More Banjo: Week 14 vs Chicago

[pbmax]

An offense needs three weapons plus a good QB.

The Packers have Rodgers, Adams and Jones. But Jones isn't always in the game and if forced to pass block is a liability.

Kumerow had a moment in this game, but the fourth option is WAY too irregular to make the Packers offense go like mad.

The zone defense of the Packers is a mess unless you simply don't want to get beat deep.

The pass rush outside of Gary's season highlight, was quite poor at times. Even when the got someone through, Trubisky ran away.

If the Bears had a QB they trusted to throw past the LOS, they'd be dangerous.

Marinez took a reported shot to the face (kicked by a heel I think) but came back. Tramontana was being evaluated for a concussion but made it back.

[esoxx]

That's some bullshit

[esoxx]

Oops, wrong thread

[beveaux1]

Great play by Kumerow. Why doesn't he see more action? He can take some of Allison and Scantling's snaps.

Lazard was solid. Adams didn't have his best game with a couple of drops, but he's the only WR that gets open quickly.

Jones has a nose for the goal line, but didn't do anything between the 20s. He was blown away twice while pass blocking.

No running game to speak of. Field helped to dull the pass rush. Rodgers was good on 3 drives. Not good on all the others.

OL pass blocked well, but got no traction in the running game except on short yardage plays.

TEs were invisible, pretty much.

Typical Packer offense.

[MadtownPacker]

Seemed universal enough esoxx.

Maybe its just my belief in adjusting to the moment but the game went about how it should have. I didn’t get it here but used the game tracker and game thread to follow. The emotions of the thread are always like play-by-play at a loony bin. So I get a vibe how the game is going. Hated rival, shitty weather, etc all good. The bears had came in reeling off some wins. Packers put a stop to it and got a crucial victory setting up well for a bye. This is a good week.

[beveaux1]

Defense was infuriating. Played well for the majority of the game until the 4th quarter when they played exclusively zone.

They can't play zone!!

Middle zone always open. Without a pass rush, and without Trubisky at QB, we lose this game. We didn't have a pass rush.

Good job stopping the run. Trubisky not ready for prime time.

Martinez might have played his best game of the year. Clark did.

This defense should be so much better than they are. I think they have the players and the first 3 quarters showed their potential.

[SMBASS]

#Packers five possessions after going up 21-3: 18 plays, 9 yards, 5 punts.
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) December 15, 2019

[Fosco33]

Is this the worst 11 win packer team ever?

[Zool]

Is this the worst 11 win packer team ever?

The most inconsistent for sure

[yetisnowman]

#Packers five possessions after going up 21-3: 18 plays, 9 yards, 5 punts.
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) December 15, 2019

These are the kind of numbers that imo put to rest the whole, "a win's a win " mentality. The Bears aren't very good. And we gave them great opportunities to win, by simply being inept for 20 min of game time in the 2nd half offensively. Of course I'm happy they won, but that was an embarrassingly bad, long stretch of the game. They have had a lot of those stretches. Sure they can barely get by bad teams, but if our defense has to hold teams like SF, SEA, NO, MIN, DAL, etc to <20 pts to win, that's not an encouraging formula in the playoffs.

[SMBASS]

Agree Yeti. 9 yards in 18 plays when you have a chance to put the game away is almost inconceivably inept. Hell, you could have run a QB sneak 18 times in a row and picked up more than 9 total yards. This O can be incredibly bad during long stretches of games. I don't even know how those numbers are possible with a supposedly all time NFL great QB under center. We'll get our ass handed to us early in the playoffs if that happens again. The, "Lambeau Mystique" has been gone for many, many years so playing at home doesn't make much of a difference anymore.

[pbmax]

These are the kind of numbers that imo put to rest the whole, "a win's a win " mentality. The Bears aren't very good. And we gave them great opportunities to win, by simply being inept for 20 min of game time in the 2nd half offensively. Of course I'm happy they won, but that was an embarrassingly bad, long stretch of the game. They have had a lot of those stretches. Sure they can barely get by bad teams, but if our defense has to hold teams like SF, SEA, NO, MIN, DAL, etc to <20 pts to win, that's not an encouraging formula in the playoffs.

The Bears do have a great D. And got Hicks back. They were going to win some drives eventually. Still 11 more points than first game between them.

[Joemailman]

People ready to jump off a bridge because of what happened in the 4th quarter might keep in mind that the 49ers who blew out the Packers lost at home to the 4-9 Falcons. And the Rams who were supposedly on a roll lost to a Cowboy team that had lost 3 in a row including last week to the Bears. And the Packers beat the Bears who had won 3 in a row. Few teams in the NFL are consistently excellent. But 11-3 is excellent no matter who you played.

[texaspackerbacker]

Early in the game, it seemed like our D was back to where it was early in the season - second half, not so much. The problems we generally have with TEs weren't there today. It seemed like the Packers played a lot more zone than usual, something I was hoping for.

Probably I'm Rodgers' biggest supporter in here, but I'd say he made a really dumb move when he could have run for a first down and instead missed on a pass to Tonyan - even if it was Tonyan's fault. That seemed to change the momentum. Also, getting sacked and taking them out of FG range was pretty bad. All in all, though, he was still his excellent self. The O Line was better than usual pass blocking most of the game, but not as good late. The run blocking was bad all game, but a lot of that was tough Bear D.

This playing just good enough to win is getting old, but it's a helluva lot better than losing.

[pbmax]

Early in the game, it seemed like our D was back to where it was early in the season - second half, not so much. The problems we generally have with TEs weren't there today. It seemed like the Packers played a lot more zone than usual, something I was hoping for.

Probably I'm Rodgers' biggest supporter in here, but I'd say he made a really dumb move when he could have run for a first down and instead missed on a pass to Tonyan - even if it was Tonyan's fault. That seemed to change the momentum. Also, getting sacked and taking them out of FG range was pretty bad. All in all, though, he was still his excellent self. The O Line was better than usual pass blocking most of the game, but not as good late. The run blocking was bad all game, but a lot of that was tough Bear D.

This playing just good enough to win is getting old, but it's a helluva lot better than losing.

I think he has been rooting for Tonyan like he was rooting for Lazard to get some snaps. But I agree, it was a poor decision. Sometimes you just need a first down.