More Banjo: Week11 @ Vikings

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I would like to say, in a rude but not the most unkind way available, that Bob's article about the direction of both franchises Sunday under their respective head coaches and GMs was completely full of crap?

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/victorious-fury-of-packers-coach-mike-mccarthy-unsurpassed-in-division-b99619845z1-352802231.html

The headline pays homage to the coach, but the article seeks to reaffirm the ship is off course narrative that started with the less than ideal draft of 2011. That is contrasted with the needle-threading genius of Spielman and Zimmer who rebuilt a fearsome defense in two years.

30-13 Bob. On the bloody road. Now you cannot simply retreat to pleading that this is as it should be with Rodgers at QB. Because you specifically claimed the defense wasn't up to the task after a few bad drafts AND the QB is undeniably hurt and restricted regardless of his achievements.

So I am now going to read your game story and I am certain you will not have reckoned with your poor critique.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/live-blog-green-bay-packers-at-minnesota-vikings-b99619769z1-352952651.html

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Evan Siegle @PGevansiegle 12h12 hours ago
The squirrel that entertained us photographers & crowd during Sunday's #Packers game in MN. #NFL #squirrelonthefield

[Patler]

I would like to say, in a rude but not the most unkind way available, that Bob's article about the direction of both franchises Sunday under their respective head coaches and GMs was completely full of crap?

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/victorious-fury-of-packers-coach-mike-mccarthy-unsurpassed-in-division-b99619845z1-352802231.html

The headline pays homage to the coach, but the article seeks to reaffirm the ship is off course narrative that started with the less than ideal draft of 2011. That is contrasted with the needle-threading genius of Spielman and Zimmer who rebuilt a fearsome defense in two years.

30-13 Bob. On the bloody road. Now you cannot simply retreat to pleading that this is as it should be with Rodgers at QB. Because you specifically claimed the defense wasn't up to the task after a few bad drafts AND the QB is undeniably hurt and restricted regardless of his achievements.

So I am now going to read your game story and I am certain you will not have reckoned with your poor critique.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...352952651.html

Hasn't he been writing an article similar to that just about every year? Once, it was the Bears, another time it was the Lions. Each was on the rise at different times, having made substantial improvements in just a couple years, while the Packers were getting old and stale. If you write that article every year about which ever team is playing the best, sooner or later you will look like you saw it earlier than most. One of these years, he will be correct, and the Packers will regress while another team will have sustained improvement and win the division,maybe even several years. It is inevitable.

The Vikings look like they have a lot of pieces on defense, and a few on offense. Much will depend on how Bridgewater develops, and how long Peterson lasts. They look like they have a good start. They seem to have a good head coach who has surrounded himself with a good coaching staff. But there were times when Lovie Smith and Jim Schwartz looked to be long term answers in Chicago and GB. Many thought the Vikings were masterful in keeping Brad Childress from going to GB. Things can get derailed quickly in the NFL, and the "perfect" offensive or defensive coordinator fails to deliver, or the "savior" head coach gets fired.

The reality is that at present all in the division are chasing GB until one definitively gets past and stays there. We know it will happen, maybe even soon, but McGinn hasn't shown any particular insight as to when it will happen.

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JS Comments @JSComments 17m17 minutes ago
Janis would be a 100 rec receiver in NE's offense. No doubt, New England's coaches make the Pack's coaches look like orangutans.

Greg Bedard still has commenting privileges at JSO apparently. Speaking of which, where is Nick MacDonald these days?

[Patler]

Greg Bedard still has commenting privileges at JSO apparently. Speaking of which, where is Nick MacDonald these days?

I assume he is at McDonalds.

[bobblehead]

he didn't get shit fixed

we won, but i don't think 16-34 is gonna cut it for a-rod

he's still off

I disagree. We are all WAY spoiled. I saw 5 drops in this one. Would 21-34 look a lot better? Those would have kept drives alive as well also adding to time of poss. and padding stats. Aaron was good, not great. We are simply used to great.

[Patler]

I disagree. We are all WAY spoiled. I saw 5 drops in this one. Would 21-34 look a lot better? Those would have kept drives alive as well also adding to time of poss. and padding stats. Aaron was good, not great. We are simply used to great.

I have to agree with that. We are accustomed to talking about only the screw ups of other, not Rodgers. If we were now discussing only the screw ups of Rodgers, and not others, it wouldn't be so bad. But, when you have mistakes by Rodgers at a time when others have also too many of their own, it becomes a mediocre offense. Luckily, the defense came through, along with Crosby.

Rodgers is off for whatever reason, but others aren't helping.

[red]

Just so you know, red's first name might be Trevor.

Trevor Kurak @TrevorKurak 6h6 hours ago
Are you serious? How do you misjudge that @micah_hyde? Wow... Not a good feeling about this game. About this season.. #GBvsMIN

i would kick my own ass if i was named trevor

[red]

I disagree. We are all WAY spoiled. I saw 5 drops in this one. Would 21-34 look a lot better? Those would have kept drives alive as well also adding to time of poss. and padding stats. Aaron was good, not great. We are simply used to great.

yeah, 21-34 still isn't great by his standards

and he was off by quite a bit when he was off. we've never seen a-rod missing guys by 10 yards before like he is this year, much less doing it 4 or 5 times a game like we've seen the last month including yesterday

i would say by his standards, he was average

[3irty1]

We're definitely spoiled. But what the last few games show us is that an offense is much more than the sum of its parts. It takes only a little bit of shittiness to propagate through the whole rest of the team culminating in a full blown shit blizzard.

Just having Eddie Lacy working dragged the rest of the offense out of the cycle of mediocrity.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Loads of fun listening to the MN radio today. It's all about how the officials jobbed the Vikes. The PI on Newman wasn't PI, the Packers OL get away with holding all the time, Goodell was there to ensure the officials were on the Packers' side, blah blah blah. Heck, even the CBS TV sports anchor is joining in on it. It's the same shit after every game. You would think the fans would demand a better product from their team instead of the same, tired whining after every game vs the Packers that the officials job them every time. The NFL is against them. It's friggin' comical.

[mraynrand]

We're definitely spoiled. But what the last few games show us is that an offense is much more than the sum of its parts. It takes only a little bit of shittiness to propagate through the whole rest of the team culminating in a full blown shit blizzard.

Just having Eddie Lacy working dragged the rest of the offense out of the cycle of mediocrity.

shit blizzard=Shizzard - let's hope we don't have to use this again re: the Packers O.

[red]

its the shit hawks we really have to watch out for

[mraynrand]

its the shit hawks we really have to watch out for

that's what? - a show about inside linebackers?

[Fritz]

I thought the middle, even with Tretter getting pushed back, was cleaner this week. Tretter was doing a great job holding on and not getting called for it. That's a vet skill, give your QB a chance to see it and adjust.

Doug Dieken gave him his player of the game award.

So does Tretter qualify for the Barney Fuckdoggle?