More Banjo - Packers vs. Cardinals

[Joemailman]

[Joemailman]

[CaptainKickass]

Karl Brooks keeps improving.

He's no second coming of the messiah or anything but Ben Sims surprised me.

"It's usually pretty frustrating, if the guy's baking a pizza back there and has a long time to throw." -LaFleur

The Packers became the first Green Bay defense to post multiple takeaways in each of its first six games since the 1996 squad that won Super Bowl XXXI.

The "identity" of the defense is "takeaways".

In a couple rare moments, the officiating favored the Packers.

[ThunderDan]

Morgan played at least half the snaps if not 75%.

Rhyan actually came in when Meyers went down. Morgan was playing RG at the time.

Morgan played 52% of the snaps. 38 of 73. Rhyan played 40 of 73 for 55%.

[Teamcheez1]

The Packers are almost an afterthought in the NFC this morning.
Sports talk is falling all over themselves talking about the Lions, Bears, and Vikings.
I want the Packers to keep that chip on their shoulder.
We still have a lot of room for improvement.

[Fritz]

Karl Brooks keeps improving.

He's no second coming of the messiah or anything but Ben Sims surprised me.

"It's usually pretty frustrating, if the guy's baking a pizza back there and has a long time to throw." -LaFleur

The Packers became the first Green Bay defense to post multiple takeaways in each of its first six games since the 1996 squad that won Super Bowl XXXI.

The "identity" of the defense is "takeaways".

In a couple rare moments, the officiating favored the Packers.

Is the tandem of Karl Brooks and Devonte Wyatt the inside-rusher package the Packers will need on obvious passing downs?

How will Evan Williams's ascendance play out for the playing time and positions of Javon Bullard and Kesean Nixon? Did Nixon play better yesterday because he's seeing the potential for his playing time to be reduced?

I think Ben Sims is just a solid all-around player.

I am concerned about what will happen when the defense goes through a dry spell of no turnovers. Happens to most every defense at some point.

The Packers must be scraping the bottom-of-the-available-kickers barrel at this point, and finding that none are better than Narveson, which means it's the very bottom of the barrel. That's a sad commentary. Turd Narveson has already had more second chances with the Packers than some kickers get in a career.

Finally, the national sports media can't hide their boner for the Lions - but losing Hutchinson is a huge, huge blow.

[Joemailman]

[Joemailman]

Cooper up to 66% of snaps. McDuffie down to 45%.

[bobblehead]

Cooper up to 66% of snaps. McDuffie down to 45%.

I think Quay needs to surrender some snaps. It might get his head in the film game a little bit. He seems to be lost quite often relying on superior athleticism to try and compensate.

[Joemailman]

I think Quay needs to surrender some snaps. It might get his head in the film game a little bit. He seems to be lost quite often relying on superior athleticism to try and compensate.

I read that there a few plays yesterday where Cooper lined up at Mike with Quay at Will. Wonder if we'll see more of that, even though it would seem Cooper might be a bit light for Mike.

[SudsMcBucky]

I read that there a few plays yesterday where Cooper lined up at Mike with Quay at Will. Wonder if we'll see more of that, even though it would seem Cooper might be a bit light for Mike.

this was the argument I made about 2 weeks or so ago.

[Joemailman]

PFF Top, worst grades.

Top 5 offense

1. RT Zach Tom: 88.1
2. TE Ben Sims: 83.8
3. RB Josh Jacobs: 74.2
4. QB Jordan Love: 72.1
5. RB Emanuel Wilson: 72.0

Tom didn’t give up a pressure over 36 pass-blocking snaps and earned an elite run blocking grade. Sims was also elite as a run blocker, and he caught two passes for 38 yards, including a 28-yarder. Jacobs forced four missed tackles as a runner, had a 10-yard run and caught all three targets for 28 yards. Love was accurate (adjusted completion percentage of almost 76.0) and efficient, averaging 8.2 yards per attempt with four touchdown passes and zero turnover-worthy plays. Wilson forced three missed tackles, had two runs over 10 yards and had a 19-yard catch while once again handling pass pro snaps without issue.

