More Banjo - Packers vs Dolphins

[pittstang5]

One thing I noticed last week against the Bears, then this past week, at least once, maybe more, some of the edge rushers getting called for Offsides / Neutral zone infractions. Anyone else notice it? Hell, I saw players lined up before the snap and was yelling at the TV that they were over the line. It's happened too many times now. I understand jumping offsides, it's gonna happen here and there, but why are guys lining up already offsides so many times recently? Do they not see where the damn ball is? Stupid penalties like that shouldn't happen.

[run pMc]

The offsides penalties are maddening. MLF needs to yell at Rebrovich, who needs to yell at the players about that. It's completely avoidable - players can check with the line judge or whatever if they are lined up correctly before the snap.

As for the defense, McDaniel actually had some pretty clever plays schemed to influence the LBs to shift away from where Tua would throw. Overall, I thought they kept a lid on the Dolphins, and jumping out to a 14-0 and 24-3 leads likely crossed some things off the MIA play sheet. The run defense hasn't been horrible lately - they have held MIA and SF under 100 yards rushing combined. Tua threw for a lot of yards, but it felt like a good chunk of it was garbage time in the 4Q.

Seems like Eric Stokes is the odd man out, or should be. I think Nixon and Valentine have been ok outside. I also think McKinney and Evan Williams have vastly improved the safety spots, which likely helped keep the lid on Tyreek/Waddle. When throws to Jonnu Smith underneath is your best weapon, it's going to be tough to be explosive. GB also swarmed to the ball and tackled well.

On offense, agree Tucker Kraft is a dude. Would actually like to see him (and Reed) be more involved in the offense. I wonder if Reed is hurt? He got some targets in this game but IIRC only played like 50-60% of snaps. Even then he had 2 TDs.
Was nice to see Wicks catch most of his passes. If he gets his head (and hands) right he'll be a big boost. Until then, he's been fun to watch as a blocker. Watson had a nice game too - was happy to see him catch that deep throw although it wasn't exactly graceful. For such a supreme athlete he sure looks clumsy at times. He's the Musgrave of WRs. Ignore anyone who tells you otherwise, the OL was very good in this game. They were very good vs. SF also, and Love hasn't taken many sacks this year. The run game wasn't really clicking, but I think Jacobs was a focus for the MIA D. Jacobs didn't have a lot of yard rushing, but they were tough yards. He had some 2 yard gains that would have been 2 yard losses if anyone else had the ball (cough Dillon). That move he put on Dodson on that 49 yard screen play was filthy fun. I will be curious to see what they do with Marshawn Lloyd, Wilson is the RB2 but Brooks is clearly trusted more in pass pro and outsnaps Wilson.

No turnovers - gotta love that.

Was a pretty fun game to watch overall. Might have been their most complete game of the year.