Don't know 'bout studs, but Duds

[esoxx]

Great seats in sect 110 except for wind tunnel behind me. Only took 1 hour to thaw out. Game start 7 degrees and was 4 at end.

Offense should have been far more productive. Lacy misread a couple of holes again and Starks needs to play more. Rodgers had backups in secondary in man and would not pull trigger multiple times.

Tramontana was all over the place. Hyde including missed int which would have sealed game was not sharp.

Fire him if you want to but capers and his d bailed out horrible o start. Offense did not return favor. Play to Cobb I need zone before fg was an abomination.

Info at stadium is terrible. What happened to shields and Neal?

Stay home next time!!!

[hoosier]

i think M3 is a very middle of the road head coach, and would love for the packers to strive for more, but i don't see it happening

i can only hope that TT tries to orce M3 to fire capers and M3 tries to stick to his guns like the titans coach did

honestly, i think we could do better, we could do worse, but why settle for mediocrity and hope for another miracle run to a super bowl. because i think the only way we get back to the super bowl with M3 is if all the stars align just right

But isn't that pretty much the case with every team--they only get to the SB if the stars align right? How many teams have been consistently better than GB over the last five years? Even looking at the last three years, the best team in the NFC (SF) has only made it to the final game once, and they lost. Winning the SB is great but if it's your only metric for acceptable performance then you're going to be calling for your coach's head nine out ten years.

[mraynrand]

Winning the SB is great but if it's your only metric for acceptable performance then you're going to be calling for your coach's head nine out ten years.

Or 53/53 if you're the Vikings

[denverYooper]

But isn't that pretty much the case with every team--they only get to the SB if the stars align right? How many teams have been consistently better than GB over the last five years? Even looking at the last three years, the best team in the NFC (SF) has only made it to the final game once, and they lost. Winning the SB is great but if it's your only metric for acceptable performance then you're going to be calling for your coach's head nine out ten years.

I was just thinking about this -- the difference between today's game and the postseason in 2010 was that Hyde makes that INT that year. That first game against the Eagles was won with the defense denying Vick after the Eagles drove down the field and were in position to score. Green Bay just got the stop that day.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The balls that Jones and Hyde dropped were tough catches. For a DB to catch a fast ball in below zero weather is a lot to ask. Hyde had a shot at the ball, but it was no gimme.

[run pMc]

Quote Originally Posted by red View Post
james starks once again should have had a bigger game then he had. how do we continue to not give him more carries?

+1

+1 I was hoping M3 would give Starks more carries. Lacy's ankle injury alone was reason enough, but I thought when they gave the ball to Starks he ran fast and angry.

[Carolina_Packer]

both suffered knee injuries

shields had someone fall on him and his foot twisted around

neal got cut blocked and took a shot to the knee. didn't look bad, but he know something was wrong right away

I think Shields was ankle. What was Malumba's injury? I think that kid could be a player.

[Joemailman]

The balls that Jones and Hyde dropped were tough catches. For a DB to catch a fast ball in below zero weather is a lot to ask. Hyde had a shot at the ball, but it was no gimme.

Jones needs to make those catches. You don't win in the playoffs by just making the easy ones.

[pbmax]

Obviously PB has suffered brain damage from the cold. How the hell can you blame Lacy? Without him this game isn't close.

Dud - PBMax

OK, let's take a step back. Was posting from road where we stopped to un-layer and get a drink, so was using phone and couldn't elaborate. Also dropped all of my initial comments in here since it was post game but it was not a strictly dud post.

I am not calling Lacy a dud nor did I mean he needs to be sat down for Starks because there is something incurable with him. He misread a couple of runs int he game when there was more for the taking and instead head-butted a guy. Fun to see, hard to put up with 3rd and 6th when it should be 3rd and 2. He did have one great read to the outside.

Starks looked sharp but McCarthy kept calling Lacy's power stuff with him instead of strictly the zone stuff. He had one cutback that was a jump through an ankle tackle away from going to the House. He did not get enough run when he was hot.

For two drives in the first half McCarthy forgot about the run. The offense should apologize to the D for that half.

Hyde is not Hayward but I am tired of waiting for health. Someone needs to step up who actually plays.

Bach had an AWFUL time with Smith. At one point I demonstrated with my son how Bach was hold Smith by his shoulders, not the usual shoulder flap pad grab but an actual hug. I don't know how those two weren't called.

Lang was not getting much movement on his guy at times, someone in their front was giving him fits.

