Studs and Duds, Chefs

[King Friday]

Ravens last year nearly did it for an entire season. They were 11-5. At any rate, this was not a typical game. Packers were starting a QB making his 1st start, and their RB's were averaging 5 YPC. A.J. Dillon averaged as much per rush as Love averaged per pass attempt. But Dillon got 8 carries and Love threw the ball 34 times.

NFL coaches for the most part love to talk about the run game, but just can't bring themselves to actually lean on it.

[Joemailman]

Zach Kruse
@zachkruse2

Kevin King was the Packers highest-graded defensive player against the Chiefs, per
@PFF
. Gave up only 21 receiving yards on 6 targets.

SURPRISE! He's been good in each of his last two games.

King Of The Studs!

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Preach it, Brother.

Wait, Fritz is Black?

[texaspackerbacker]

What's with the Wirtel thing, smuggler? I don't think his snaps were bad, and by rule, they can't (and didn't) go through him to rush the kicker.

Sheeeesh, Fritz, you seriously are gonna rag on Rodgers over this shit? If he's a dud for not being in the game, then Jaire, Z. Smith, Bakhtiari, Davante previous weeks, etc. are all that kind of dud too. You seriously would prefer to see the Packers turn to shit without Rodgers? A couple of the dumbshits agreeing with you I'd expect that, but it's a surprise coming from you.

Just as some players are criticized for not playing up to their own high standard, Kevin King gets praise for not playing down to the low standard he usually sets. So I guess he was surprisingly unbad.

As I said in the other thread, I don't see how you can slam the ST coach too much for the kinds of problems the Packers have had.

Studs: Gary, Dillon (but not more than Aaron Jones), maybe Barnes, Savage - I saw a lot of good things from him in this game.

Duds: not Love - mediocre, yes, dud no, the O Line, but no more than they ever are, Crosby, that's about it.

[bobblehead]

Can you think of a game where an NFL team won with a 3:2 run-pass ratio? Maybe you can. But I think you might be stuck in the last century.

A certain very recent NFCC game comes to mind. The exact ratio would have been 42-8. I think SF did something similar in the very game before that.

[Bretsky]

The Snapper and the Holder are undoubtedly duds. Mainly the snapper. He cost the Packers the game, not Crosby.

[George Cumby]

If Rodgers play, Packers are 8-1 after absolutely steam-rolling the Chefs.

Rodgers is the ultimate Dud.

[Bretsky]

If Rodgers play, Packers are 8-1 after absolutely steam-rolling the Chefs.

Rodgers is the ultimate Dud.

Yup, and he's the DUDx2 for intentionally deceiving so many and then going on his weekly blow me show to try and outsmart the universe in justifying his actions

[Freak Out]

The Snapper and the Holder are undoubtedly duds. Mainly the snapper. He cost the Packers the game, not Crosby.

Watch those kicks. The whole right side of the line just blows it on one and it's not the snapper...its the holder/punter. The whole thing has been a shitshow from day one and now Masons fragile mind is all rattled.

[Freak Out]

I watched some of the game again and sure Love looks very bad/raw at times...but there are times he shows what he is capable of. Pretty amazing throw out of the endzone to Adams for a first down was one I remember. He'll never be another Arod...those guys just don't show up very often. He can be pretty damn good though (?)

[Bretsky]

I watched some of the game again and sure Love looks very bad/raw at times...but there are times he shows what he is capable of. Pretty amazing throw out of the endzone to Adams for a first down was one I remember. He'll never be another Arod...those guys just don't show up very often. He can be pretty damn good though (?)

For me to have any true faith in Love he needs to make all the easy throws, or at least nearly all of them, well. He didn't cut it in that regard Sunday.

[Freak Out]

So one and done then. Draft a QB in the first round next year then and hope Gute can do better this time.

[Joemailman]

It's crazy for people to be practically dismissing Love after 1 game. Justin Fields looked pretty good tonight, but he's had 3 games this year where he was worse than what Love did. All the rookie QB's starting (Love is practically a rookie) are struggling with the exception of Mac Jones, and he's been nothing special.

[call_me_ishmael]

Why does everyone keep saying he's practically a rookie? He's, in fact, not a rookie at all? I understand the off-season was weird last year but he had a full season to do stuff.

[Harlan Huckleby]

he looks 17