More Banjo: Week 9 vs Colts

[pbmax]

He really said that???

Unless I missed that Dunne was joking. But I did not watch the PC.

[pbmax]

So not only are we bad, but we seem to be in the throes of dissension. Great.

That might not be a bad thing. I got the sense late that Rodgers was calling the offense. Might force change in offense.

[pbmax]

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 1m1 minute ago
Joe Thomas on kick coverage woes: "Like coach said, man, the first half they just outplayed us. I think that’s pretty much what happened."

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 33s34 seconds ago
Kentrell Brice on kick return TD: "They ran to the weak side. We were pushing everybody to the front side. They countered back to our side."

Exactly what I saw for both long returns. Wasn't anything magical about it. Just against the grain of the coverage.

[hoosier]

Colts are an awful team but they like Pagano and they generally play hard for him when the chips are down. Not surprising they would play their best game today. Very surprising that the Packers would not be able to answer. I am more convinced than ever that things have grown stale and it's time for a new direction.

[yetisnowman]

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 15m15 minutes ago
Also, this from Aaron Rodgers: "We have to find a way to get a rushing touchdown by somebody besides myself."

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 17m17 minutes ago
Aaron Rodgers says the Packers have to "look in the mirror." Calls the slow starts "unacceptable."

I hope this is not an accurate quote. Hard to imagine Aaron would say that, but if he did I've lost all respect for him. Our top two rbs are out, and if he could throw accurate passes and read a simple defense he would be giving a presser after a win.

[Joemailman]

[Pugger]

Colts are an awful team but they like Pagano and they generally play hard for him when the chips are down. Not surprising they would play their best game today. Very surprising that the Packers would not be able to answer. I am more convinced than ever that things have grown stale and it's time for a new direction.

It may indeed be time for a change. There is no excuse for this team to come out flat like that especially after learning MN lost today. It would be nice if our guys would play like the Colts did for Pagano.

[Joemailman]

I hope this is not an accurate quote. Hard to imagine Aaron would say that, but if he did I've lost all respect for him. Our top two rbs are out, and if he could throw accurate passes and read a simple defense he would be giving a presser after a win.

He did say it. But he said it right after saying he needs to play better too. Not like he was blaming others while refusing to take any blame himself. I think just a comment made out of frustration.

[denverYooper]

It may indeed be time for a change. There is no excuse for this team to come out flat like that especially after learning MN lost today. It would be nice if our guys would play like the Colts did for MM.

Lots of frustration over M3 today and I don't disagree with a lot of it. But Green Bay could lose every game for the rest of the year (won't happen) and there's still a good chance he'd get 1 more year.

[call_me_ishmael]

I think this will be MMs last year here. He'll go somewhere else and be successful. He's a great coach - it just is time for a change. Elliot isn't gonna wanna start with a long-term tenured coach.

[Freak Out]

It's hard to win with a healthy team...no starting RB left..the CBs are a joke. Everybody else has to be about perfect and it didn't happen.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

This may sound racist but that's the same squirrel that was at the pack-queens game last season in Minneapolis.

I said it back then and I'll say it again: Thompson needs to sign that fuckin rodent to play RB. He's a tad short but dude's fast and super quick, ala DuJuan Harris.

Obviously the squirrel is a pack fan. Saved Bulaga from a false start foul late in the game.

[Carolina_Packer]

So much doom and gloom after a loss. This team does have some things wrong, for sure, but they are 4-4 now and are not hopelessly out of it. Take away the special teams gaffes and convert one of those GB picks to a TD and you've got a different result. Of course the D needs to play better, but their inexperience is showing with the injuries. We get some nice runs by Monty, but then MM makes that disappear with his play calling choices. Receivers need to beat man coverage more consistently. We can't change the players right now (duh!), so they have to adjust scheme to beat man coverage, like they did in the Bears game. They were playing fast, the ball was coming out fast and they got positive yards on many more plays. In many respects, they read the D and took what they were giving. Now the O seems back to long developing, must push the ball down the field, decent pass pro, A-Rod scrambles as nobody can get open down the field regularly, so he has to do the scramble drill. I realize that's how they want to play on O, but if they can win with another approach as they did in the Bears game, then do whatever it takes to win. Good teams find a way to adjust to the opponent and win however possible.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

'Good teams find a way to adjust to the opponent and win however possible.'

I agree, but me thinks other than a handful of players, this team is not good.

[Patler]

Lots of frustration over M3 today and I don't disagree with a lot of it. But Green Bay could lose every game for the rest of the year (won't happen) and there's still a good chance he'd get 1 more year.

I'm not sure that will be the case. I suspect there was much frustration with MM and his staff for their failure to close out the Seattle playoff game and get a trip to the SB. That was followed by a 2015 season that was excused because of an injury to a WR in preseason. That was window dressing at best, and I suspect the frustration with MM grew as he did little to change what wasn't working on offense. So far, 2016 is very much a continuation of 2015. Nothing much is working offensively, and he keeps reverting to what hasn't worked for a while now.

MM's success has always been based on having a juggernaut offense because that is his area of expertise, and generally having his team ready to play when their backs have been against the wall. But he seems to have lost his touch in both areas, and it has been gone for quite a while.

2016 might actually be his "one more season." His tenure might very well be determined by the next 8 games.