Packers Game Ball: Packers Shutout Jets, 9-0
by Brandon on Oct 31, 2010 3:38 PM CDT
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PrintFOX Sports said on the broadcast that it was the Green Bay Packers first road shutout since 1991. The Jets had some yards on offense (360 total) but the Packers special teams on punt and kick coverage, and the offense for not coughing up a single turnover, made the Jets offense work the length of the field. Only 1 of the Jets 13 drives (yes, it was a punt fest) started past their own 35 yard line.
The big story was that the Packers defense stuffed the Jets No. 2 ranked run offense. The Jets ended the game with 119 yards rushing (4.1 ypc), but those stats were padded by a late 20 yard run by QB Mark Sanchez and a 17 yard run by their punter on a failed fake punt attempt. Bottom line: the Jets run offense was not a factor in this game. Sanchez's stats look ugly (43.3 QB rating, 2 INTs) but he was really let down by his receivers who dropped several passes, and let CB Charles Woodson and CB Tramon Williams wrestle those 2 INTs away from them.
The Packers offense had another bad day (QB Aaron Rodgers had a QB rating of 59.7, and RB Brandon Jackson only ran for 55 yards). I wasn't expecting them to get anything on the ground, but they got little in the air either. The offense is missing four starters (RB Ryan Grant, RT Mark Tauscher, WR Donald Driver, and TE Jermichael Finley) and it really looked like it in this game. RT Bryan Bulaga played OK, but whiffed on one sack and provided little push on running plays. WR James Jones replaced Driver and had zero catches (on five passes thrown his way) while TE Donald Lee only had one reception for five yards. Think about what Driver and Finley would produce in a typical game, and it's obvious where they're missing production.
On offense, I'm mentioning the two receivers who did show up. WR Greg Jennings had a great game and caught a 30 yard reception that set up the first FG. WR Jordy Nelson had 5 receptions for 55 yards, and his 14 yard reception in the 4th quarter set up the second FG. There were a lot of great players on defense today, but the two big plays were those INTs taken by Woodson and Williams, both happened while the Jets were driving in Packer territory, that were keys to the shutout.
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Also, you guys are the best bloggers I ever came across. Much more class then the Vike fans (still need them to beat the Pats)
This site is full of class acts.
Thanks for the compliment
It’s good to see some class people from other blogs.
And hopefully you guys can get the division, but we need NE to win this game
by Goldenarmadillo4 on Oct 31, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Vikings fans, pretty much all they do is complain.
And it carries over to DN.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Possibly hiking up Mount Marcy during the weekend of October 23-24. State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 31, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
No love for Mastahay?
He consistently pinned the Jets deep in their territory, and that was a huge help for the Packers in this game (which was a field-position game).
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 31, 2010 3:43 PM CDT reply actions 10 recs
This is what I was going to say
In a battle of defenses, he was one of the huge playmakers. It pains me to say it, but he had a fantastic game. Maybe a little love for Howard Green too, that guy made plays.
by sicklebeat on Oct 31, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dude I was going to say Mast...
He punted well, and it showed.
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Masthay
In case these ‘write-in vote’ comments carry any weight in who the game ball eventually goes to <cough,Brandon,cough>, my vote goes to Masthay, as well.
My second-place vote would go to the defensive front seven, for holding LT to 54 yards, and forcing Sanchez into enough mistakes to keep the J-E-T-S off the board!
TT bashers - turning my stomach since 2005!
The glass is way more than half-full!
You are 100% correct
Tim Masthay should have been on the game MVP list in this post. He deffinately would have gotten the votes too!
I can't vote
This game was won by our ENTIRE defense. Everyone single one of them deserves the game ball so I can’t pick between Charles and Tramon.
Again, good game and HUGE win for the depleted defense
by Goldenarmadillo4 on Oct 31, 2010 3:44 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
You can't vote?
Are you a felon? ‘Cause you can still vote here. Hell, if felons couldn’t vote how would the Raiders’ fans ever vote for a player of the week?
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...
…not the prettiest of all games.. but we’ll take it.
We interrupt this program for a breaking news flash. Corey Maggette likes shooting more then passing.
Back to you.
I went with Tramon, BUT...
The entire Defense did an outstanding job, as did Masthay.
