's surname is similar to that of coke-loving Kate Moss'.

Moses and Walden: Clay who? Ok, I keed. The Claymaker is still the Packers' best defender. 'Course, he's got to do something 'bout that hammy cos he's starting to turn hammy-prone. In the main time, Moses and Walden overachieved against the Lions. Overachievement is always a good thing.

Hayward and Jennings: Nice picks.

[pbmax]

Sitton and Lang both got torched on pass pro.

Lang had trouble with Avril's wide splits and the fact that he was at a full sprint when they made contact.

Didn't see McMillan's blown coverages, might be repressing the memory. Was more worried about the loose coverage Tramontana played early than McMillan. Hayward and House make me a little giddy. MD Jennings deep has got some skills, though he is better in centerfield than getting to sideline.

Thought the DTs (Neal, Raji, Worthy and Pick) all did a good job of pushing the pocket, helping the OLBs. Saw some ofd Raji and Pickett's best pass rushes in this game.

Cobb is fantastic. Finley would be fine if he could somehow string together multiple catches without bobbles. Would get him more targets, but he is on a short leash.

Little worried that run D got loose in 2nd half.

Hawk and Jones played a heck of a game. Really surprised that Jones has picked up ILB as fast as he has. Don;t care what AJ is on as long as he stays on it.

[KYPack]

That Coldplay is the worst goddamned band I ever heard in my life.

Wimpy White boy rock n' roll for wimpy White boys.

[Zool]

Those weight lifting forums are fun though eh?

[denverYooper]

Sitton and Lang both got torched on pass pro.

Lang had trouble with Avril's wide splits and the fact that he was at a full sprint when they made contact.

Didn't see McMillan's blown coverages, might be repressing the memory. Was more worried about the loose coverage Tramontana played early than McMillan. Hayward and House make me a little giddy. MD Jennings deep has got some skills, though he is better in centerfield than getting to sideline.

Thought the DTs (Neal, Raji, Worthy and Pick) all did a good job of pushing the pocket, helping the OLBs. Saw some ofd Raji and Pickett's best pass rushes in this game.

Cobb is fantastic. Finley would be fine if he could somehow string together multiple catches without bobbles. Would get him more targets, but he is on a short leash.

Little worried that run D got loose in 2nd half.

Hawk and Jones played a heck of a game. Really surprised that Jones has picked up ILB as fast as he has. Don;t care what AJ is on as long as he stays on it.

Could be my imagining things but it seems the middle of the field has become less of a liability with Jones in.

X2 on the young guys in the secondary. If those guys continue to progress together, it's not a stretch to think they'll be one of the top secondaries in the league come next year.

[RashanGary]

The Packers are taking a more balanced approach on offense, and I'm all for it. AR is under center far more often. I do think that affects his passing numbers. I think any QB would rather pass out of the gun.

The defense keeps getting better. I know it wasn't great, but they are getting some signs of life from House, Hayward and Daniels. When Woodson and Matthews get back, this thing could get rolling when it matters most.

I'm actually happy with the way the season is going. It shows we can win with different styles on different days. That's nice because we do play a different team from week to week.


Things seem to be aligning just about right. If Wood, Matthews and Jennings all come back and play well, we could be a beast in the playoffs.

[denverYooper]

Life is pretty good when your QB throws 67%, 2TD, 1 INT, leads a 4th Q comeback and is a dud.

[Freak Out]

I saw Sitton flat on back once...Cobb was a badass....Starks did well all things considered. Fucking DD for a first down!

[swede]

I saw Sitton flat on back once...Cobb was a badass....Starks did well all things considered. Fucking DD for a first down!

That is the role that I hoped DD would have this year: when the chips are down he'd come out of nowhere to deliver a clutch 18 yard catch for a first down and the D-backs would shake their heads and ask, "Wtf? How old is that guy? Fifty?"

[mraynrand]

Suh walked EDS back into Rodgers faster than Robert Duvall doing the Tango.

[pbmax]

Suh walked EDS back into Rodgers faster than Robert Duvall doing the Tango.

Time to draft another Lang.

[Noodle]

Rodgers actually threw at a 70% clip and ended up with a 106.4 passer rating (for context, P. Manning has the second highest passer rating in the league right now at 106.2), so I don't think you can call Rodgers a dud.

But I would agree that there seemed something off on occasion. Maybe I should tell him he's slumping so he'll get pissed and torches the next 5 teams he plays.

I thought Starks ran with some real power and would give him Men status. O-line rarely did him any favors, but he consistently pushed the pile forward when he got the chance.

[pbmax]

I thought Starks ran with some real power and would give him Men status. O-line rarely did him any favors, but he consistently pushed the pile forward when he got the chance.

McCarthy said today it was all Starks because he personally failed to call Green's number. Not sure I buy that but he did say he felt they left yards on the field even with Starks running hard.

[Pugger]

Life is pretty good when your QB throws 67%, 2TD, 1 INT, leads a 4th Q comeback and is a dud.

We are a spoiled bunch! All you have to do is watch other QBs in other games to appreciate what a fabulous QB we have.

[Patler]

Mice (Duds) -

Rodgers: Lately Mr. Sensitivity has morphed into Mr. Inconsistency. At times in the past 3 games Rodgers was more inaccurate than Tim Tebow. Defense gave Rodgers great field positions all day; could only materialize a couple of TD drives. Did win game in the clutch, but didn't play like a reigning NFL MVP for the majority of the day.

McCarthy disagrees with you:

But coach Mike McCarthy went out of his way Monday to say just how well he thought Rodgers played in Green Bay's 24-20 win over the Detroit Lions.

"I thought our quarterback was exceptional," McCarthy said. "I thought Aaron, when you think of Aaron Rodgers you think of big plays and tight spirals and just doing all these big things. A game like that for a quarterback is hard. I think that shows you the true character of a tough, championship quarterback, just to stay the course.

"We put him in some tough spots. It wasn’t the best game that I called as a play caller, but I just thought the way we grinded that thing out. It wasn’t our best day on offense, by no means, but the way they kept grinding and grinding and was able to score there at the end, I thought that’s something that we can really build off of."