The Offense

[Fosco33]

How many 1st downs did we get from penalty? 4 of 14! Broncos played aggressive and it showed. That's the way to play the pack - we just couldn't counter and couldn't even get open on a blitz...

[mraynrand]

I call that the Seattle strategy: hold on every route; they won't call everything.

Mind you, I'm not complaining about officiating. That wasn't the reason the game was so lopsided.

you have to adapt. Holmgren would have run the 'flanker option' and posted up RichRod to get first downs.

Still, the O-line blocking was so awfully bad, that not much of anything schematically was going to save them.

[Pugger]

What the fuck is going on out there? Is it as simple as the WR's not getting open? Is it the change to Clements? I personally think it's running out the same 3 WR 1 TE set over and over again. The offense used to be cutting edge with all these different formations, now it just feels stale.

http://www.packers.com/media-center/videos/WYMM-No-one-was-open/d1fb1f61-cabd-4f4d-a162-8a496e5a2d21

[Pugger]

The lack of a TE threat is really hurting. As a senior at Cal, Richard Rodgers was a fairly sleek, 245 pound TE. He bulked up for the Combine to 257 and ran poorly, which was probably why he was available in the 6th round. The Packers still list him at that weight, but many think he's even bigger. So what the Packers have now is a slow Tight End who's not a very good blocker. Someone else mentioned it, but it bears worth repeating: The Packers skill players on offense are very slow.

RichRod was drafted in the 3rd round. We do need a TE who can stretch the field and can outrun a LBer.