The Packers this Week

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But in all seriousness, I’m with radagast on the pass blocking vs run blocking. .

I've now read your position but what was Radagast's?

[mraynrand]

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You are what you practice. Commitment to the run means practicing it. They are and it shows. Our guards last year probably were better run blockers than you think, but we didn't work it enough.

Dude: Leeeeerooooy MmmmJenkins!!

[pbmax]

Dude: Leeeeerooooy MmmmJenkins!!

Yes. But the practice doesn't hurt either. I can put numbers on it, but the reports of camp seemed to indicate he spent more time on it than previous.

[mraynrand]

Yes. But the practice doesn't hurt either. I can put numbers on it, but the reports of camp seemed to indicate he spent more time on it than previous.

Yes it’s both. But Like when they switched to 3-4 and drafted Raji and Clay, drafting Leeroy showed they were serious about running the ball.

[mraynrand]

I come to packerrats because I enjoy the interactions between radagast and whoever he’s belittling, but even moreso to absorb mraynrands responses to said conversations.

I try to keep my end up.

[Radagast]

I've now read your position but what was Radagast's?

Now that I've already received unwarranted dis from Miss RashanGary, ( ), I'd be pleased to repeat my position.

I have and have had more confidence with the Packers new HC over their last HC. I said some months ago that LaFleur's new offensive system was not going to be delivering majacilly instant results. However I can't be more pleased with a 5 - 1 start to this season.

I'm pleased with the progress made in the running game and see it continuing to improve moving forward. The passing game used to be GB's forte, but with a weak WR core and injuries to starters Adams and Allison, the slow improvement of the remaining healthy WRs has naturally forced more on the TEs and RBs to catch balls. So far LaFleur has managed to adapt well to what he has to work with.

Next, the addition of WR Ryan Grant adds a veteran WR who can run the pass patterns that best fit his skills and add to the plays called. He will learn LaFleur's system in short order I feel and be a welcome addition to the Packers. My question too is, can he return kicks?

With both the running game and the passing game steadily improving, when a 100% healthy Adams and Allison return, GB should have a well oiled offensive machine ready for some high octane fuel (Adams and Allison). I look forward to seeing TE R.Tonyan emerge as a greater relied upon asset, I like him.

Groaning over low passing numbers as the Team's record is the best we have seen in years is like not seeing the forest for the trees. GB is winning games and improving as a football "TEAM" each week. The Defense is playing very well and the Special Teams play is a work in progress. I see GB winning the division and getting a 1 or 2 seed in the playoffs.

You can't please all of the people all of the time though, so we shall continue to read post from Texas Thickheads and Indiana Losers. That's par for the course though.

[texaspackerbacker]

I really don't pay much attention to where people in here are from. Am I the only Texas Thickhead? Or was Virginia Woolf referring to somebody else? I guess some of us are not afraid to dam up the stream of consciousness in threads.

[Radagast]

I never really thought of Texas as more that dry, unforested place where movie cowboys herded cattle and killed each other with their six shooters. Then someone had the arrogance to label one of their sports teams as "America's Team" and that crossed the line for me with all of that too large state. Just when you think it can go no further, you get "how bout them ...boy's", college sports scandals, and worst of all the Bush Family power grab. I still respect Sam Houston and Stephen Austin for their place in history.
I'm sure there are many nice places / people in Texas, but they can have their snakes, scorpions, bats, alligators, Tornados, Hurricanes, Droughts, and high leather boots. There are too many thickheads in Texas, however in Virginia wolves were eliminated long ago. There has been a slow rise in the coyote population though, a skulking night predator native to Texas I believe.

I live in beautiful Virginia. It is both pastoral and metropolitan, seashore to mountain lakes, as well as historical to cutting edge high tech. A state where gangs are seldom found and Education at UVA, VPI, W&M, and many other Universities is recognised world wide. A state were National and State Parks are nothing less than magical. The US Navy has the largest Naval Base in the World in Norfolk and the homes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe are in Virginia. I could go on and on, but I glad it's not Texas.

[texaspackerbacker]

Maybe you ought to post in FYI.

I guess the literary reference went right over your head. Maybe Rand will explain it to you.

[Radagast]

Incomplete references, like fragmented sentences offer little more than disjointed thoughts. It's like the woman who told her husband that she was angry and if he did not know why, then she was certainly not going to tell him. So, FYI, if you must babble, please do so in a concise and tangible manner. Also, assuming that another does or does not know a thing, underestimates the one and does discredit to the accuser.

I began this thread to stimulate good posting about the Packers and not to get involved in schoolyard rhetoric.

Offense has been the subject so far, but Defense deserves some attention as well. IMO, the Packers GM has done a superior job of drafting and hiring FAs. He avoided making wrong moves by not resigning some players and made some very good FA moves. Pettine is indeed cooking the meals, but Gutekunst has been providing him with great ingredients. So far only ILB depth has been a concern. The return of Oren Burks to side Blake Martinez at ILB is a positive thing.

This week the Raiders will try to use RB Josh Jacobs against the Packers. Their QB David Carr's receivers should be no match for GB's secondary and stopping Jacobs should be a normal days work for Packers.