More Banjo: @ Vikings Week12

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I didn't see the game. Heard it on the radio. It sure seemed the Vikings had quite a few dropped passes, even a dropped interception or two. Is this right?

I dont know if i would call them all drops. Bridgewater was high and off on a lot of passes. A lot of passes hit recievers in both hands but were very difficult catches to make

[mraynrand]

They get home field and the pass pro keeps that edge, it will be interesting. Because the Packers O can beat the Cover 2 by having all day to throw.

SF, Sea, AZ will not give them that time, Lambeau and certainly not away. They have a chance against AZ because of Stanton.

NE will cut this defense to ribbons. Not as impressed with NE D-line as MN's, so Packers could outscore em.

[George Cumby]

A win is a win is a win. Especially a division win on the road.

It's important to get the ugly wins when the team isn't hitting on all cylinders.

It's hardly a bold prediction to state that it's likely this team won't make the SB, one could say the same thing about every team in the league. I feel better about them now than after NO. I feel better about this team than I did last week.

[pbmax]

SF, Sea, AZ will not give them that time, Lambeau and certainly not away. They have a chance against AZ because of Stanton.

NE will cut this defense to ribbons. Not as impressed with NE D-line as MN's, so Packers could outscore em.

We'll see. Seattle has had problems with its pass rush this season. Might look different in Lambeau. If they get there.

[pbmax]

No way, wach the replays, there were no holes today. I was squeezing through 5 inch gaps and bulling over people to get his yards

He averaged 5 yards a carry. There were some holes somewhere.

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He averaged 5 yards a carry. There were some holes somewhere.

Yeah there were some holes, after he would run through a couple of his own blockers and the guys they were suppose to be blocking

[hoosier]

That last drive yardage was nuts.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 13m13 minutes ago
Eddie Lacy finishes with 125 rushing yards on 25 carries, including 5 for 27 on the final series to run out clock. #Packers win 24-21

How was that for knowing when to go into your four minute offense?

[pbmax]

How was that for knowing when to go into your four minute offense?

Very nicely done this time. It should be noted, it was 3:23 when the drive started.

"He's a load and he's tough to tackle," Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. "We did a good job a lot of times today. They ran a few new plays, new running plays that we had to adjust to. But he's a load.

"The run game today was more about the end of the ballgame, that's what got us at the end there."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/283642831.html

[George Cumby]

when was the last time the Pack ran it into the teeth of a defense to finish the game? They finally got a back who can get three yards when they need two.

[pbmax]

when was the last time the Pack ran it into the teeth of a defense to finish the game? They finally got a back who can get three yards when they need two.

They did it with Lacy last year. Don't remember who. Had an eight minute drive or something.

[pbmax]

Guess which Rodgers TD throw this is measuring.

[denverYooper]

They did it with Lacy last year. Don't remember who. Had an eight minute drive or something.

He closed out the Ravens game last year.

[Joemailman]

Nice thing about the Packers defense giving up those last 8 points is that Rodgers gets credit for a win by 4 or less. Because those matter more.

[mraynrand]

A win is a win is a win. Especially a division win on the road.

It's important to get the ugly wins when the team isn't hitting on all cylinders.

It's hardly a bold prediction to state that it's likely this team won't make the SB, one could say the same thing about every team in the league. I feel better about them now than after NO. I feel better about this team than I did last week.

just cuz it aint bold doesn't mean it won't be right.

What this game showed (again) is that a disciplined defense can shut down the explosive Packer passing game, with just a modicum of pressure and the correct scheme.

It also showed that the Packer D can't shut down even a marginal offense with a marginal QB - at least not on the road.

As PBmax says, they have to 1) get home field advantage and I think they have to 2) hope to hell they don't have to play a team that can both run Packer Kryptonite Defense and has a halfway decent QB. Who knows - perhaps they get lucky and Niners and S-hawks KO each other and don't make the playoffs and/or don't make it to GB.

NE has a very good QB, and while they can't generate a ton of pressure with their front four, they have the d-backs to completely eliminate Cobb and Nelson. And Rodgers doesn't have near the same confidence in his second tier receivers. Packers will be lucky to escape next week with a win.

[pbmax]

Don't know how I missed this:

Thumbs down: For all the hullabaloo about where linebacker Clay Matthews has lined up in recent weeks – outside linebacker, inside linebacker, outside outside linebacker – the one place he is completely incapable of making plays from is on the sideline. And because of a groin injury that he battled throughout the week, the Packers kept their defensive star on a pitch count for much of the day and didn’t even play him in their dime defense, opting instead to use him on early downs to conserve him.

http://www.espnwisconsin.com/common/page.php?feed=2&id=17721&is_corp=1