Studs/Duds Week 3

[George Cumby]

How nice was it to see those filling rattling hits from HHCD and Randall?

Ankle biter!

[bobblehead]

The result was good but he was also holding. He had his hand on the opponent's shoulder (common these days), but then when he got shoved inside, he used that hand to twist the player toward the ground as Rodgers started to move. Same kinda thing Linsley gets called for.

In my household full of Vegas transplant Packer fans its well known that I believe Bahk's greatest gift to be getting away with holding. He does it nearly every play and never gets called. He is the Richard Sherman of LTs.

[bobblehead]

I wonder how our defense would have performed if the second half wasn't basically garbage time. Its a great problem to have but it seems the defense always start hemorrhaging first downs once the opponent goes into cockroach mode.

Unlike the MNF team I don't consider 16 points down with 2 minutes left "very much alive" but I'd like to see our defense continue to smother to close out a game. Law of averages be damned, the sole focus of this coaching staff ought to be avoiding the conditions under which we left the playoffs last season. Its the long plays that allow them to score quickly that are particularly frustrating. Ideally it'd be Eddy Lacy grinding away the last quarter of every game but a defense that surrenders time consuming drives does essentially the same thing when the scoreboard is that lop-sided.

Its design. Once MM starts counting possessions (usually mid 3rd Q with a 3 score lead) he has Dom (and whatshisname before him) go into shell, no big play mode. The result is a lot of long, somewhat time consuming TD drives by our opponents. At the same time he tends to get very conservative in the play calling. He maps it out so we are letting the other teams close the gap, but too slowly to actually win...unless something crazy like an onside kick recovery happens.

[pbmax]

In my household full of Vegas transplant Packer fans its well known that I believe Bahk's greatest gift to be getting away with holding. He does it nearly every play and never gets called. He is the Richard Sherman of LTs.

Then he is a part of a long standing Tackle tradition. Doug Dieken used to joke that he extended his career on the Browns at LT by holding and getting away with it. He had everyone so convinced it was true that people would ask the young guy opposite him, RT Cody Risien, if he had finished lessons from the master before Dieken retired and the knowledge was lost forever.

[Joemailman]

Dud - Arod. His 24-35 "performance" dropped his completion percentage from 76.7 to 73.6.

[Tony Oday]

So where is James Jones next year? No way we sign him to be the third guy right?

[Patler]

So where is James Jones next year? No way we sign him to be the third guy right?

That is an interesting question. Jones signed minimum wage contracts with both the Giants and Packers, so he knows there isn't a strong market for him. He knows how fickle the NFL is, being released by Oakland after leading them in receiving last year and having a career year for number of receptions. He wants to be in GB. But, with Nelson, Cobb, Adams, Montgomery and Janis/2016 new guy; will there be any playing time for Jones in GB?

[mraynrand]

Cracked me up when Gruden was going on and on about how Alonzo Harris was such a great gem found by TT..on Harris' first NFL carry

You know Sanders was writing that name down for his pro bowl team.

[Teamcheez1]

I know the defense didn't finish in the 4th qtr like they should have, but when I see all the bodies Capers through out there that played reasonably well, I was impressed.

Rollins, Randall, Thomas, Palmer, and Elliot. On offense throw in Montgomery and Janis. I see real potential if this team can continue to grow as the season moves on. We do need another TE.

[deake]

So who stays and who goes, looks like some changes this week, they could use another tight end and maybe another wide out.

[gbgary]

When you consider who he was up against I don't have a problem with his game tonight (or Barclay's).

this! no problem with him. they got one sack. on one bull rush he had position but his feet were sliding due to the rain.

duds: refs...that's about it. maybe whoever said to start playing soft d with the big lead. don't know the thinking there. garbage time started at halftime.

studs: everyone. great game.

[Fritz]

Ya. His first fly pattern he just let the db casually run him out of bounds. Pretty weak. At least he is decent on 'teams.

Duds:

All of us fans who were clamoring for MM to use Janis to go long. That guy is not ready for prime time.

Jon Gruden, who adds nothing to my knowledge of the game. Aaron Rodgers has quick feet. Aaron Rodgers has quick feet. That Aaron Rodgers, his feet never stop moving!

And to the production crew for actually thinking it would edumucate us to know that Stephon Curry and Aaron Rodgers both have quick feet and a quick release.

Both tackles - man, there's a rusher on both Rodgers's right and left on every passing play, unless he gets rid of it thisquick.

Datone Jones, who still doesn't perform like a first round draft pick, or even a good specialty-inside-pass rusher.

Davante Adams's ankle.

Studs:

Mike Neal - he just plays hard all the time

Joe Thomas, who for a "little" guy seems to hit really, really hard. And he can cover guys, too. I say he gets the Barney Fuckdoggle Award for this game.

Mike Daniels, who finally played up to the hype he's gotten.

And all the usual suspects, Clay, James Jones, and especially Rodgers, who I am thinking now is better than Favre, better than Starr, and maybe one of the top three ever ever in the history of the universe.

[sharpe1027]

Perhaps part of the conservative offense was that they were having some troubles protecting Rodgers. The last thing you want is an injury to Rodgers. The next worst thing is a turnover.

They were stacking the line and taking risks with run blitzes. Normally, this can lead to large plays for the offense, but the reward of a possible big play/score is not as important in that situation. It makes for a little more gnashing of teeth, but I recall them winning a high percentage with this strategy.

Would they win more or less if they took more risks? We tend to forget all the times we iced a game playing conservatively. Instead we remember the times we did not or we remember that the other team got close, even though we still won (like this week). I bet the odds are close enough that we all should just shutup and accept that MM has thought this through.

[Teamcheez1]

I don't buy that our tackles didn't do a good job. They struggled at times and Rodgers helped them out, but Houston is a better pass rusher than JJ Watt, and yet you want perfection for 60 minutes. I think they held their own for the most part. Not perfect, but far from duds.

[gbgary]

I don't buy that our tackles didn't do a good job. They struggled at times and Rodgers helped them out, but Houston is a better pass rusher than JJ Watt, and yet you want perfection for 60 minutes. I think they held their own for the most part. Not perfect, but far from duds.

this! again!