Official Packers vs. Sparrows Studs and Duds

[Joemailman]

I don't really watch the games anymore, but this seems like an impressive play from the undrafted LB who's name escapes me.

https://twitter.com/BenFennell_NFL/s...80068627341314

I thought it strange Barnes wasn't drafted. Obviously he should have been.

[Joemailman]

As bad as the defense has seemed to play, they've made a few plays. They are now 18th in pts allowed, 13th in yards allowed, 9th in rushing yards allowed, 18th is passing yards allowed, and 5th in sacks. Offense is way up around the league. The yards and points they've given up late in prevent has really hurt their stats too.

True but the run defense is 23rd in rushing YPC allowed. They've been protected by an offense averaging almost 40 PPG so teams aren't running a lot in the 2nd half. They need to get better to beat teams like the 49ers. Getting Clark back and maybe Snacks should help.

[RashanGary]

Clark helps Preston a lot because a big part of Ps sacks come on speed rushes where the QB can’t step up. Those are special because P has a way of doing those rushes at the perfect times. He times it out

[George Cumby]

I don't really watch the games anymore, but this seems like an impressive play from the undrafted LB who's name escapes me.

https://twitter.com/BenFennell_NFL/s...80068627341314

That was heads up, he turned his hips fast and has nifty feet, if that thin slice is indicative of his ceiling, holy cow.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I'm with the announcers on this one. It looked like it was zone and Jaire had short responsibility while Savage had deep responsibility. I think Jaire played it how it was meant to be played--which is why he never played catchup after the double move. He stayed in the short zone.

I will review the All-24 films of the game and get back to you.

[texaspackerbacker]

Tonyan “Harding“ could turn out to be a “Hillbilly” Kittle clone, but at this point in space-time, no fucking way Tonyan is better than J-Mike was in his prime.

J-Mike could run routes like Greg Jennings and break tackles like Adrian Peterson. A matchup nightmare: too fast for linebackers; too big for DBs. Two reasons J-Mike never put up monster numbers: 1. Injuries and 2. Rodgers had to also feed the egos of the likes of Jennings, Driver, Nelson, Jones and Cobbs.

On the Falconers’ first drive, 21 Savage pretty much bailed out Alexander and prevented a TD after 23 bite hard on a double move. Pass was thrown bit behind but Amos nonetheless prevented a TD to a wide open Ridley in the clutch. For the game, Amos and Savage were egotists (good), not egoists (bad).

You've got a lot more positive memory of Finley than I have hahahahaha.

I'm pretty sure they were in zone on that play you're talking about - Alexander had him short, and then Savage had the deep zone, getting there just barely in time. , BTW, Savage is #26, not 21. I like it when they play zone. You're right, both Safetys played good games.

Gosh, I guess I should finish the thread before responding to early posts. Harvey, I see you beat me to it making that point.

[Fritz]

Jamal Williams had 95 yards receiving. He's on pace for 400 rushing and 500 receiving. He's also elite in pass pro and was a lead blocker on a few run plays tonight

Blocks in the pass game
Can play as FB doing lead blocks
Catches like a wr
Tough runner

Does it all. Opens up the playbook. A big reason we didn't stumble too bad without our two top WRs.


MVS.... Sure, you don't want him to have to make a living on the underneath stuff. It's not the strength of his gsme. But it's nice to see him servicable in his least effective skill area tonight. Bodes well for the WR group when Davante gets back and even more so when Lizard is back too.

I was really impressed with Jamaal Williams last night. That guy can really, really catch the ball well, and he's a better runner than he has been the last couple of years. And he can block. Mike Holmgren would've loved this guy; he's like Edgar Bennett only a bit better, I think.

I also thought the offensive line's pass blocking was great. Really great. They bottled up that pass rush nicely.

Oh, and Tex, did you see that Rodgers is getting the ball out way quicker this year than during MM's day, and he's getting longer completions to boot??

[run pMc]

Savage played better, he still guesses and misses tackles too often IMO, but he's coming along. He's got ability and he works at his game.
Nick Collins took a couple of seasons of bad angles before the light went on and he played like a Pro Bowl level safety.

Tonyan is not Finley. They don't have a Finley on the roster right now. I don't think of any of the current TEs as RAC threats like he was. I thought Tonyan was what he was; tease here, blah otherwise. He's proven me wrong and is becoming a nice weapon for Rodgers. I don't expect Lazard back soon so it's important to have players besides Adams and Jones catching passes. I'd like to see what Jace and Josiah can do, but I think they are behind because of injuries etc.

MLF didn't call quite the game I expected, but I think he called a smart game and Rodgers ran it to near-perfection.

[Vincenzo]

In my humble opinion the Atlanta Falcons played like a High School football team and I kinda got annoyed with the Packers towards the end of the game when the Falcons were kinda hanging around.
The Packers looked as if they should have buried the Falcons by halftime.

[gbgary]

studs: rodgers, jones, alexander, Big Bob, Z.
duds: duds? there were no stinking duds!

[gbgary]

Studs:

Rodgers.
Z-Smith
LaFleur
Run Defense

Duds:

Secondary
Tackling ?

the secondary? the falcons got squat. calvin ridley? 0! jones? 32. normal garbage time yards given up. tackling? who tackles well any more? it's not a priority in high school or college. college D sucks and that's the player pool. the cba and player salaries basically prohibit it being taught with any seriousness. it is what it is.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

That was heads up, he turned his hips fast and has nifty feet, if that thin slice is indicative of his ceiling, holy cow.

Barnes tipped a sure pick by the DB right into the hands of a Falconer.

How the duck is that a heads up play?

[George Cumby]

Barnes tipped a sure pick by the DB right into the hands of a Falconer.

How the duck is that a heads up play?

You are stupid.

[George Cumby]

the secondary? the falcons got squat. calvin ridley? 0! jones? 32. normal garbage time yards given up. tackling? who tackles well any more? it's not a priority in high school or college. college D sucks and that's the player pool. the cba and player salaries basically prohibit it being taught with any seriousness. it is what it is.

I had to put something in there.

Ryan put up solid numbers.

Question mark on the tackling, I was scraping for something.

[bobblehead]

This isn't a championship defense, but man is Rodgers on fire in the M4 offense. He don't give a shit who you line up with him, just give him a pocket and he is finding guys. Vintage MVP Rodgers.

Sign snacks. Get 'er done. It could be the difference between and Owl or not (as opposed to Antonio Brown who can single handedly sink a team).