Official Bye Week Thread

[Joemailman]

Bye week is about 2 things: Getting healthy and self-scouting.

Packers should have Cobb, Allison and Alexander back after the bye. Maybe Breeland makes an appearance. Will Rodgers be able to get rid of the brace?

Pettine needs to find a way to get this defense to play in the 1st half the way they play in the 2nd. They're giving up 16.7 per game in the 1st half vs. 7.3 in the 2nd. The deep safety problem needs to be addressed.

Rodgers talked in his Monday PC about the need to get rid of the ball quicker. So at least they're thinking in that direction.

[mraynrand]

We have to accept that there is no pass rush. Pettine has a way to compensate by trusting his secondary to blanket receivers and bring extra pressure. Most good teams (e.g. @ NE) will figure this out and Pack will give up lots of points to these teams). But being able to go all-in on 'zero' coverage more often might compensate for lack of pass rush and get this team to 9-10 wins. Alternatively, they could just play prevent all day and die a death of a thousand cuts. Either way, this isn't a championship defense, there's no way outside of a crazy trade that it can be that, and the offense probably can't get high powered enough to compensate, though I think the O has a pretty high ceiling if the right side of the O-line gets healthy. Summary: I see no reason to change my 9-7 prediction.

[Joemailman]

Pettine's defenses have never relied on edge rushers getting tons of sacks. He's never had anybody with more than 8 sacks in a season. Bringing pressure from different positions is always what he's done. He's big on inside pressure. Clark has been excellent, but I don't think he's gotten out of Daniels what he had hoped for. It's also possible he needs another draft to have the personnel he needs for his defense. The fact that M.Adams and J. Jones hardly get on the field is surprising, but maybe telling.

[Fritz]

We have to accept that there is no pass rush. Pettine has a way to compensate by trusting his secondary to blanket receivers and bring extra pressure. Most good teams (e.g. @ NE) will figure this out and Pack will give up lots of points to these teams). But being able to go all-in on 'zero' coverage more often might compensate for lack of pass rush and get this team to 9-10 wins. Alternatively, they could just play prevent all day and die a death of a thousand cuts. Either way, this isn't a championship defense, there's no way outside of a crazy trade that it can be that, and the offense probably can't get high powered enough to compensate, though I think the O has a pretty high ceiling if the right side of the O-line gets healthy. Summary: I see no reason to change my 9-7 prediction.

I'm with ya here. There just is no real pass rush threat on this team; not in the linebacking corps, not on the d-line. So Pettine will have to scheme for pressure and take the risks that come with that - teams with really good QB's, or even CW McCall types, apparently, will light them up.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Obligatory bye week post

[ThunderDan]

Summary: I see no reason to change my 9-7 prediction.

I do. We already have a tie.

[Bossman641]

Offense can't keep getting in these awful third down situations.

[Joemailman]

Offense can't keep getting in these awful third down situations.

Agreed. Rodgers is 27th in the NFL in completion percentage. Need more high percentage stuff on 1st down.

[mraynrand]

I do. We already have a tie.

[CaptainKickass]

Obligatory bye week post

(Shakes fist in the air)

Fuckin' CRAIG!

[mraynrand]

"Comments are disabled for this video."

Really, I can't imagine why...

[ThunderDan]

I hate the bye week.

[ThunderDan]

Maybe this should be in the make the nfl better thread but.... give all the teams in the same division the same bye week. That way it doesn’t give one team an advantage over another.

[CaptainKickass]

"Comments are disabled for this video."

It's not JUST the comments!

[Joemailman]

Maybe this should be in the make the nfl better thread but.... give all the teams in the same division the same bye week. That way it doesn’t give one team an advantage over another.

That would mean almost nobody in these states watching football on Sunday. They don't want that.