New Orleans

[KYPack]

We are jinxed down there.

Gris gris for all players.

[3irty1]

Tom Crabtree was resigned by the Aints yesterday.

Wow I didn't realize they had released him. Not going to lie, I would have appreciated stealing him back. He's definitely a Jag in most aspects of his game but he's worlds better than anything we've got as a blocker.

[pbmax]

Wow I didn't realize they had released him. Not going to lie, I would have appreciated stealing him back. He's definitely a Jag in most aspects of his game but he's worlds better than anything we've got as a blocker.

Apropos of that, Rodgers is getting mega coverage about his blocking being the reason he saw more snaps Sunday.

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 8m8 minutes ago
#Packers Notes: Richard Rodgers' blocking gets him on the field ... http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...279864752.html …

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 1h1 hour ago
Also, #Packers TE Richard Rodgers makes strides in his blocking, Mulumba update and 2013 7th-rounders get their shot http://pck.rs/1tH2m8s

This despite his error (McGinn dinged his for partial responsibility) getting Rodgers sacked and two bad run blocks. Actually Bob said the most promising block throw by a TE was by Bostick in limited action.

[Guiness]

Pierre Thomas has been ruled out.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/21/report-pierre-thomas-out-2-3-weeks-with-shoulder-injury/

[3irty1]

Appropos of that, Rodgers is getting mega coverage about his blocking being the reason he saw more snaps Sunday.

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 8m8 minutes ago
#Packers Notes: Richard Rodgers' blocking gets him on the field ... http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...279864752.html …

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 1h1 hour ago
Also, #Packers TE Richard Rodgers makes strides in his blocking, Mulumba update and 2013 7th-rounders get their shot http://pck.rs/1tH2m8s

This despite his error (McGinn dinged his for partial responsibility) getting Rodgers sacked and two bad run blocks. Actually Bob said the most promising block throw by a TE was by Bostick in limited action.

Man, I feel like I could cut up a couple minutes worth of evidence saying just the opposite from the Miami game. He wasn't the only one who was horrendous but he probably was the worst runblocker on the field.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Pierre Thomas out is a big plus for us.

Bostick didn't help himself Sunday with a dropped pass.

[Guiness]

Man, I feel like I could cut up a couple minutes worth of evidence saying just the opposite from the Miami game. He wasn't the only one who was horrendous but he probably was the worst runblocker on the field.

I mentioned in another post, it doesn't seem to be inline blocking he excels at, it's the open field stuff, springing WR's for big gains.

[pbmax]

If you go to Twitter, Ty Dunne from JSO has some cutups on Vine of good Rodgers and bad Rodgers blocking in the Panthers game. Let's just say if he is better than Q, its a race to mediocre. But he seems very willing and likely will get much better.

He gets Kuechly in one of them.

https://vine.co/u/951004048419647488

[King Friday]

Aaron Rodgers eats defenses like this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Saints have huge offensive numbers because they HAVE to score 40 just to win. Rodgers throws for 195 and 3 TDs and sits out in the 4th quarter.

Saints will come out with some emotion and keep pace early, but their defense will be gassed in the second half and Lacy is going to pound them to death.

[Packerfan64]

The Packers defense is superior to the Saints defense, so I expect to see 28+ points from Green Bay. Brees will have some success but I don't see them scoring more than 24.

[pbmax]

FYI, New Orleans is ranked 21st, Green Bay is 3rd. It seems to be a rule that ST and Defense can't be good at same time. ST ranking falling as D picks up.

	TEAM	tDVOA	lstWK	DAVE	RNK	W-L	oDVOA	oRNK	dDVOA	dRANK	stDVOA	stRNK
1	DEN	48.7%	1	44.2%	1	5-1	31.4%	1	-18.2%	2	-0.9%	20
2	BAL	28.5%	2	26.1%	2	5-2	16.2%	4	-8.8%	6	3.5%	8
[B]3	GB	26.1%	4	25.6%	3	5-2	19.9%	2	-4.4%	10	1.8%	14[/B]
4	SEA	22.7%	3	21.0%	4	3-3	15.5%	6	-8.1%	7	-0.9%	21
5	IND	19.4%	13	18.1%	5	5-2	8.7%	8	-5.6%	9	5.1%	4
6	PHI	14.5%	6	12.6%	7	5-1	-2.9%	18	-6.3%	8	11.1%	1
7	DAL	13.7%	10	12.2%	8	6-1	16.5%	3	1.3%	19	-1.6%	22
8	SD	13.2%	8	13.2%	6	5-2	15.7%	5	4.7%	23	2.1%	11
9	KC	9.9%	14	7.2%	9	3-3	6.6%	10	-1.4%	14	2.0%	13
10	MIA	6.8%	17	4.8%	11	3-3	5.6%	11	-11.1%	3	-9.9%	32
11	NE	5.7%	11	6.2%	10	5-2	1.8%	16	0.1%	16	3.9%	6
12	DET	5.2%	7	4.0%	12	5-2	-11.3%	26	-24.9%	1	-8.4%	31
13	CIN	2.7%	5	2.2%	13	3-2-1	1.9%	15	1.7%	20	2.5%	10
14	PIT	2.2%	20	2.0%	14	4-3	5.6%	12	7.4%	26	4.0%	5
15	ARI	0.6%	19	-0.5%	15	5-1	-11.2%	25	-10.0%	5	1.8%	15
16	BUF	-0.4%	18	-1.0%	16	4-3	-16.5%	29	-10.5%	4	5.5%	3

