More Banjo: Week7 @ Broncos

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Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 53m53 minutes ago
Mike McCarthy on Clay Matthews and his injured ankle: "As of right now I would say the concern is not high."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 53m53 minutes ago
McCarthy: "We're really focused on getting back to the things that we do well, things we really haven't done the last two weeks."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 55m55 minutes ago
McCarthy said the most important part of video study is not getting too down on yourself or overreacting.

Packer Report @PackerReport 54m54 minutes ago
On playing from behind: "It's the game of football." Have to be able to come from behind. Experiences like that "galvanize" team.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 54m54 minutes ago
McCarthy said what bothered him most was his team playing with slow tempo. "As a coach, you have to take full responsibility for that."

Packer Report @PackerReport 54m54 minutes ago
Rodgers said some things needed to change schematically. McCarthy said those comments come out of "frustration."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 54m54 minutes ago
McCarthy said player comments about needing to be more creative are "a reflection of frustration between players and coaches."

Green Bay Packers @packers 54m54 minutes ago
McCarthy: This stretch here is very difficult. We had plenty of adversity in Denver, and we'll be a better football team because of it.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 53m53 minutes ago
The scramble plays by Rodgers are not something the Packers rely on, according to McCarthy. The offense seems to hinge on it, though.

Packer Report @PackerReport 53m53 minutes ago
McCarthy on receivers not getting open: Calls it a blanket statement. Good defense. "They matched up very well against us."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 52m52 minutes ago
Players in the locker room said the Broncos (and Manning) took a lot from the Chargers' game plan two weeks ago. McCarthy disagreed.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky 52m52 minutes ago
McCarthy on lack of pressure on Peyton: "I really put the large part of the defensive struggles on the run game....We need to stop the run."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 51m51 minutes ago
McCarthy asked about acquisitions with the trade deadline looming. "I'm aware of what's out there, but I have nothing really to report."

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Capers PC

Packer Report @PackerReport 42m42 minutes ago
Capers: "Our play style" wasn't as good as it had been, especially early in game.

Packer Report @PackerReport 42m42 minutes ago
Capers: "We have to play better against the run." Gave up five explosive runs, two for TDs.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 43m43 minutes ago
Dom Capers said this week against Carolina will be almost entirely opposite scheme-wise because of Newton's mobility, power running game.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 42m42 minutes ago
Capers: "To me the biggest culprit in the game last night was the fact that they broke some big runs on us, enabled play-action pass."

Packer Report @PackerReport 39m39 minutes ago
Capers on Broncos playing faster: Denver got early momentum - formula GB has used in its six wins.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 36m36 minutes ago
Capers said the loss of Sam Shields prevented him from moving Casey Hayward inside to the slot, which they wanted to try.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 32m32 minutes ago
Capers: "I'm confident that we can play good run defense. I've seen us play good run defense."

Bennett PC

Packer Report @PackerReport 25m25 minutes ago
Bennett on lack of big plays without Nelson: "We need to go back and self-scout, making the necessary adjustments and corrections."

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky 32m32 minutes ago
Packers offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett on how WRs can get open more: "We understand what needs to happen."

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky 30m30 minutes ago
Bennett: "We have been explosive in certain games, but we haven't been consistent." #Packers

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 24m24 minutes ago
#Packers offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett: "Our players are good enough, our scheme is good enough."

Packer Report @PackerReport 23m23 minutes ago
"We'll be a better team. We'll learn from this," Bennett says.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky 26m26 minutes ago
Bennett on Janis: "Just like all of our young guys, they'll have opportunities. When his time comes again, apply that same experience."

Clements PC

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 20m20 minutes ago
Tom Clements: We haven't been consistent enough. Situational football we're not performing as well as we need. Third-down not converting.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 19m19 minutes ago
Clements: Each week is different. You see opponent and try to come up with plan. It's on-going process. Always striving to correct things.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 19m19 minutes ago
Clements: When any team gets ready and watch film and see what effective if they can emulate it they will. Won't surprise us to see similar.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 18m18 minutes ago
Clements on talent: We're comfortable with guys we have. We didn't execute as well. It's a long season. That was one game.

Packer Report @PackerReport 17m17 minutes ago
Clements on Denver using base defense vs. 3-WR sets. Did that half the time on tape. Something Wade Phillips has done - did it w/HOU v GB.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 16m16 minutes ago
Clements on WRs: It's difficult to get open in the NFL. There's a small area that constitutes being open. At times we were and at times not.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 16m16 minutes ago
Clements on Rodgers: He was fine. I'm sure a little frustrated. Still talking with line, receivers and make sure everyone on same page.

Packer Report @PackerReport 15m15 minutes ago
Clements on third down: Defenses aren't surprising them. "It's hard to get open in the NFL" and QB must try to "throw the guy open."

Zook PC

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 13m13 minutes ago
Ron Zook said the Packers weren't thinking about an onside kick Sunday night, but "we had some things" under consideration.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 13m13 minutes ago
Zook: We had a couple things (tricks) ready. They were ready for those. When fighting uphill don't want to give them more momentum.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 12m12 minutes ago
Zook on kickoffs: Micah was getting gassed. Playing a lot of plays so I feel good about Abbrederis. He's a guy who can do it. Experience.

Packer Report @PackerReport 12m12 minutes ago
Abbrederis took the one kickoff from deep. That was his decision - and a poor one - and not a team decision trying for a jump-start.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 12m12 minutes ago
Ron Zook said he saw Quinten Rollins today at the facility. Rollins indicated that he would be OK.