Both should be co-Players of the Game.
I went with Jennings because he didnt catch the dropies cold the Jets wide recievers all had
but the D and Masthay deserve it too
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
First since 1991?
Think we can stop wondering when Aaron Rodgers emerges of the shadow of Don Majkowski now.
by schraderfan on Oct 31, 2010 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
not whore ourselves out for a washed up 41 year old qb?
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
by blackoutsox on Oct 31, 2010 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Dom Capers.
This is the first time in a long while that I feel like our guys out-coached theirs, at least from the defensive side.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Voted Woodson because of the INT and run support
but I have to agree that Capers and Masthay both came up big today.
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Rex Ryan outcoached by MM?
If I heard someone say those words before the game, I would have had to test how strong my pimp hand was. Although there are people who would argue that Rex is overrated. I like him personally, though.
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Rex IS overrated...
One thing to say you like his Schtick, but another to say that makes him a good coach!!!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
True.
There are many aspects to coaching. Strategy, planning, etc may not be his strong suit. But he gets his guys to go out and play, I admire that about him.
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Exactly.
I don’t think relying on firing up your team is the end-all, be-all but it certainly helps and he does it well.
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd like to see our guys fired up more often
like they were tonite. And, kudos to Jets receivers.
by bigbill992001 on Oct 31, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Gotta give Ryan some props
He has to be a good tactician to be able to get the Jets and Ravens defenses to the elite level that they’ve been playing. It can’t just all be motivation
Yep. He did hold our offense to 9 points too. He’s a damn good job, no doubt about it. I know I’d take him 10 times out of 10 if I’m asked to choose between he and MM. Just me though.
by packallday555 on Oct 31, 2010 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Talent certainly helps!
Sure you would agree the Ravens and the NYJ were both really talented on D when he was the coach! That certainly helps ALOT!!!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
One could also argue that he turned many of those players into what they are today.
by packallday555 on Oct 31, 2010 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions
argue
Yeah I don’t think Ray Lewis and Suggs were ever going to be very good players w/o Rex…. LMAO
You've been Stroh'd!!!
QB takes alot more development than any other position!
Defense doesn’t take 3 years to be ready to play adequately!
What is it w/ you? You seem to have this inexplicable need to try to prove me wrong… All the time!! It annoying and petty!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
I feel the same way with man…
I just get frustrated with your green goggles. So our linebacker coaches have have NO impact in the play of Clay Matthews? Our RB coaches have had no impact in teaching our RBs how to succeed in the ZBS? Its a bad take man…you also picked out their two really high draft picks…what about all the other guys that they groomed to fit perfectly into that scheme. Give the guy SOME credit here. They aren’t saying he created the guys from a pile of clay but geez…its not a coincidence that ever D he’s been involved with has been pretty amazing.
trevoR
has always enjoyed ‘calling’ out people on this blog, especilly if you don’t fit into his perfect world of ‘everything i say you should just agree with or your dumb-osophy’
you probably harrass co-workers much the same way. nothin but a bully. try bullying the other team once in a while big Trev
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by PackaCracka on Nov 1, 2010 10:36 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Dude…who are you anyway? I have my opinion, he has his. Sometimes they are the same sometimes they aren’t. I share my opinion just like everyone else. Get off your horse man…
I agree with people all the damn time in here. I spend most of my time agreeing with PAD and many others.
How am I a bully? Look at the conversation…PAD makes a statement about how Rex Ryan should get some credit for developing the teams he is in charge of (3 amazing defenses)…Stroh comes in and kicks the door down saying that its all the players (ending it with a LMAO which implies real vanity). I come in and suggest that coaching in fact affects a players development (look at Rodgers) and I am the bully? Give me a break.
I never suggested any such thing!!!
Your reading what YOU WANT into my words… NOT what I said…
You've been Stroh'd!!!
You wanna hurt me?
Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I’m an easy target. Yeah, you’re right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you… but I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I’m not changing. I like… I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. ‘Cause I’m the real article. What you see is what you get.
Where did I EVER say coaching and development don't impact a players career!
I’ve never said that ANYWHERE!!! All I did was comment on PAD that Lewis and Suggs were already great players or at the very least very talented!
