More Banjo: Week 2 @ Minnesota

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Game 2 Lessons:

1. Watch game muted.
2. Offense really let D down again, even as D suffered a stem leak in the vicinity of Damarious Randall.
3. Two TE offense looks like it might be a thing.
4. Rodgers started making contested throws in second half and Adams nearly let two get picked off (one did). I don't know if it was the route or the accuracy, but for all of the targets given to Adams, their trust level doesn't seem earned.
5. McCarthy did some nice things and had some nice calls, including better red zone plays even though they still struggled.
6. But he scouted himself into a corner by staying with Nelson, Adams and Cobb exclusively to attack what he certainly judged to be bad corners. He was rewarded with penalties early and yardage late. But it didn't make for a cohesive offense.
7. What the hell is happening to Matthews late in games?

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Football Perspective @fbgchase 7m7 minutes ago
Week 2 passing data, prior to MNF. #weeklyanya Alex Smith, Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck, Jameis Winston the bottom 4





Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt

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Alex Gellar @AlexGelhar
Aaron Rodgers career YPA: 8.0
2016 YPA: 5.89

Scott Kacsmar @FO_ScottKacsmar
To put that in perspective
Joey Harrington's career: 5.8

@AlexGelhar Games below 7 YPA
2011-2014: 10 in 56
2015-2016: 10 in 18

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i've heard tails from ancient times that we once ran 5 wr sets all the time, and we killed teams with it

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Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky 5m5 minutes ago
Packers DT Letroy Guion said he sprained his MCL. Initial tests showed no damage to his ACL. More tests... http://es.pn/2cJ7vaR

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Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky 5m5 minutes ago
Packers DT Letroy Guion said he sprained his MCL. Initial tests showed no damage to his ACL. More tests... http://es.pn/2cJ7vaR

so, we might want to pick up some d-linemen

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Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky 15m15 minutes ago
Aaron Rodgers' streak of games without a 100-pass rating has reached 14, including playoffs. He finished at 70.7... http://es.pn/2cISesm

Todd McMahon @ToddMcMahon23 5m5 minutes ago
#Packers' McCarthy on @620wtmj postgame: "We weren't nearly as clean as we needed to be to win the game."

Green Bay Packers @packers 2m2 minutes ago
McCarthy: "It was a tough, physical battle."

Green Bay Packers @packers 54s55 seconds ago
McCarthy: This is early NFL season football. We weren't very clean tonight. Lot of sloppy football. We know we can perform better. #GBvsMIN

Green Bay Packers @packers 58s58 seconds ago
McCarthy on upcoming stretch of home games: It's huge in a number of ways. We've been on the road for 4 weeks. That's part of the challenge.

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so, we might want to pick up some d-linemen

"We gotta get some new FBI guys."

In good news, Clark did not look overpowered, though that is not an overpowering O line in Minneapolis.

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6. But he scouted himself into a corner by staying with Nelso, Adams and Cobb exclusively to attach what he certainly judged to be bad corners. He was rewarded with penalties early and yardage late. But it didn't make for a cohesive offense.

Totally agree with this. And it seems to be happening more and more in today's NFL. I wonder if that mentality was a partial contributor to the surprisingly low scoring 16-13 Giants vs Saints game (didn't watch the game, just guessing based on the final score). Offensive coaches target the "weakness", defensive coaches compensate for the weakness, so the offenses should then target whatever weakness has been created by the defense masking the weakness. It's the Princess Bride bit:

But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

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Totally agree with this. And it seems to be happening more and more in today's NFL. I wonder if that mentality was a partial contributor to the surprisingly low scoring 16-13 Giants vs Saints game (didn't watch the game, just guessing based on the final score). Offensive coaches target the "weakness", defensive coaches compensate for the weakness, so the offenses should then target whatever weakness has been created by the defense masking the weakness. It's the Princess Bride bit:

Yeah. We need an immunity to iocane powder.

He did adjust in the second half. Went two TE to good effect. Rodgers looked better for the most part in the second half. Liked some of his run calls. While I usually hate that pitch/toss play, they actually got some yardage out of it eventually (though I don't know why they don't put Lacy through the middle more). I hope someone adds up yardage on toss plays because while not my favorite, this might have been one of that plays better games.

But even better than the pitch was some action they ran off of it. Starks best run was essentially off a pitch but went off tackle with trap or pull blocks. Was quite nice.

Cook blows a first down on the first drive in the second half that stated out well. That plus penalties an 3 lost turnovers make for a tough night.

And Randall was too leaky to keep the Vikes under 17 points.

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Green Bay Packers @packers 17m17 minutes ago
Rodgers: Good environment. Good opponent. We didn't play very well but we had chances to win the game. #GBvsMIN

Green Bay Packers @packers 16m16 minutes ago
Rodgers on #Packers offense: We're not going to overreact. We believe we'll get this thing figured out. #GBvsMIN

Green Bay Packers @packers 15m15 minutes ago
Rodgers on 4th & 2: I like the call. It was an aggressive call. We were moving the ball well. We've got to convert that. #GBvsMIN

Green Bay Packers @packers 13m13 minutes ago
Rodgers: We've got to go back & be harsh with our critiques of ourselves, myself included. And we will. #GBvsMIN

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Game 2 Lessons:


4. Rodgers started making contested throws in second half and Adams nearly let two get picked off (one did). I don't know if it was the route or the accuracy, but for all of the targets given to Adams, their trust level doesn't seem earned.

That INT was a bad throw. It was thrown behind Adams. He had to reach back for it. If it's thrown correctly, I don't think Waynes can get to it without another PI penalty. http://www.packers.com/media-center/...b-a90f0e7b381a

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Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 6m6 minutes ago
#Packers DB Micah Hyde on Sam Bradford: "He had a good game, but it wasn’t like they were doing exotic formations and doing all that stuff."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 9m9 minutes ago
Randall on covering Diggs: "They was throwing on time, and when quarterbacks and receivers throw on time they’re very tough to stop."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 11m11 minutes ago
#Packers CB Damarious Randall: "I was coming into the game ready. I guess I just didn’t have it tonight."