[pbmax]

	TEAM	tDVOA	lstWK	DAVE	RNK	W-L	oDVOA	oRNK	dDVOA	dRANK	stDVOA	stRNK
17	CLE	-0.9%	9	-3.4%	20	3-3	5.4%	13	5.8%	25	-0.5%	18
18	ATL	-1.8%	12	-2.6%	19	2-5	7.6%	9	16.0%	31	6.6%	2
19	CHI	-1.9%	16	-1.4%	17	3-4	1.5%	17	-1.8%	12	-5.2%	28
20	SF	-4.5%	15	-3.4%	21	4-3	-3.2%	21	-3.4%	11	-4.7%	27
[B]21	NO	-4.6%	25	-1.5%	18	2-4	11.8%	7	17.7%	32	1.3%	16[/B]
22	NYG	-5.6%	21	-5.3%	22	3-4	-2.9%	19	1.0%	18	-1.7%	23
23	HOU	-9.2%	24	-9.1%	23	3-4	-4.9%	23	-0.3%	15	-4.7%	26
24	WAS	-10.3%	23	-10.7%	24	2-5	-3.0%	20	0.3%	17	-7.1%	29
25	CAR	-12.4%	22	-11.4%	25	3-3-1	2.3%	14	14.0%	29	-0.7%	19
26	TEN	-14.1%	26	-13.3%	27	2-5	-5.2%	24	5.3%	24	-3.6%	25
27	NYJ	-14.7%	28	-13.7%	28	1-6	-16.2%	28	2.3%	21	3.9%	7
28	STL	-15.7%	27	-12.9%	26	2-4	-4.6%	22	12.2%	28	1.1%	17
29	OAK	-22.3%	29	-21.4%	29	0-6	-16.0%	27	8.4%	27	2.0%	12
30	MIN	-29.2%	30	-23.7%	30	2-5	-29.8%	32	2.8%	22	3.3%	9
31	JAC	-29.8%	31	-27.9%	31	1-6	-28.7%	31	-1.4%	13	-2.4%	24
32	TB	-49.0%	32	-39.3%	32	1-5	-25.8%	30	15.0%	30	-8.2%	30

[pbmax]

Also of note, Football Outsiders has Miami ranked 10th overall and Advanced NFL Stats has described them this way:

Brian Burke @Adv_NFL_Stats · 11h 11 hours ago
Just peeked at the efficiency rankings. MIA #2??? But consider #1 pass D, #9 run D, #1 run O, and #2 least penalized. But pass O bad (#31).

[King Friday]

Man, I feel like I could cut up a couple minutes worth of evidence saying just the opposite from the Miami game. He wasn't the only one who was horrendous but he probably was the worst runblocker on the field.

But go back and watch that play where Starks picked up the 3rd and 10 on the last drive. Rodgers wiped out the DE...turned up-field and shielded off a LB from Starks when he first caught the ball...then got in the way of another LB or DB to give Starks a chance to pick up the 10 yards. Without Rodgers, that play doesn't get the 1st down.

TE is a far different position in the NFL than it is in college. Rodgers has the smarts to be an effective blocker...but it will take some time for him to get there. To me, he's looking better each week...but he's still below average at this point.

[Patler]

If you go to Twitter, Ty Dunne from JSO has some cutups on Vine of good Rodgers and bad Rodgers blocking in the Panthers game. Let's just say if he is better than Q, its a race to mediocre. But he seems very willing and likely will get much better.

He gets Kuechly in one of them.

https://vine.co/u/951004048419647488

Thing is, the good blocks are very good blocks. The kid barely has his feet wet as a pro, and he has some very good blocks on tape. That puts him light years ahead of Finley, Quarless and every other TE the Packers have had as rookies recently. He appears to have made huge strides from what he looked like most of the preseason. Inconsistency is to be expected from a rookie at any position, especially in blocking by a TE who apparently did little blocking in college.