How Will The Packers Do In The Postseason?

[Harlan Huckleby]

I thought they should have punted to the coffin corner. (Yeah, I know, another special teams inability.)

I don't see many teams attempt the coffin corner anymore, the go for the pooch punt. Maybe the cc fails too often.

I think the FG there would be my third choice

[Maxie the Taxi]

I don't see many teams attempt the coffin corner anymore, the go for the pooch punt. Maybe the cc fails too often.

I think the FG there would be my third choice

Some of the old school guys were pretty good at it. Nowadays it's that backspinned "Austrailian" punt or whatever you call it. Masthay doesn't seem to have mastered either.

[mraynrand]

Some of the old school guys were pretty good at it. Nowadays it's that backspinned "Austrailian" punt or whatever you call it. Masthay doesn't seem to have mastered either.

he was pretty damn good at it in 2010. I wonder what happened.

[pbmax]

he was pretty damn good at it in 2010. I wonder what happened.

Lack of activity.

[wist43]

I think we make it to the NFC Championship game and then get bounced by Seattle.

It's just not a good matchup for us in any way. Dunderdummy is always dunderdummy, and Stubby is a very predictable playcaller. If the game were in Lambeau I'd say we had a 50/50 shot, but in Seattle I give us about a 20% chance of winning.

The Buffalo game screwed the pooch.

[Striker]

Seattle is near unbeatable at home and there front four have shown to be able to pressure Rodgers w/o blitzing. Their LB's are very fast and at home they are stellar against the run.
Their secondary is still probably the best in the NFL.

To me they are clear favorites at home. I would have considered us slight favorites at home...but slight. They are built to beat us. They are way better than Buffalo. If you look at our wins on the road we have not excelled there.

I have not read logic besides our gut feeling as Packer fans that would sway me o believe we have anything better than a 25 percent chance

The Packers line was actually doing decently to start the game against Seattle this year. Then Richard Rodgers collided with Bulaga and it pretty much spiraled out of control from there once Sherrod was in.

As has been pointed out by myself and others - it all depends on if the Packers offense is willing to take what the Seahawks give. That means be content with a short/middling dink/dunk type game instead of playing home run ball. Assuming it's Packers/Seahawks in the NFC Championship, you'd have to guess that Seattle will play a lot of 2 deep safety or cover 3 and dare the Packers to run and/or be content with short passes. They did that yesterday vs. the Lions and - what do you know - they methodically moved the ball down the field and put up 28 points and 377 yards of offense up on the #1 DVOA defense (or the #2 defense in the NFL's regular stats). They even ran the ball more than they passed it yesterday, with 23 passes and 38 rushing attempts.

The key will be what Capers can scheme in this hypothetical matchup. They should hopefully play it smarter than they did the first game. No experimental packages they were trying to "hide" during the offseason, no freaking out about Percy in motion. Just keep Wilson unsettled (aka Matthews playing spy) and do your best to contain Lynch. Our corners should be able to handle their WRs. And no Brad Jones. Leave him in Wisconsin, please.

[Striker]

I don't see many teams attempt the coffin corner anymore, the go for the pooch punt. Maybe the cc fails too often.

I think the FG there would be my third choice

I think it's a lack of specialists with the coffin corner.

Also, Masthay is probably just trying to get the ball out of there with a rush bearing down on him.

[Striker]

I think we make it to the NFC Championship game and then get bounced by Seattle.

It's just not a good matchup for us in any way. Dunderdummy is always dunderdummy, and Stubby is a very predictable playcaller. If the game were in Lambeau I'd say we had a 50/50 shot, but in Seattle I give us about a 20% chance of winning.

The Buffalo game screwed the pooch.

If we get "Patriots game planning" McCarthy and Capers, I'd agree with 50/50 and maybe as high as 60/40.

If we get "we had perfect balance in Buffalo" McCarthy and "We weren't expecting the read option" Capers then the Packers lose by 20+.

[Maxie the Taxi]

The Packers line was actually doing decently to start the game against Seattle this year. Then Richard Rodgers collided with Bulaga and it pretty much spiraled out of control from there once Sherrod was in.

As has been pointed out by myself and others - it all depends on if the Packers offense is willing to take what the Seahawks give. That means be content with a short/middling dink/dunk type game instead of playing home run ball. Assuming it's Packers/Seahawks in the NFC Championship, you'd have to guess that Seattle will play a lot of 2 deep safety or cover 3 and dare the Packers to run and/or be content with short passes. They did that yesterday vs. the Lions and - what do you know - they methodically moved the ball down the field and put up 28 points and 377 yards of offense up on the #1 DVOA defense (or the #2 defense in the NFL's regular stats). They even ran the ball more than they passed it yesterday, with 23 passes and 38 rushing attempts.

The key will be what Capers can scheme in this hypothetical matchup. They should hopefully play it smarter than they did the first game. No experimental packages they were trying to "hide" during the offseason, no freaking out about Percy in motion. Just keep Wilson unsettled (aka Matthews playing spy) and do your best to contain Lynch. Our corners should be able to handle their WRs. And no Brad Jones. Leave him in Wisconsin, please.

+1. Makes total sense. As someone else mentioned, GB may have to play dink and dunk due to Arod's injury. They say the reason Romo is playing better this year is that his injury has forced him to play more conservatively.

[Packers4Glory]

if we're getting ahead of ourselves and figuring out how to be Seattle, we have to use the entire field. I'm sick to death of teams fearing Sherman. Yeah he's good but he's not the best cover corner and he can be beat and attacked in certain ways. You simply can't win if you refuse to play on both sides of the field vs that defense.

[Freak Out]

GB will get Dallas unless the Loins get lucky as hell. THEY WILL BE TOUGH TO BEAT. If they beat the Cowboys worry about the Chickens then.

[Freak Out]

if we're getting ahead of ourselves and figuring out how to be Seattle, we have to use the entire field. I'm sick to death of teams fearing Sherman. Yeah he's good but he's not the best cover corner and he can be beat and attacked in certain ways. You simply can't win if you refuse to play on both sides of the field vs that defense.

Agree 100 percent with this...unless the zebras throw the whistle away he will get called for a few, and Nelson can beat him deep. Unless SEA is up big they will sneak the safeties up to pay the run and that's when Rodgers can go bombs away.

[Striker]

GB will get Dallas unless the Loins get lucky as hell. THEY WILL BE TOUGH TO BEAT. If they beat the Cowboys worry about the Chickens then.

I'm buying less and less into the Lions needing to be super lucky to beat Dallas. It depends on if they're "deflated" at all after this game. They have the kind of defense Dallas struggles with (the same kind the Packers struggles with) and the Dallas defense has been susceptible to a Lions type offense. It depends on which versions of Romo/Stafford show up.

[Striker]

I'm buying less and less into the Lions needing to be super lucky to beat Dallas. It depends on if they're "deflated" at all after this game. They have the kind of defense Dallas struggles with (the same kind the Packers struggles with) and the Dallas defense has been susceptible to a Lions type offense. It depends on which versions of Romo/Stafford show up.

Suh was just suspended. I withdraw my statement about the Lions having a shot.

[BZnDallas]

Just posted on the other thread about Suh being suspended for the WC game in Dallas. I've just had another thought, now with the suspension, nobody will give DET a chance. All kinds of shit will be talked about them this whole week about being a dirty team with Raiola and Suh. Disrespect can be a motivator. Maybe we want the hurt and disrespected Lions to play in Dallas