YOur the one who jumped on me for something I NEVER said…
You've been Stroh'd!!!
He stated:
One could also argue that he turned many of those players into what they are today.
You stated:
Yeah I don’t think Ray Lewis and Suggs were ever going to be very good players w/o Rex…. LMAO
If you agreed with him why did you create an argument stating otherwise? Wouldn’t that be you being contrary then and trying to create an argument for no reason? Which one is it?
I didn't completely agree w/ him...
I stated the Lewis was already a very accomplished player before Ryan got there and that Suggs WAS a really talented player! Didn’t say that Ryan wasn’t a good coach or didn’t teach them anything. Simply stated an opinion that Lewis and Suggs were and are very talented and likely would be great in any system… Which it would seem they have proven!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
FFS
You two just go out and get married, you’re half way there anyway! Like an old bickering couple!
by Bush League All Star on Nov 1, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Alright…I get your point, what you meant, but you didn’t SAY all of that, but its what you mean so I am okay with that. Next time I guess you’ll have to elaborate a little more cause I just read the words on the page.
Words on the page
Only said that Lewis and Suggs were very talented… I said nothing about coaching… and the role it plays. The coaching part was added by others and I commented that talent helps! Don’t for the life of me see how I implied for a second that coaching doesn’t play a role!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
Just a comment for you
This has to be at least the third or fourth time that I’ve seen you have to go to the “you’re reading too much into what I wrote/I don’t know how you got that out of what I wrote” defense. While you may not see how people are taking what you say the wrong way, they consistently are.
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by GoGregGo on Nov 1, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
Capers needs a raise. I mean, you pitch a road shutout with a ragtag group of backups, undrafted rookies, and guys off the street, that is about as good as it gets.
by Puddleglumed on Oct 31, 2010 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
No, Bulaga didn't get much push on runs
but wasn’t he blocking Shaun Ellis most of the time? That is a man who stands his ground.
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 4:50 PM CDT reply actions
The entire Pack D deserves that game ball
Special teams included (probably the only time I’ll say that all year).
Things aren't looking too bad now
Got the cowgirls minus romo next week and then the bye. Couple of weeks for our guys to get healthy.
The last two weeks have re-created an opportunity to do some things this year.
Maybe not as much as we once hoped, but some good things anyway. That’s important for a young team, which is what we are outside a couple of positions.
But the schedule gets rough in the second half.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions
This was a pretty big test game for us.
I know we aren’t going to win the rest of them, but this should help put some things into perspective. It will give us some good experience, and hopefully teach these non-starters that they are playing for their lives!
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
For the Packers to win the division progress they’re going to have to win a few games they really probably shouldn’t win to make up for those 2 OT losses. Today certainly falls in that category. A road win against one of the best teams in the league is huge, even if it is a little ugly offensively.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll take the ugly at this point.
Win is a win. But yeah we can’t afford ugly down the road.
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Me too.
Didn’t really mean to suggest otherwise. Winning ugly against the best teams in the league is like blowing out the average ones. A lot of the time it’s the only way to win.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't get tougher than the Jets at home!!!
HUGE win for the Pack!!!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
by Strohman on Oct 31, 2010 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Patriots at home
will be just as if not tougher
by Goldenarmadillo4 on Oct 31, 2010 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Impressive win
Kudos to the Pack, Capers, and the entire D for beating the Jets.
At the time, I just hated that the O could not get or even try to get a 1st down on their second to last possession. The offense continues to be very weak in being able to put a game away. We do not have the equivalent to Capers on O, which also includes McCarthy’s input.
At the same time, no TO’s on offense was the key to the win.
They didn't really try.
Those 2nd and 3rd down calls weren’t designed to get a first down. As you suggested, that’s on McCarthy more than the players. McCarthy’s instincts with a lead are terrible, but it didn’t cost them today.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
If MM ever gets fired
Stroh will join whatever team that hires him blog as “Revenge4MM”
by Danwood on Oct 31, 2010 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
How do you know it isn't the same guy?
Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Revenge4Favre were hedging his bets and rooting for both teams.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
:-)
Does anyone outside of Wisconsin know there is a thing call Stroh’s Beer?
One of the cheap beers of childhood…
I( do.
