Packers bye week Other games thread - week 9

[Joemailman]

Goes back to a conversation my dad and brother were having today. You need a great defense and good special teams even moreso than an elite QB. For as good as A-rod is (he's the difference between us being 6-10 and 10-6/11-5), we won't win another Super Bowl until our defensive and ST issues are fixed. Every time we've played the 49er's, Kaepernick looks unstoppable. Seattle did whatever they wanted to do to us this year.

There's different ways to get it done. If you have a hot QB, you can win with an average defense as Baltimore did in 2012. As for ST, the Packers ST units are better now than they were the last time the Packers won the Super Bowl. That's not an issue. What is and issue is the up and down nature of the Packers defense. At times this year they've played well enough to make the Packers a serious contender. At other times, like last week, not so much. The defense needs to be respectable down the stretch for the Packers to have a chance for a deep playoff run.

[Guiness]

Harrison is playing? Didn't know he came back, and especially surprised to see him in Pittsburgh. Checked, they signed him for $1M, he playing pretty well tonight.

[pbmax]

Why is it whenever I see the Steelers in primetime, they look unbeatable?

I still don't actually believe the Packers beat them in the Super Bowl with me watching.

[smuggler]

Not only that, Packers were en-route to completely romping them before the Collins/Shields/Woodson/Driver injuries.

I will say this... Watching the Broncos get spanked by the Patriots makes me feel a little better about the New Orleans loss...

Good teams at home... when they get the bounces, they usually win.

[Pugger]

Not only that, Packers were en-route to completely romping them before the Collins/Shields/Woodson/Driver injuries.

I will say this... Watching the Broncos get spanked by the Patriots makes me feel a little better about the New Orleans loss...

Good teams at home... when they get the bounces, they usually win.

Me too, a little better. I thought the Broncos' D was better than that. I fear we are going to have our hands full with NE, especially Gronk. We better bring the house and get after Brady instead of sitting back in coverage like we did in NO while Brees picked us apart or its gonna be a long afternoon.

[Tyrion Lannister]

I will say this... Watching the Broncos get spanked by the Patriots makes me feel a little better about the New Orleans loss...

NE hasn't lost since they got spanked in Kansas City in week 4. That Hoody Genius sure is a genius: Burned the tape and his team has been dominating since.

Should be a good game VS the Pack. If I don't lose all my money playing poker, I might buy a tix so I could tell my clones someday that I saw Tommy Boy play in person.

[Guiness]

Me too, a little better. I thought the Broncos' D was better than that. I fear we are going to have our hands full with NE, especially Gronk. We better bring the house and get after Brady instead of sitting back in coverage like we did in NO while Brees picked us apart or its gonna be a long afternoon.

On O, Gronk scares me more than the rest of the receivers put together. I don't know how you stop him from moving the chains. Some of the other pieces are ok, but they are just that, pieces.

[Zool]

On O, Gronk scares me more than the rest of the receivers put together. I don't know how you stop him from moving the chains. Some of the other pieces are ok, but they are just that, pieces.

Injury is the only hope. TE is the Packers achilles heel and he's a monster. Get Jones out there to dive at his knees.

[Teamcheez1]

The marshmallow is the starting right tackle for the Bengals tonight. He looks as bad as ever.

[Joemailman]

Andy Dalton was 10-33, 86 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT. Passer rating of 1.957.

[smuggler]

Shameful. Dalton is not the answer for the Bengals.

[KYPack]

Andy Dalton was 10-33, 86 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT. Passer rating of 1.957.

That was fugly.

Dalton just missed getting a passer rating of Zero.

He needed one more incompletion to get it.

During the game I was thinking, have Dalton aim at the defenders. That way, when he was way off, it might hit a receiver. Close to the worst QB exhibition I've ever seen.

[pbmax]

That was fugly.

Dalton just missed getting a passer rating of Zero.

He needed one more incompletion to get it.

During the game I was thinking, have Dalton aim at the defenders. That way, when he was way off, it might hit a receiver. Close to the worst QB exhibition I've ever seen.

There could have been 2 more INTs if not for defender drops.

[Guiness]

That was fugly.

Dalton just missed getting a passer rating of Zero.

He needed one more incompletion to get it.

During the game I was thinking, have Dalton aim at the defenders. That way, when he was way off, it might hit a receiver. Close to the worst QB exhibition I've ever seen.

How the hell does something like that happen? Obviously at the top level, mistakes are amplified because the opposition will take full advantage of them, but this is a total breakdown. It's almost like when Crosby got the yips a couple of years ago and couldn't hit a damn thing.

Cutler had that fabulous outing against the Pack, was it last year or 2 years ago? His rating was right around 20, wasn't it?