More Banjo - Packers vs. 49ers

[Freak Out]

Last dance. When can Arod be traded? lol

[call_me_ishmael]

It's Rodgers "Brett Favre moment" from OT in the 2007 NFC championship game.

Horrible way for them both to end their career in GB, but it also sort of makes sense as to why it’s the end of their career here.

[call_me_ishmael]

Adams was probably 1st read but it's on the QB to make the correct read. If Rodgers had already made up his mind where to go with the ball, before the snap, then it's all on Rodgers.

I mean there wasn’t any real pressure and he threw to a double covered player with two lesser players open. I think he clearly did. He favre’d it.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I completely agree

But it would have been nice to stop the 3rd and 7 run my Deebo Samuel and keep them out of FG range )

Unfortunately, I think you can blame Big Z and Jaire for that. Big Z seemed to leave his gap and Jaire didn’t try to tackle very hard.

[Bossman641]

Unfortunately, I think you can blame Big Z and Jaire for that. Big Z seemed to leave his gap and Jaire didn’t try to tackle very hard.

Jaire just threw his shoulder at him, no attempt to wrap up at all.

[Fritz]

Not to derail the thread, but I'd like to mention how fucking well the defense played.

The Niners scored six points on offense. Six. Two field goals. The number which is located between five and seven. Six.

The Niners got 12 first downs. 12. A dozen first downs.

They had 212 total yards, 106 of which were rushing. They had 131 yards passing but lost 25 yards on the four sacks the D had. Four sacks. Four.

Now I ask you. Had you been in a coma yesterday and woke up this morning and I told you the Pack held the Niners to six points on offense, 12 first downs, 212 yards total, 106 rushing yards and sacked their pretty boy QB four times. What would you predict as the outcome?

Just like last year, what stings about this game is it was so eminently winnable.

Rodgers, Drayton and MLF own this debacle. Barry had his unit ready to fucking play.

All true - but beyond those numbers, think of how many times the special teams unit put the defense in the position of having SF starting near midfield, thanks to the lousy coverages on kickoffs or Bojo's crappy punt.

Makes it even more impressive. And even more reason to wake up looking for news that Drayton's been fired. What're they waiting for?

One thing for those wishing that Z or Jaire would've wrapped up Samuel: it would have been great, but at that point SF certainly goes for it on fourth down and what would've been about four or five to go. And the defense was gassed - one pitch outside for Samuel and I doubt GB could've stopped it. That's just how the game was going. But yes, I would've liked the shot at stopping them on fourth.

[call_me_ishmael]

Jaire just threw his shoulder at him, no attempt to wrap up at all.

To be fair, we know he is dealing with some stuff and tackling would be tough.

[Fritz]

Adams was probably 1st read but it's on the QB to make the correct read. If Rodgers had already made up his mind where to go with the ball, before the snap, then it's all on Rodgers.

Also telling is that Rodgers said he should've gone to Lazard, then a couple more first downs, etc, when on the same play ESB was open for a touchdown. Clearly Rodgers does not trust him, but at that point, don't you throw him the damn ball? Guy has dropped some but has caught some third- and fourth- down balls. And had his guy by about three steps.

[ZachMN]

Turner being put on the left side= mistake. Leave Turner on the side bosa is on along with help. I said to my dad I'd Run Dillon at Bosa right off the bat and hammer him. Coaching staff and Arod dropped the ball. Cut ties with everyone and start learning how to draft defensive players who have fire and brimstone. Won't have lightning strike three times at the qb kids......

[Freak Out]

To be fair, we know he is dealing with some stuff and tackling would be tough.

Then don't play. I was worried about rushing these guys back and just how committed they would be. Did Ming pay a snap?

[th87]

The OL reshuffle is inexplicable. Just so amateur - how could they not see the issues this could cause? Turner is worse at LT and Dennis Kelly shouldn't play. Nijman was great. So WTF?

And onto Rodgers. The king of "close but no cigar" in the playoffs. Will play just poorly/well enough to lose by one possession, enabling everyone to blame something else to cover the shortfall (King last year, STs this year). If SF scored 24, he'd suddenly find open receivers to score 20.

[Bossman641]

I didn't love the OL reshuffling either. Wish they had played Yosh at LT and Turner at right. Stenavich has done a great job but Turner and Runyan can't have much experience together.

[Freak Out]

Did the refs suck as bad as I thought they did?

[HarveyWallbangers]

I didn’t have a problem with the refs. They let things go for both teams. According to PFF, neither Turner nor Kelly played poorly.

[Freak Out]

I remember a late hit out of bound on Jones I thought looked pretty egregious but it's hard to tell. I didn't see a replay. I also don't remember hearing a whistle on the Deebo fumble until way after the ball was out. I was pretty buzzed though.