I have a deck of playing cards with a Stroh’s logo on it.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 31, 2010 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Meant I do.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Possibly hiking up Mount Marcy during the weekend of October 23-24. State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 31, 2010 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I do
I lived near Detroit for 35 yrs. Never a Lions fan but loved me some Barry Sanders. I wonder if anyone outside WI knows how big a deal this win is for our team.
by bigbill992001 on Oct 31, 2010 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Nah
R4F is from Appleton (sadly he’s also said he still has season tickets to Packer games).
Stroh is from AZ from what I remember.
That points to them not being the same person to me.
by PackApologist on Oct 31, 2010 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Permission to strip him of his season tickets
and give them to REAL Packer fans?
Trail Blazers atop the Northwest at 3-0!
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Oct 31, 2010 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
beat me to it
im 80000 on the list and I could put them to better use
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
"R4F is from Appleton 9sadly he's also said he still has season tickets to Packer games)."
Pathetic. If people want to switch loyalty from team to team and they’ve got an actual reason for doing so, that’s fine with me, even if I think they’re reason is stupid.
But you just know many of these Neo-Viking fan turds are going to come running back and act like nothing happened once Favre is gone. Some of them are even doing it now that the Vikings are scuffling. I don’t have any respect for that. If you’re gone, stay gone.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
We'll have to remember them.
Just so that crap doesn’t happen.
Trail Blazers atop the Northwest at 3-0!
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Oct 31, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I typically agree
I also know that once this season is done I’m going to write an open letter to all those who left asking them to come home. Packer fans shouldn’t be divided like this, and those who left don’t belong as Viking fans. We know it, they know, hell even the hardcore Viking fans know it.
You are completely right Ted. For the most part this behavior sickens me. The worst was at the Vikings game last week and seeing a guy wearing a DD jersey cheering for the Vikings. It’s sickening.
But as much as it’s sad, we should strive to be above that pettiness and attempt to heal the division that the whole debacle caused. Farve belongs back here in Lambeau, and he will be honored and remembered there. Those that left with him should return home too.
by PackApologist on Oct 31, 2010 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions
You're a better man than I am.
I don’t want Favre in Lambeau. As I’ve said here before, I’d put his name and number up in the Ring of Honor right now. No ceremony. No placque. No BS. I’d give him a room in the GB HOF, warts and all. Photos, videos, audio, you name it.
And then I’d never invite him back. If, after he retires, he called and asked to come back, I’d forward his call to the ticket office so he could put his name on the season ticket waiting list.
Personally, I hope the little name plaque below his bust in the NFL HOF reads Brett Favre – Minnesota Vikings. He got what he wanted, but he shouldn’t get to have both, at least from my perspective. Same with all of those so-called Packer fans rooting for the Vikings the last year and half. Good riddance, I say.
But that’s just me. That’s not how it’ll actually work. The moment he hangs it up the vast majority of the turncoats will sneak back in and fade into the crowd. I’ll tweak the ones I know every chance I get, but most of them will never get called on their BS. Then a year or two after Favre hangs it up and Thompson is gone, he’ll show up for a halftime presentation and get his name put up and his number retired, and thousands of people who’ve been booing his ass right along with me will stand up and cheer for him.
Not me though. If I’m there, and I’ll probably make a point not to be, I’ll be that bitter little SOB in the Rodgers jersey with his arms folded and his ass on the cold metal bench in the bowl.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
That about sums it up
Very well said, Ted (i know it’s true cause it rhymes).
There is no “I” in team, and I follow an organization, not a guy. If a player thinks he’s above the team, or you thinks he’s earned the right to do whatever you want then I’m done with him.
The people who left the Packers because of Favre’s hissy fit should have to pay some sort of penance to get back into the Packer fold. Maybe wear some tails that they have to put between their legs before they’re allowed to wear Packers jerseys again.
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Should read
“the right to do whatever HE wants”
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I just made it green!
TT bashers - turning my stomach since 2005!
The glass is way more than half-full!
Screw that!
If they left w/ Favre they can stay w/ Minnie… Want no part of fair weather fans like that!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
by Strohman on Oct 31, 2010 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Ah then here's the true test
Which HS did you go to there?
Preble grad here.
by PackApologist on Oct 31, 2010 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Not really.
