official game day thread 10/12. packers-fins

[deake]

He has the QB wide on the play. He has contain.He is not supposed to fill the tackle gap.

Then who had the tackle gap. This is the same problem we had with Chicago. It looks like they are running right at Mathews.

[pbmax]

Then who had the tackle gap. This is the same problem we had with Chicago. It looks like they are running right at Mathews.

Unsure of Chicago play, but...

Matthew has outside contain, in this case its the QB. He has to be patient and not crash. From the two plays of this I saw, Jones was next to Matthews and was on a run blitz inside the DT. So DT should have the gap between him and Matthews, but Daniels was crashing inside too. Could have been a stunt, but if so, Dolphins caught them in it.

Only person left to fill is safety who was too deep. LOTS of open space on the D right. Matthews can't have both gaps.

Pakers might have been playing a Dolphin tendency here, but they were very overcommitted. wist was yelling about unsound two or three weeks ago when the Packers were simply getting outworked in the middle. But this was unsound. I am stunned it didn't hurt more or they did not go back to it. Because Jones was on that run blitz several more times.

[Pugger]

Don't look now but Perry just about buried a RT in the turf on his bull rush and made RT throw early. The kid has responded well.

It seems like - knock on wood - Perry might finally be healthy and it is showing in his play.

[Pugger]

Lattimore wasn't having a good game this week.

The reason Jones was in there was because Lattimore got hurt. I hope he's gonna be okay...

[3irty1]

Unsure of Chicago play, but...

Matthew has outside contain, in this case its the QB. He has to be patient and not crash. From the two plays of this I saw, Jones was next to Matthews and was on a run blitz inside the DT. So DT should have the gap between him and Matthews, but Daniels was crashing inside too. Could have been a stunt, but if so, Dolphins caught them in it.

Only person left to fill is safety who was too deep. LOTS of open space on the D right. Matthews can't have both gaps.

Pakers might have been playing a Dolphin tendency here, but they were very overcommitted. wist was yelling about unsound two or three weeks ago when the Packers were simply getting outworked in the middle. But this was unsound. I am stunned it didn't hurt more or they did not go back to it. Because Jones was on that run blitz several more times.

There are two runs that I can think of where I'm pretty sure Daniels was the culprit. He allowed himself to be completely walled off.

[Joemailman]

Seriousy, did you hear patella?

Shields was walking on his own after the game, but he has a knee injury that the Packers will have to re-examine when they return home. Shields said the doctors told him it was the patellar tendon injury.

Asked if he they told him it was torn, which would be a season-ending injury, Shields said no.

"I doubt it," he said. "I don't think so."

Not much real information here. I'm a bit nervous about this injury. He wasn't in the kind of pain that Victor Cruz was in last night after tearing his patella tendon though, so maybe it's not a worst case scenario.

[hoosier]

It sounds like he didn't have a complete tear. Maybe a partial tear. My uninformed, baseless prediction is that Shields will miss 4-6 weeks.

[pbmax]

Not much real information here. I'm a bit nervous about this injury. He wasn't in the kind of pain that Victor Cruz was in last night after tearing his patella tendon though, so maybe it's not a worst case scenario.

Victor Cruz looked like he felt his leg was going to disconnect itself. Horrible to watch.

[ThunderDan]

It also counts as winning game within the magical 4 point margin.

My heart and blood pressure does a lot better with games that don't fit either category.

[pbmax]

My heart and blood pressure does a lot better with games that don't fit either category.

Yeah, I am not sure a game that makes me happy for the first 6 minutes and then the last 1 minute is a good choice for entertainment.

[Joemailman]

Victor Cruz looked like he felt his leg was going to disconnect itself. Horrible to watch.

Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a guy grab his knee in mid-air like he did. That had to be a tough trip home for the Giants last night. At least it was a short one.

[pbmax]

Michelle Tafoya added to the macabre scene with her report that "she had never heard or seen a player scream that much in agony over an injury". Way to downplay it Michelle.

She then corrected herself mid sentence when she said something like "this must mean that his season is in ... for some tough times" when you know her first thought was to say he was done for the year.

[gbgary]

Seriousy, did you hear patella?

yup...shields gave a couple of quotes yesterday to the press specifically mentioning "patellar tendon" but it "wasn't torn."

[Bossman641]

It sounds like he didn't have a complete tear. Maybe a partial tear. My uninformed, baseless prediction is that Shields will miss 4-6 weeks.

Is this taking into account the packer recovery time of [(original estimate x 2)+2 extra games]?

[Freak Out]

Ugh...who all was hurt yesterday?