Studs and Duds, Burnt Sienna's:

[Teamcheez1]

Clay Matthews is 35 years old and hasn’t played a snap of football in 2 years. 31 other teams have not picked up the phone, and neither should we.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Clay Matthews is 35 years old and hasn’t played a snap of football in 2 years. 31 other teams have not picked up the phone, and neither should we.

Pretty sure I read an article where the Claymaker said that he would only sign for the right price, meaning he won’t play for the minimum wage. That probably turned off a lot of teams. Late is the season, so, say, $200k for two games, plus playoff bonuses, could probably entice the Claymaker out of retirement..

Reggie White unretired at 39. Peppers had 11 sacks at 37. 35 ain’t that old of an age for a pass rush specialist.

[Fritz]

You are right - Mercilus was a bigger loss than you'd think. Tipi (Hendren) Tequila weighs about 210.
Gets shoved around all the time.

[George Cumby]

Tila Tequila is playing for the Packers?

[Joemailman]

You are right - Mercilus was a bigger loss than you'd think. Tipi (Hendren) Tequila weighs about 210.
Gets shoved around all the time.

Chauncey Rivers is another guy who got hurt early who would be playing now if available. I don't think Packers had any intention of Galeai playing this year. Mike Davis talked early in the year about him being a guy who needs to put on some pounds.

[texaspackerbacker]

Harvey, what you say you like is exactly what I really hate: run twice then force a pass by necessity on 3rd down. I got so sick of seeing that from McCarthy, and when LaFleur does the same crap, it just pisses me off. Fortunately, he doesn't take the ball out of Rodgers' hands like that very often.

As for the D, the pass rush hasn't been bad, and I doubt Zadarius or Mercilus or Rivers woulda made much difference. APB, we could use another "yokuzuma" next to "Cletidus" in the middle to give us some strength to stop the run, and better yet, we need some discipline turning plays in and concentration or whatever making tackles. So much blame was heaped on the coach for special teams problems, well, IMO the shaky D the past few weeks is more on the coaches than the special teams mess. Barry has to get things figured out.

[bobblehead]

The bigger problem, though, was that LaFleur got away from what worked in the first half and went to a run first offense in the second half - a recipe for failure.

I really wish people would research before being blatantly wrong. The packers ran 10 times in the first half and 11 in the second half. They ran the same offense.

[bobblehead]

I disagree slightly on Dillon vs Jones. Late in the year in bad weather games, I’d like to see Dillon get as many carries as Jones, but I’d like to see us pass more to Jones. MLF tends to give up on the run too quickly—even when it’s working. Fat Mike did the same thing.

Not even close. Fat Mike would have 9 rush attempts in many games, MiLF is at 21 and people are complaining.

[bobblehead]

I can't believe we gave up 22 points to a great running team and people are acting like our D shit the bed. The biggest complaint you all have is that Mayfield threw possession ending picks instead of possession killing sacks. Our D did their job unlike Rodgers who managed to take us 3 and out, 3 and out and 5 and out with game on the line.

And tex. Final chance to close it out, Rodgers threw 4 passes and Dillon had one 6 yard run. The last 3 plays we ran to finish them off on offense Rodgers threw 3 passes and got 4 yards leading to a punt. The only drive to whine about at all was when we were up 2 scores and they ran Jones 3 straight times and didn't get a first. It did burn 2 minutes off the clock though. Why, with game on the line and giving it all 3 chances to Rodgers can't he get a first down to ice the game?? He is GOD in your book, but he put the D back on the field to finish it.

[smuggler]

Adams dropped two passes on the final drive, including a brutal drop on a beautiful throw from Rodgers along the sideline which would have iced the game. Context is king, as always.

[bobblehead]

Adams dropped two passes on the final drive, including a brutal drop on a beautiful throw from Rodgers along the sideline which would have iced the game. Context is king, as always.

So you're saying Rodgers can't get 1st downs all by himself. Duh, that does NOT negate my point.

[smuggler]

You just got done complaining about calling runs because those also didn't produce first downs. I don't care how they attain first downs. I only care that they get attained. Not doing that in the second half severely harmed our chances of winning.

[Fritz]

So you're saying Rodgers can't get 1st downs all by himself. Duh, that does NOT negate my point.

It does, in that a running play also requires good performances by others on the team. So Rodgers really did do his part, at least on that throw to Adams, which would have iced the game and was a perfectly placed ball.

But I do agree with you overall. MLF runs way more than MM ever did, as far as I can tell, and this helps Rodgers a great deal. And turning Rodgers loose and abandoning the running game - that weird late-game play-calling - is not a guarantee of success, as Tex seems to think.

But Tex thinks you can throw any five Packerrats out on the offensive line and Rodgers will still kill it. Not get killed.

[George Cumby]

But I do agree with you overall. MLF runs way more than MM ever did, as far as I can tell, and this helps Rodgers a great deal. And turning Rodgers loose and abandoning the running game - that weird late-game play-calling - is not a guarantee of success, as Tex seems to think. Check last year's NFCCG.

But Tex thinks you can throw any five Packerrats out on the offensive line and Rodgers will still kill it. Not get killed. I would pay good money to watch this.

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[bobblehead]

You just got done complaining about calling runs because those also didn't produce first downs. I don't care how they attain first downs. I only care that they get attained. Not doing that in the second half severely harmed our chances of winning.

No, I certainly did not. Tex was complaining about calling running plays and I was pointing out that we ran the same offense both halves. And I also pointed out that with a shot to close it out, we passed 3 straight times and didn't get a 1st down. I'm not complaining at all. We beat a tough team and ran a decent game plan. Every one else is acting like we lost 45-0.