He did a great job of getting the
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
If he passes to get a 1st and doesn't get it?
It gives the Jets another chance!!! His instincts, based on the game to that point, say the Packers D is going to shut them down! And it DID!!!
Period, end of discussion!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
Running 3 times and not getting it gives the Jets another chance too.
“Period, end of discussion.”
What a small minded, childish thing to say.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Kept that clock moving thought didn't it?!!
If he throws and they don’t get 1st downs it stops the clock!!! Thats knowing your team and the game!!!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
No it didn't.
They used their TO’s. And if he throws on third and it’s incomplete the Jets only have 1 TO left. Either he trusts his defense or he doesn’t. 1 time out wouldn’t have made the difference.
It’s about playing to win instead of playing not to lose, and it costs McCarthy often enough when he goes ultra conservative like that.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Jets used their TO's...
They had NONE left w/ 4 min to go… Passing give them MORE time! Great coaching to use the clock and run the ball!! Sealed the deal!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
Passing only gives them more time if it's incomplete.
And a first down might give the no time. That would have truly sealed the deal instead of leaving it to the defense and giving the Jets one more chance to steal the game.
But whatever. Trying to get you to even consider an opposing point of view is the equivalent of talking to a fence post.
Talk to you later, R4F.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And you're wrong.
They used their TO’s with 4 minutes to 4:15 to go, which rendered McCarthy’s strategy of trying to run clock completely pointless.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't argue with MMs decision to run the ball,
just a crying shame that the LAST SIX running plays netted 2 yards total. That sux, especially with the game on the line. A 1st down seals the deal.
by bigbill992001 on Oct 31, 2010 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions
The three consecutive running plays on the second to last possession caused the Jets to use all of their timeouts. When the Packers got the ball back, they basically could have downed it instead of running because the game was sealed.
I don’t think McCarthy’s playing too conservatively. His issue might be a little bit of stubborness. The Packers weren’t executing on the runs, but he kept calling them because they should have been able to execuate. This goes for a few weeks ago calling for empty backfields with the line struggling. One thing I do expect from McCarthy is that he’ll hold people accountable and over the season will fix the run-blocking like he has been with the pass-blocking.
I don’t necessarily mind the stubborness, but there are disadvantages to it, as we’ve all witnessed.
Isn't that what I said?!!
They had no timeouts w/ 4 minutes left? What are you arguing about? Running the ball forced the Jets to use the TO. Our QB was completing less than 50% of his passes, so McCarthy called it the way he did based on that and his D pitching a shutout!!! He called it prefectly!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
I didn’t have a problem with him running the ball. Run the clock down and really put the pressure on a guy who chocked all game long with the pressure on him. I wouldn’t have complained if he did one pass on third either but I think him doing three runs was just fine with me. I didn’t like the QB sneaks though…thought that was an odd call.
+1
It’s about playing to win instead of playing not to lose, and it costs McCarthy often enough when he goes ultra conservative like that.
by packallday555 on Oct 31, 2010 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
oops...
… he did a great job of getting Jennings matchups he could win against the best CB tandem in the league, but in most games, turtling up with 3 weak runs on a 6pt lead with 4 minutes to go is going to get you beat. But McCarthy’s done that a few times this year already. He doesn’t learn and it costs us games. Today it didn’t and that’s great, but he’s not always going to work that way.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
None of them. Tim Masthay.
For reasons already mentioned. Both our corners came up with big picks, but if I had to pick one of those four, Greg Jennings, especially for saying pre-game that he was going to “go trick or treating on Revis Island” and doing just that. Keeping drives alive with big catch and runs and making plays when we needed them.
But in a game where you win 9-0 and the opposing team only had one drive start past the 35, you gotta give credit to the punter for a great game. I’m absolutely stunned special teams WON us a game.
+10000
Good things come to those who wait - except the Lions and Browns
by IdahoPackerBacker on Oct 31, 2010 6:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
good teams
win ugly games..hopefullly its a sign of things to come
I'll echo the sentiments of others
by giving the game ball the entire defense. For as banged up as they are, to go on the road and throw a shutout against a team that makes it’s living running the ball is pretty impressive.
Didn’t see this one coming, but I’ll obviously take it. Beatdown of Dallas coming up, and then a much-deserved bye week.