If there was a starter replacement for the 49ers secondary Rodgers never found him. Rodgers should have run more if coverage was that good. The first half sacks were killing whatever field position the team had.

By the way, Fire Slocum. Best return of the day with Cobb to setup their last score was followed by a PERFECT Crosby directional into the corner (six more inches and it was OOB) with hang time. The KO coverage boys let him go for 45 up the sideline they wanted him to go. Nice job.

I still don't know the diagnosis or explanation for Shields or Neal because the two idiots on the radio were driving me crazy. Did anyone notice Datone Jones being promoted to OLB in base when Mulunba went out? Had a nice bull rush from the outside. He might not have had any idea what else to do, but that tackle went backwards pretty fast.

From the game perspective the biggest problem on D? NO FREAKING PASS RUSH!!! A one man Daniels bull rush, just like Raji last year is going to let Kapernick escape.

The best pass rush all day was in the first half near the goal line on third down. Capers sent the small 'h' house and put Kapernick in a panic right away. The last two drives were unfortunate because prior to that, the 49er D wanted no more of the cold. Bowman was even declining to hit people who were already on their way down.

There is a lot you miss without you knucklehead fact checking every play and everyone in the stadium wanting a hive five after each play so I want to watch the TV version to see what I missed. I hope Troy and Joe treated you well.

Not a bad seat in that place despite what 15,000 new seats? Though the rooftop seats had to be cold and the folks in the new South end zone look pretty exposed.

[HarveyWallbangers]

There were three things that stood out to me in why we didn't win. From a coaching standpoint I didn't like the fact we had neither Lacy nor Starks in the backfield on the three plays inside the 10. From a physical execution standpoint Hyde should have had the interception. From a mental execution standpoint Bush should have kept Kap contained on that final blitz. Hard to blame the defensive or ST coaches for this game. The defense played about as well as possible for the talent disparity (partly due to injuries). And it's always easy to nitpick playcalls. Hell, I thought Harbaugh almost ran Gore too much for how little he gained most of the night. However, to not have Lacy or Starks in the game at the end seemed like a glaring mistake.

[pbmax]

This is one of the reasons people stay home. If you get all confused as to what's happening it dramatically worsens the experience. Both had knee issues and were questionable. Based on the mechanism, Shields likely has a break - cheaper to sign him. Neal I did not see. Bacteria, concussion; Mulumba was also hurt for a time, be he returned in time to blow contain on Bush's pass rush.

Saw Bach get knocked around on pileup and saw Mulumba go off and get replaced by Datone Jones. Cursed when I saw Newhouse coming in. People around wondered what I was upset about. I didn't mention Sherrod because I didn't want a fight at that point.

[pbmax]

Stay home next time!!!

No way, I did my part. Harbaugh was crying for PI within 10 minutes after taking my seat. I told him off from across the field and 20 rows up and he finally shut up.

[digitaldean]

There were three things that stood out to me in why we didn't win. From a coaching standpoint I didn't like the fact we had neither Lacy nor Starks in the backfield on the three plays inside the 10. From a physical execution standpoint Hyde should have had the interception. From a mental execution standpoint Bush should have kept Kap contained on that final blitz. Hard to blame the defensive or ST coaches for this game. The defense played about as well as possible for the talent disparity (partly due to injuries). And it's always easy to nitpick playcalls. Hell, I thought Harbaugh almost ran Gore too much for how little he gained most of the night. However, to not have Lacy or Starks in the game at the end seemed like a glaring mistake.

MM's playcalling was infuriating on that last possession. The run to Cobb?? Really??
Lacy and Starks were running well overall. Running them at least ONCE would have made sense.

[bobblehead]

If I am remembering right, SF got called for 2 (5) yard penalties. Offsides and delay of game. The delay was intentional. We got called for 3 penalties, all subjective calls. For the most part the refs really let the teams play, but when it came down to it, we got called for penalties that they didn't. The hands to the face on Bak was a no call all game long. Both calls against SF had to be called as they weren't "opinion" penalties. All of ours were, and came at bad times. Its the little things that swing a 3 point game, but anyone who thinks they outplayed us badly is mistaken. They won by 3. Could have gone either way. If they get called for 3 subjective penalties (and many were committed and not called by both teams) this may have swung the other way.

[mraynrand]

I was just thinking about this -- the difference between today's game and the postseason in 2010 was that Hyde makes that INT that year. That first game against the Eagles was won with the defense denying Vick after the Eagles drove down the field and were in position to score. Green Bay just got the stop that day.

Yup. In close games there's a whole collection of plays that can change the outcome. Just ask Chicago.