Fed up

[run pMc]

The offensive line is downright pathetic, but it's been near that bad for most of the Favre and Rodgers eras, and the Packers have won big time anyway. Our defense is talented but horribly handled in a lot of ways. Barry needs to go. I've always praised LaFleur, but his game planning and decision making this season seems questionable at best. I've always thought and said that LaFleur's best quality was that he subordinated his ego and went with Aaron Rodgers as the primary reason for his and the Packers success. Well, this year, has fallen short, and LaFleur has been exposed. As for Rodgers' rotten season which just got geometrically worse today, my theory is that Rodgers thrived despite the lame-assed O Line, but this year either he is not the QB he used to be, or the lack of decent receivers AND the O Line mess are just too much to compensate for.

I 100% agree on the defense -- there's plenty of talent but Barry isn't using it right.
Was last year a result of many players having career years (Lowry, Devondre, Rasul)?

I think the OL has been on balance pretty good thru most of the Favre and Rodgers eras. You can't be consistently good on offense without a good OL, and they've had some good running games during that time too.
As for the offense, does this look like a Shanahan offense? All the shotgun and RPO stuff doesn't look like it to me. Lack of pre-snap motion, play action from under center, etc. There's also the theory of whether Gute is drafting for a Shanahan offense but they are running too much McCarthy in their hybrid offense or whatever they call it. Lots of speculation out there.

I also agree that -- unless we absolutely see Rodgers turn into "final year Payton Manning" -- his arm should still be good enough to help win games. I'm worried about where his head is though.
Despite the contract and its expectations, he's not good enough at this stage of his career to carry a team. I think with some help in the passing game and better run/pass balance consistency they could be better.

I think this year they are all but eliminated from the playoffs at this point -- they've lost too many tiebreakers and are 3 games under .500. There's still a lot of games left and I'll be cheering for them. I'm mostly looking at how the young players develop and to see what happens in the offseason. This team will probably look much different.