More Banjo: Week 14 @ Cleveland

[QBME]

Wasn't this play after a time out? How the hell could Hundley screw it up? Unbelievable.

Left me puzzled also.

[denverYooper]

Aaron Nagler @AaronNagler
26s26 seconds ago

Josh Gordon finished the game with 3 catches on 6 targets for 69 yards, 38 of which came on the Browns' first play.

[denverYooper]

I think that part of it is that Rodgers beats really shitty teams instead of just tying them in regulation time.

Yeah. I'm just dredging up an old stupid argument that is working in Hundley's favor .

[George Cumby]

Well, it was ugly, ugly, ugly. But how many times, with Aaron Rodgers at the helm, have we seen this team win ugly, ugly, ugly, and bitched and moaned afterward?

Too many to count. So let's take the damn win and maybe Dr. Mckenzie will force Rodgers to play next week, like he tried to do with Martellus Bennett.

There are no style points in the NFL.

[esoxx]

There are no style points in the NFL.

Truer words have never been spoken.

You play to win the game.

[pbmax]

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

Overtime Record Including Playoffs - Brett Hundley: 2-0 - Aaron Rodgers: 1-7

I want to see someone ask Rodgers about that

[pbmax]

However, Hundley as Captain Comeback (Kardiac Kids!) shows the lack of context with this stat.

McCarthy still isn't sure how to construct an entire game plan with what Hundley does well. Which is throw short outside routes and slants and some RB check downs/screens. Deep stuff and comebacks are all hit or miss, mostly miss.

So the first drive is new stuff and adjustments and with a fake punt it goes like gangbusters down the field. After that, for most of 3 quarters it looks like a death march.

Then you are desperate and the opposing defense just doesn't want to give up a big play. So McCarthy puts him in shotgun and the defense lets the short stuff go. Hundley is more comfortable in shotgun, they are 4 or 5 wide and faces less immediate pressure. He makes reads faster and gets the ball out. Instead of runs, you get screens and check downs. It works like magic.

[pbmax]

Truer words have never been spoken.

You play to win the game.

You should be out recruiting Herm.

[pbmax]

Jason Wahlers @JTWahlers

Per Elias, for the first time in team history the Packers have had three comeback wins from 14-plus down in a single season. #Packers #GBvsCLE


Just proves this stat is terrible.

[pbmax]

http://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2017/12/10/mike-mccarthys-packers-prevail-keeping-surprises-coming/937628001/

“There were a lot of good things today,” McCarthy said after the game, trying to make people forget all the bad things that happened. “We’re finding different ways to win and that’s what you have to do.

“That’s what good teams do. We’re excited to get out of here with a win, but more excited to keep playing.”

This time, McCarthy called a misdirection play that turned into a disaster when Hundley went the wrong way and failed to pitch the ball to running back Aaron Jones.

“There are some plays leading up to that, that set that play up,” McCarthy said. “The execution wasn’t there. That’s football. There was a lot of time left. I was confident in the way we were moving the football.”

[pbmax]

Michael Lombardi @mlombardiNFL
Heard Ron Wolf and Bill Parcells involved in helping Browns find their man and that Sashi Brown was involved in trying to find a football guy to help. He knew, just thought he was staying. oh well.


Dorsey is a good hire. But asking these guys for a recommendation is just getting a list of their friends. Its comical. They are far better at evaluating players and coaches than themselves and their underlings.

Probably another reason Belichick beats their teams so often.

[pbmax]

Packers played some zone, especially with Gordon in the slot, but went to Cover 2 man for the bulk of the game.

Now we just need to find out why Ha Ha is 25 yards deep.

http://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2017/12/10/packers-cb-damarious-randall-keeps-josh-gordon-check/937668001/

[pbmax]

WesHod

Phenomenal line from David Bakhtiari to Larry McCarren, summing up the first back-to-back overtime victories in #Packers' history

"We're like a zombie. We're undead. We refuse to just go down, which is a nice characteristic you want for a team"

[pbmax]

For the record, I saw SPRIGGS™ beat once around the edge, but he had good position and footwork the entire time, so it was a long, looping beat that gave the QB a chance to look and to step up had there not been other pressure. Believe he got the ball off a beat too late.

Also saw a down block that left someone unblocked on a run and a you go that way and I will go this way block with Evans to allow a free pass for a DL to hit the RB.

Other than that, it wasn't a tire fire.

[mraynrand]

“That’s what good teams do. We’re excited to get out of here with a win, but more excited to keep playing.”

EVEN STUBBY KNOWS IT WAS A PLAYOFF GAME