Lions game studs and duds

[Harlan Huckleby]

Winners
Matt Flynn for perfect day passing

Loser
Brad Jones for slapping Stafford so late in play

[Bossman641]

Studs
Rodgers
Cobb
Nelson
Lacy
Hyde
Daniels/D Jones/Peppers had some nice rushes

Duds
Brad Jones
Special teams
Ball security

[pbmax]

Dud - Rodgers.

Injury prone and still cannot win close games or come from behind.

Stud - Stafford. Sure he's inaccurate, but he nearly brought his team back.

[Joemailman]

Studs:

Won't look like much on stat sheet, but Richard Rodgers had some nice tough catches.

Offensive Line did a great job of protecting an immobile Rodgers.

[denverYooper]

Studs:

Won't look like much on stat sheet, but Richard Rodgers had some nice tough catches.

Offensive Line did a great job of protecting an immobile Rodgers.

+1 for Richard Rodgers. His third down catch after battling the LB the whole time was a ray of hope for a team that needs more red zone options.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Studs:

Won't look like much on stat sheet, but Richard Rodgers had some nice tough catches.

Offensive Line did a great job of protecting an immobile Rodgers.

I've really liked the offensive line all season. Rodgers had a key catch that gets broken up most of time.

[Striker]

Studs
Rodgers - MVP. 'nuff said.

Lacy - Ran hard, the fumble sucked, but he had a good day vs. a good rushing defense.

O-line - Really has become a strength for the team.

Cobb/Nelson - Throwing short/intermediate routes and letting them accumulate YAC? What a concept. Too bad it took Rodgers' calf injury to figure it out.

Hyde - Nice to have a solid threat back there on returns.



Duds
Brad Jones - At least Jarrett Bush can contribute on special teams and occasionally makes plays when pressed into duty.

Special teams kicking blocking - The return blocking seems to be good. The kicking teams...not so much. That's going to kill us if they can't find a way to clean it up.

[pbmax]

+1 for Richard Rodgers. His third down catch after battling the LB the whole time was a ray of hope for a team that needs more red zone options.

He needs to convert his body. He finds another half step and he will maul defenses short.

[pbmax]

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Duds
Brad Jones - At least Jarrett Bush can contribute on special teams and occasionally makes plays when pressed into duty.
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Jones lead the team in Special Teams tackles as of a few weeks ago.

[Joemailman]

He needs to convert his body. He finds another half step and he will maul defenses short.

I think this is what will happen. He's playing about 15 pounds heavier than he played last year. I'm guessing a lot of that extra weight is not good weight.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I'm not going to say Stubby was a dud this game, but he wasn't a stud either. He had his team ready to play, granted, but it was a home game. I just wish he'd give up calling the plays. Then he'd be able to get his head in the overall game more. Forgoing the field goal early was OK (although his playcalling down there was suspect IMO), but attempting the 52 yarder later in the game wasn't good.

Lions were a different team when they had field position. He shoulda punted and pinned them deep in their own territory.

Also, the onsides punt attempt...Maybe if Stubby's head was not buried in that playcard he could have anticipated what the Lion's would do and kicked Slocum in the ass.

[King Friday]

Also, the onsides punt attempt...Maybe if Stubby's head was not buried in that playcard he could have anticipated what the Lion's would do and kicked Slocum in the ass.

Who wouldn't know that the Lions would at least TRY to get the ball back there? They needed to score 2 TDs in about 5 min. It would be pointless to just kick the ball to the Packers deep. I was actually thinking the kick would be a lower pooch...just enough to get 10 yards and let the Lions players get that far downfield...but not enough to where the other team would think to fair catch. You would think someone would realize they could fair catch a moonshot.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Who wouldn't know that the Lions would at least TRY to get the ball back there? They needed to score 2 TDs in about 5 min. It would be pointless to just kick the ball to the Packers deep. I was actually thinking the kick would be a lower pooch...just enough to get 10 yards and let the Lions players get that far downfield...but not enough to where the other team would think to fair catch. You would think someone would realize they could fair catch a moonshot.

It could me by surprise...AND I didn't know the rules that governed it. But then I'm not a Head Coach or Special Teams Coach. One of them should have damn well known. But Slocum's probably too stupid and, like I said, Stubby got his head up his playbook.

[woodbuck27]

Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT

A. Rodgers 17/22 226 2 0
M. Flynn 1/1 6 0 0

Rushing ATT YDS TD LG

E. Lacy 26 100 0 22


Receiving REC YDS TD LG

J. Nelson 6 86 0 22

R. Cobb 4 80 2 34

R. Rodgers 5 40 0 18

E. Lacy 3 26 0 15

Studs:

A. Rodgers and R. Cobb and Eddie Lacy....Jordy Nelson and R. Rodgers played well.

** Micah Hyde and his 56 Yard Punt return for a TD !

The Defense played good again.

Duds:

ST's again:

** Ohh sure but:

Crosby missed his only FG attempt. The punting was well... Tim Masthay had a 27 yard average for 3 punts.

[King Friday]

Studs

The MVP...even Favre would be proud of this effort.
Packer OL...after Rodgers came back, he was barely touched back there.
Lacy...the fumble hurt, but they guy would not go down to any of the first 3 defenders who grabbed him.
Nelson...most yardage for a Packers receiver ever in a season.
Cobb...was the impact in space that Green Bay needed against Detroit. Thompson is going to have to pay the man.
Team defense...no single player stood out, but a lot of guys made a big play here or there. They often came up big when they needed to in the 2nd half.

Duds

Slocum...easily the worst special teams coach in the NFL. I could find a better option in a mental ward.
Brad Jones...easily the worst LB in the NFL. Again, I could find a better option from a group of guys on crutches.
Jim Caldwell...down 10 points with time almost running out in the shadow of his own end zone, he has his team run another play at the 5 second mark for some dumb reason. Could you imagine if someone got hurt on that play when both teams are playoff bound? Thank God whoever caught the 2 yard pass had far more sense than anyone else on the Lions and just ran out of bounds. Really, really, really dumb.