Favre Disappoints

[HarveyWallbangers]

The entire team looked bad

I thought Rodgers, Grant, Jennings, Driver and JOnes looked pretty good when they weren't asked ot jsut air it out. The offense put up a lot of points despite the shit defense and it's not like Dallas wasn't playing well. They were getting pass rush.

EDIT: Crosby kicked FG's well too.

Hawk had a good game. He played great run defense, and the couple of times Witten had a completion on him, he had good coverage on him. That happens when you are playing guys like Witten. Of course, he shouldn't have had to cover Owens 30-40 yards down the field. He gets a free pass on that one.

[b bulldog]

Not starting anything but that is what makes Brady so damn good. Hawk made some good tackles and was exposed tonight in coverage but so was everyone else.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Not starting anything but that is what makes Brady so damn good. Hawk made some good tackles and was exposed tonight in coverage but so was everyone else.

Hardly. He gave up a couple of completions to Witten. Even then, he had good coverage on one and got pushed on the other (although not enough to call a penalty).

[pbmax]

We couldn't expect everything to go right with youngsters and a young coach this season.

I am less concerned though about the Defense because they played on a short field in the first half and on a couple of drives in the second on big returns. Not happy about the coverage design in the first half though.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Good point, pbmax. Favre, the pass blocking, and special teams were as much a part of our early hole as anything. What's with Jones slipping 2-3 times (on a dry surface) and dropping balls early. Nerves?

[b bulldog]

hARV, YOUR A TRUE hAWK LOVER AND THAT IS FINE BUT HE GAVE UP SOME BIG CATCHES IN COVERAGE AND IF YOY THINK THAT IS FINE, WHATEVER. Hawk was OK tonight, nothing special.

[pbmax]

That was the unfortunate thing about the second half adjustment to keep safeties on top of the WRs. Hawk had a lot of single coverage on Witten. He is going to lose many of those. You have to pick your spots, disguise and play against tendencies.

Crosby's 51 yarder to make it a seven point game was a bomb.

[b bulldog]

Both teams were slipping in the first half.

[wist43]

Re: Favre Disappoints

I don't believe that McCarthy called any plays tonight that called for the QB to underthrow it to the deepest receiver who was double covered.

Favre clearly had a below par game. To many guys came free on pressure packages, but Rodgers demonstrated that sometimes its best to to take the sack. Twice he kept drives alive by simply going down.

Sanders, not Schottenheimer, deserves to have his bell rung for either playing zone with his man to man corners or not assigning Harris to TO all over the field, regardless that Woodson was hurt. It killed us that TO could lose Harris by moving to the slot and then the adjustments in the 2nd half freed Witten.

Loved the run D most of the night. Most rush yardage seemed to be against nickle. Bush seemed to take a huge step backward.

ARod is no Favre, but he may be good enough to be effective. Greg Jennings is scary in the open field.

Game was depressing, probably feel better about in the am.

My two keys to the game were Favre and Woodson.

Favre was awful, his going out actually helped the offense.

Woodson's absence was magnified by the moronic game plan Sanders put together. Wow, can't begin to fathom what he was thinking coming up with a game plan where TO could be isolated on Barnett or Hawk.

Confusion seemed to reign in the secondary w/o Woodson in there locking down one side of the field. I actually think Woodson might be a better matchup with TO than Harris b/c he's taller, has longer arms, and has easier acceleration than Harris.

We'll see em again.

[b bulldog]

I do think our secondary was more in tune with each other when Rouse and Bigby were the S's.

[The Leaper]

hARV, YOUR A TRUE hAWK LOVER AND THAT IS FINE BUT HE GAVE UP SOME BIG CATCHES IN COVERAGE AND IF YOY THINK THAT IS FINE, WHATEVER. Hawk was OK tonight, nothing special.

Bulldog.

How many LBs in the NFL can shut down Witten one-on-one?

Hawk played a very good game tonight. He was always around the ball, and was a force against the run. Witten torched him when the Packers left him on an island in the 2nd half...but 98% of NFL LBs would've been in the same boat.

[The Leaper]

I do think our secondary was more in tune with each other when Rouse and Bigby were the S's.

Hard not to be in tune against the Vikings and Lions.

[pbmax]

Collins looked healthy and OK, but not having seen that coverage before, I am not sure if it was safeties or just execution of a new scheme.

[b bulldog]

The Lions O isn't bad. Collins probably would have struggled.

[pbmax]

One thing I did like from McCarthy, sitting Woodson and KGB meant that he sees the bigger picture. And is not afraid to game it. Would have been easy to call all hands on deck and take a chance on ruining someone's season.

This game was important, but not the whole season.