Don't forget
the Jets were rested and had 2 wks. to prepare.
by bigbill992001 on Nov 1, 2010 2:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Favre got helped off the field today like he was a war casualty.
And he just said at the presser that he’s looking forward to playing next week.
I appreciate his desire. Always have. I just wish he wasn’t so damn theatrical about it. If you’re well enough to meet the press and talk about next week, then walk off the field like a man too, instead of acting like you’re gonna die so we’re all so impressed with your willingness to step onto the field again.
I don’t want anyone to get hurt and I’ll readily acknowledge I’d probably be crying like 4 year old if I got hit like he did today, but his dramatics are gag-inducing at this point. The Pats fans booed him as he left the field and many are understandably outraged by that, but douche-baggery incites doucbhe-baggery. Everyone’s responsible for their own actions, but not everyone always understands (or cares to understand) the strange ways their behaviors come back to haunt them. For some, Favre will always be the heroic, swashbuckling and entertaining QB he’s been for most of his career. But for others, particularly a whole generation of fans who don’t remember 1996 or that night in Oakland, for whom he’ll always be the self-aggrandizing, decisive pick throwing grandpa who can’t keep his pants zipped. That’s the guy they were booing as he left the field, not the player who got hurt on the field.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 7:17 PM CDT reply actions 10 recs
Don't post that over on DN
you’ll get the ax.
Yeah.
I went over there and quickly surmised that now was not the moment for non-Viking fans to be commenting on their boards. I think there’s a difference between saying you understand how it is a group of otherwise rational people might boo a guy who was hurt and being “filth”, but now is not, apparently, the time to point out such subtle distinctions.
BCB free since 8/24/10 and happier for it.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyway, I got into it with R4F earlier today, so I'm probably on a short leash at the moment.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions
If Gates stubs his toe going to the fridge...
… he probably writes a 500 word piece on his computer about how it signifies the downfall of civilization.
Dude is easily outraged, at least since last year’s NFC Championship game. Before that I really didn’t have a problem with him.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
No, I think he would blame the media
or the officiating.
And Darren Sharper.
BCB free since 8/24/10 and happier for it.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't you know the guys the world is against the Vikings?
After all, they have the best team in the league….they just don’t win all their games like they should. I thought everyone knew this!
by PackApologist on Oct 31, 2010 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Who are they blaming over there this week? I don’t want to be an ass so I probably won’t say much over there until later in the week. Going to revel in my own win rather than help them stew in their loss.
By now they should be catching on that
Childress is a pretty bad coach. I don’t know what they’re saying over there, but I would hope they’re thinking that by now.
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Patriots fans. Flavor of the week.
Next week it will be the down-box guy on the far sideline.
by TarHeelHawk on Oct 31, 2010 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
And then
it’ll be Iowa Hawkeye fans for no reason at all.
Wait, WHAT?
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 1, 2010 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
REC! REC! REC!
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Possibly hiking up Mount Marcy during the weekend of October 23-24. State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 31, 2010 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
DN's rebuttal
If you, for so much as one second, were happy with Brett Favre getting carted off of the field today in Foxboro, you are filth. You are disgusting. You are an absolutely, positively worthless, pathetic excuse for a human being. Many of these people are the same people that will consistently chide Viking fans for being classless. . .but I’ve been a fan of this team for a quarter of a century, and I can damn sure never remember Viking fans openly applauding an injury to an opposing player.
If you’re a fan of another team coming over here to laugh or mock this team, their quarterback, or their fans, don’t bother wasting your time. I’ll ban your disgusting ass on sight, and ship your names directly to the higher-ups at SBNation to see if we can’t get you a network-wide ban. You want to go around and behave like a classless ass, go to Deadspin or something. It’s not welcome here.
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
I still find it unbelieveable how someone not on the packers could so vehmently defend favre
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
Again?
Why the hell are Packer fans trolling on DN to begin with? Who gives a flying fuck what a ’queens fan thinks?
probably because his comments are so obscene that they're kinda hard to ignore
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
look at that nasty collic
Oz on Swish HR celeb: "That's the way he is. Good for him, enjoy it. I wish he could do it for me, he was a very horseshit player for me.''