Packer Report @PackerReport 8m8 minutes ago
Zook on the team as a whole: "It's not broken. We'll get it fixed."

[mraynrand]

We've had a lot of discussion here about Rodgers's risk/reward calculations and how he might need to tilt those a bit in situations like last night. Once the Broncos kept scoring in the 3rd quarter, it became clear that he needed to push it some more.

But then, they punted down 3 scores with around 8 minutes to go. The game was over after that because the defense was gassed, Matthews was injured, and they were down 3 players. So the risk aversion runs deep.

I'm talking about much earlier, like a crossing route to Adams that had a chance.

Still, Denver had the Packers number. I dunno if risking more woulda helped. Maybe get a couple of interceptions earlier and ice the game before Clay got hurt.

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Packer Report @PackerReport 54m54 minutes ago
Rodgers said some things needed to change schematically. McCarthy said those comments come out of "frustration."

Packer Report @PackerReport 53m53 minutes ago
McCarthy on receivers not getting open: Calls it a blanket statement. Good defense. "They matched up very well against us."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 52m52 minutes ago
Players in the locker room said the Broncos (and Manning) took a lot from the Chargers' game plan two weeks ago. McCarthy disagreed.


I'm afraid based on these comments, McCarthy and his staff are never going to get it .....
As the article below highlights, adjustments can easily be made to get the offense moving again ....

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/11/02/aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-offense-problems-broncos-loss-nfl-week-8

[mraynrand]

[B]Packer Report @PackerReport 54m54 minutes ago
Rodgers said some things needed to change schematically. McCarthy said those comments come out of "frustration.....

Stubby appears to be experiencing some denial. Good article find:

Examples of “man-beaters” include intertwined crossing routes; trips bunches with receivers crisscrossing in their releases off of the line; pre-snap motion (something you almost never see from the static Packers); stack releases, with one receiver lined up behind another (think Julian Edelman and the Patriots) and the most popular route concept in today’s quick-passing NFL: natural rubs and picks. What all these concepts have in common is they cross-up receivers in some fashion, meaning defenders must back off less they run into one another chasing the crisscrossers. This approach is antithetical to the spread isolation routes of Green Bay’s scheme.

I really thought we'd see some of this stuff after the bye. This year's total lack of bye week improvement was shocking. The absent defense on D. Thomas, the poor run defense, and the crap offense game plan were glaring.

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good article

[Pugger]

Do you guys really think any of these coaches are gonna walk up to that podium and tell us what they really think? They aren't gonna throw anyone under the bus publicly or tell the entire world any changes they have in mind.

[Patler]

Do you guys really think any of these coaches are gonna walk up to that podium and tell us what they really think? They aren't gonna throw anyone under the bus publicly or tell the entire world any changes they have in mind.

Yet, sometimes their true feelings about what happened sneak into their comments. From Clements:

"It's hard to get open in the NFL" and QB must try to "throw the guy open."

[denverYooper]

Yet, sometimes their true feelings about what happened sneak into their comments. From Clements:

That and some of the "frustration about scheme" comments coming from M3 and the players.

[Pugger]

I guess what I was getting at is they aren't gonna walk up there and throw people under the bus and bitch like fans and media people will.

[Patler]

I guess what I was getting at is they aren't gonna walk up there and throw people under the bus and bitch like fans and media people will.

I agree completely, my point was that sometime the focus of their disappointment still bleeds through. If he didn't scream it out loud during the game, I bet there were plays during which he wanted to scream "Just throw the frickin' ball!." At the podium he may have wanted to say "AR played like crap, indecisive and would not throw the difficult pass. Our receivers played like crap and were physically dominated time after time." Instead, he diplomatically said, "It's hard to get open in the NFL, sometimes the QB has to throw the guy open."

[Fritz]

Well, Rodgers can throw the guy open, but other quarterbacks either throw the guy up or throw the ball up.

Ol' Aaron seems to be getting more and more sensitive these days. Does this portend a breakout game so he can play "I told you so"?

[deake]

Do you suppose we now have a QB that won't take a little coaching, kind of like we had before. It seems he is hanging his hat on being able to extend the play and make a great throw down the field. I am sure it is easier to second guess if a WO is open when you are looking at film, than when you are in live action and trying to not get sacked, but it seems like he is passing up some short completions.

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Anyone have a quick answer to who got a an Active gig when Josh Walker was inactive?

I am curious if it was O line related (everyone healthy?) or they needed a body elsewhere. Was it Burnett? Because if it was, they should bring Walker back

[Rutnstrut]

Do you guys really think any of these coaches are gonna walk up to that podium and tell us what they really think? They aren't gonna throw anyone under the bus publicly or tell the entire world any changes they have in mind.

No. But I really don't think stubby is capable of coming up with any creative changes on offense either. Scratch that, I do believe he is entirely capable of correcting things. I just think he refuses to admit there is a flaw in the way he is presently doing it and that he needs to adjust. That would be way to big of a blow to his fragile ego. The direction this team is going is downhill fast. The only things that will save them. Rodgers playing off the charts good, which will mean taking some chances. The running game catching fire. I would say firing Capers, but that would get them no where this season. They are going to fiddle fuck around at other aspects of the game until they realise their stud QB is an old man. Odds of finding another pro bowl qb to take over after Rodgers, are not real good.