More Banjo - Packers vs. 49ers

[call_me_ishmael]

Anyone notice Rodgers has his best games when he is forced to play this way?

We all do. He has for years.

[bobblehead]

Rodgers got the ball out faster than any QB this weeked at 2.17 seconds. I noticed most plays were quick hits.

https://twitter.com/Peter_Bukowski/s...041176583?s=20

I would like to see the stats on that in the final 3 drives when someone, once again, decided that running was no longer necessary and we were ineffective and let SF back in the game while taking several deep shots thus preserving the clock for them. Just like the NFCC game, I can't say who is responsible, but I wish that individual would stop it. We never should have needed to come from behind to win this game.

[bobblehead]

Maybe Rodgers gets more confused by defenses and that’s why he ends up holding it?

I think he is so good (not being sarcastic) that he starts to play hero ball because its more fun. Its the only expanation I can think of. When we traded Brent I commented how suddenly that habit of holding the ball forever and throwing late over the middle went away when he was busy proving we made a mistake for moving on....then once he proved his point he showed MN why we moved on by doing exactly that in the most in opportune moment.

When Rodgers wants to play within the MiLF scheme he is as good as anyone I have ever seen. Better even. Absolute GOAT. But then it seems to me we abandon that style too often. Maybe its just what the defense is giving them. Its certainly necessary to stretch the D at times, but as annoying as it was watching fat mike run when they didn't practice it enough and we would watch a 17 point lead turn into a nailbiter, sometimes running or short passing and burning the clock is the right move....ask Kyle Shannahan if he would like a do over in the Owl sometime when he was Atlantas OC.

[Jaire]

No hero ball by AR in that game.

Watched his latest presser and he said some things I've been saying for years. He was still holding the ball a bit too long last year and they didnt' give enough help on the line against great opponents (including last year's MVP performance): they need to get the ball out quicker, which he did last game, and as Rodgers said, they have to continue to give help against premier pass rushers like Bosa and Watt even when Bakh comes back, noted by ARod. Yes. Yes. Yes. Please. Something that MM would never do, but MLF is continually learning and improving. AND we have the players to help: Deguara & Lewis & Tonyan (who flattened Bosa), but also willing backs in the three headed monster. This will vault the offense over the top. If Jenkins and Bakh return to form and stay healthy, this team will go all the way.

As to the San Fran game, they dominated from start to finish outside two or three plays. The San Fran receivers are maybe the gutsiest and most physical in the league. They made plays. But the bad calls kept them in the game in which they were destroyed. And Lazard took over to help on special teams after the fifty yard punt return that kept San Fran on life support. Afterwards Lazard and company had them nailed in a coffin inside the fifteen.

That was a SIGNATURE WIN and it will propel them the rest the season despite a typical hiccup or two on the way. Watch our right tackle answer the baited question regarding how cock sure this Oline is in his last presser. They are good and know it, and they know they need to improve and will do it. Next four games are against pretty weak competition, giving them time to get back starters and some needed reps for the young players on both sides of the ball. Gary and Preston make the Dline more solid against the run, and they still got great pressure last week against an excellent Oline. If our starting back four in the secondary stay healthy, the sky is the limit. San Fran was our biggest match up problem & toughtest opponent of the year: I think tougher than the Rams. It's Green Bay's year. Best team top to bottom since 2014.

Last dance. Watch and enjoy.