Official Bye Week Thread

[mraynrand]

Lacy could benefit from some metformin

[Bossman641]

I think Lacy will bounce back in the second half, he's been a slow starter every year. But damn, I really wish he would have taken his diet/conditioning serious in the offseason. He said he was going to do it, tried it for a week or 2, and then said it wasn't for him.

[Joemailman]

I think he is banged up and the weight, if it is indeed up, isn't helping.

But the Packers can't be too concerned, or they really did not plan to run much, because they deactivated Harris when they knew they wanted Starks to get extra carries.

I wonder if Lacy's performance is partly why the Packers abandoned the run for much of the 2nd and 3rd quarters. I think Starks' injury history makes them careful about giving him too much of a workload. They may have been saving him a bit. I expect Lacy to rebound, but I don't think his problems are all the ankle. He's going to shorten his career if he doesn't take conditioning more seriously.

[denverYooper]

Could be worse, he could say Omaha!

I wouldn't be surprised if he said Omaha! in Denver.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I haven't seen the media making the case, I have seen and heard fans making the case. Media are getting bombarded with "what are you not telling us about Janis/Rodgers" questions routinely, just check their chats and Twitter feed. Its almost more numerous than Fire Capers.

That said, the media is more than happy to keep mentioning this obliquely, because everyone is dying to know why Janis doesn't play more.

In other words, this is mostly Maxie's doing.

"Enquiring minds want to know."

Simple as that.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I agree. I think he doesn't know what's going on too often.

An easy problem to solve....

[Pugger]

Personally, I'd like to see Aaron Rodgers work on saying something other than "3 - 19" all the damn time. How about "2- 18" or "Ble - 19, your mother's undies" or something to throw the other team off.

Yes, what in the hell does 3-19 mean, anyway?

[pbmax]

Anyone remember Favre's go to signal for snap counts?

[hoosier]

Anyone remember Favre's go to signal for snap counts?

Green 19 is what I remember. But his audible cadences also had a color scheme, I think it was blue.

[3irty1]

Anyone remember Favre's go to signal for snap counts?

Pretty sure early Favre had a cadence that had some meaning. Like it'd be blue-34 against a 30 front or blue-52 against an under front and so on.

I just remember him doing blue-58 all the time after the 90's.

[smuggler]

Favre's was Blue-42 most of the time I was watching. Maybe that's for a nickel defense with a 4-man front?

[sharpe1027]

I think he is banged up and the weight, if it is indeed up, isn't helping.

But the Packers can't be too concerned, or they really did not plan to run much, because they deactivated Harris when they knew they wanted Starks to get extra carries.

I think part of that was because they planned to run Montgomery and Cobb a fair amount. They were using that package early and giving Ty some carries before he got hurt. It might also be part of why the game plan moved away from the run.

[3irty1]

Favre's was Blue-42 most of the time I was watching. Maybe that's for a nickel defense with a 4-man front?

I think you're right. I remember kids in elementary school using that as their pickup football cadence! If that makes anyone feel old its because they are.

[pbmax]

From a Bewers forum where there was a rumor that Green 19 was actually 319, in honor of the father of Prince Fielder's career home run mark. Yeah, I know. So take it with a grain of salt, but this is the way I remember it:

Blue 58! Blue 58 set hut! Green 19! Green 19 set hut! snap.

EDIT: Video below makes it sound like Green 18.

[pbmax]