Top 5 defense

1. S Evan Williams: 93.3
2. DL Karl Brooks: 93.0
3. DE Rashan Gary: 81.7
4. LB Edgerrin Cooper: 81.0
5. CB Jaire Alexander: 70.7

Williams forced a fumble, delivered a run stop on Kyler Murray on third down and allowed only one completion into his coverage, creating an elite grade. Brooks forced and recovered a fumble. Gary had three pressures, including a QB hit, and he earned the team’s top run defense grade. Cooper led the team with three stops, and he made six tackles without a miss. Alexander missed a tackle and was credited with giving up the lone touchdown pass, but he still earned an excellent coverage grade.

Bottom 5 offense

1. WR Malik Heath: 45.5
2. TE Tucker Kraft: 49.0
3. OL Jordan Morgan: 49.9
4. OL Elgton Jenkins: 52.1
5. LT Rasheed Walker: 53.0

Heath wasn’t targeted on five routes run, earned a below average grade on 12 run-blocking snaps and had a penalty. Kraft had only 13 receiving yards despite running 29 routes and was only OK as a blocker. Morgan gave up a pressure and was poor in the run game. Jenkins gave up a pressure and committed two penalties. Walker gave up four hurries and had a declined holding penalty.

Bottom 5 defense

1. DE Lukas Van Ness: 30.0
2. DL Kenny Clark: 44.0
3. DE Preston Smith: 44.2
4. LB Quay Walker: 49.2
5. LB Isaiah McDuffie: 51.3

Van Ness didn’t have a pressure over 17 pass-rushing snaps and struggled against the run. Clark had two pressures and a fumble recovery, but he missed two tackles and earned a low run defense grade. Smith had only one hurry and one assisted tackle over 30 snaps. Walker tackled well, but he was credited with giving up a team-high nine completions against his coverage. McDuffie missed three tackles and gave up two completions.

Special teams

Rookie Ty’Ron Hopper had two tackles and an assisted tackle. Edgerrin Cooper, Javon Bullard, Zayne Anderson and Bo Melton also had tackles covering kicks and punts. Anderson had a missed tackle and the lone penalty. Daniel Whelan’s lone punt went out of bounds at the 8-yard line. Brayden Narveson missed from 44 yards. Keisean Nixon had a 39-yard punt return setting up a touchdown, and a season-long 37-yard kickoff return.

Quarterback play

Jordan Love: 72.1

Love had a big-time throw (44-yard touchdown to Christian Watson) and zero turnover-worthy plays (interception negated by receiver slipping). He attempted only three passes over 20 yards, choosing instead to attack underneath and in intermediate areas. He was 4-of-5 passing for 81 yards and a score on passes between 10-19 yards in the air. Love completed seven passes for 112 yards and a touchdown off play-action. He was under pressure on only 11 of 36 dropbacks (30.6 percent). In addition to four touchdown passes, Love also had 13 completions gaining first downs.

Stat to know

Jordan Love wasn’t blitzed on 22 dropbacks. He completed 16 of 20 passes for 197 yards (9.9 per attempt) and three touchdown passes, and he twice scrambled for first downs. He earned an elite passing grade of 89.6 when not blitzed against the Cardinals’ shaky pass rush.

[SudsMcBucky]

I only got to watch what they showed on the Red Zone channel, but was LVN really that bad? Horrific if true.

[Joemailman]

I only got to watch what they showed on the Red Zone channel, but was LVN really that bad? Horrific if true.

He seemed to be pretty much invisible.

I know Kyler Murray only threw 5 passes 10+ yards downfield. Based on what PFF reports, it seems they attacked Quay Walker and stayed away from McKinney.

[Patler]

I only got to watch what they showed on the Red Zone channel, but was LVN really that bad? Horrific if true.

I actually watched this game as it was played, something I rarely do anymore. I thought it was very obvious that the DEs were not trying to get to the QB much at all. Repeatedly they would come up-field more steps or fewer depending on the depth of the QB drop, and then more or less just hold their ground. Clearly the design was to prevent the QB from bouncing outside. It doesn't surprise me that they had no sacks, and few pressures from the DEs. They contained him very, very well. Mission accomplished.

Kind of like downgrading receivers because they had few targeted passes for the number of routes they ran. Nobody had a lot of targets because so many each had a couple targets,