A rebuttal would imply that the above article was written in
response to something. Chrissy’s latest screed wasn’t a rebuttal for anything. He’ll write an article with a headline like that, and then spend the entire thread complaining about how people call him on it.
How this guy is a moderator is beyond me.
Ted Glover really should be the head guy at DN.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Possibly hiking up Mount Marcy during the weekend of October 23-24. State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 31, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Chrissy Gates is a regular reader of this site
but he will never, ever post here.
by TarHeelHawk on Oct 31, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
No.
Ted Glover is the man on DN. We do get some pretty good Viking fans around here (JShore, Purple Jesus, grime, and lifelongvike) though. It’s the trolls that we have a huge problem with.
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 1, 2010 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
And this post is taken down this morning
Second angry diatribe Gonzo has written this season that was then taken down
I'm guessing they didn't appreciate him threatening
a network-wide ban. Pulling rank doesn’t work outside your own yard, Chrissy.
You really think he gives a damn about his teammates?
The only reason he bothers showing up each week is to pad his stats and keep his streak alive (both of which Peyton Manning will surpass, and he’ll probably add another ring to his total). bert farve can’t get enough of bert farve.
Excellent comment as usual, TSSC
Rec’d. For me I can’t shake the last several years of heartbreak Favre left me with, from the pick in the 2007 NFC Championship in overtime (or the lame duck in the 4th and 26 game a couple years before, take your pick) to last year’s smug look while sweeping us. This whole calendar year has been a wonderful exercise in schadenfreude from the Saints’ NFC Championship game, to the Vikings struggling, our victory last week, and now this. I was about 20 years old when the Raider games happened, I think, and very very young when the Super Bowl happened. Negative memories tend to stick a lot more in sports than positive ones unless they were recent, especially when you feel legitimately like there were so many chances to have won more… 2003 and 2007 are excellent examples of that.
The more vitrolic the post by Gates,
the less I can take him seriously. I mean a ban from SBNation. Come on… if you’re going to make threats at least make reasonable ones. This is just getting silly now.
All is vanity.
War casualty . . .
Ever read/see The English Patient? (Spoiler alert) Where the guy betrays England for his love? Favre is like the war hero who betrays his country for his love (himself).
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
He’s also very proud of his little soldier, from what I hear
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Zing!
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Possibly hiking up Mount Marcy during the weekend of October 23-24. State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 31, 2010 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
You know what really bothered me
the media attention that Ladainian Tomlinson got for talking up Vince Lombardi to his team. Sorry, Vince Lombardi’s our guy.
"Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you." -Mel Brooks
Vince would have loved our defense today...
… but probably not our running game.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Good point.
He would have liked the seal Bulaga got on Jackson’s 8 yard run though.
“You get a seal here and a seal here and run the ball… IN THE ALLEY.”
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 31, 2010 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
Question to my Tweeps…do any of you have the expertise where if I give you an IP address, you can trace it to its source? #justcurious
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
Who wrote that one?
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
chrissy on his twitter
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
Then I ain't helpin'
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
im worried about the kickoff coverage
i dont know what happend to crosby but hes really bad this year. Masthay kickoff in college and did really well against the chiefs in teh preseason i think we need to improve
crosby has not been really bad this year
he missed a fg in the wind and had a kickoff into the wind fall a little bit short
4 hours 5 minutes? Is that all? Buehrle coulda pitched three CGs and the bottom of the 14th in Houston by then. FTMFYITA! - RWShow
i was talking about kickoffs
hes ranked 29th in field position
I think thats more
of poor coverage in special teams and less him not kicking it far enough
by Goldenarmadillo4 on Oct 31, 2010 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
He also missed against the Bears and Dolphins,
and you don’t need me to tell you those were both 3-point losses.
yea but i ll cut him slack today
the wind was bad but his kickoffs scare the hell outta me no hang time no touchbacks they get a huge return every week
we shut out the jets
without al harris, atari bigsby, ryan pickett, nick barnett, and several backups as well as cullen jenkins/clay matthews not at full speed. this team is gonna be scary good when we are healthy
shut the front door!
They're good enough to still win the division
this season, and I think that’s what they’ll do. They might get it at 10-6, but Green Bay is going to win the division.
by TarHeelHawk on Oct 31, 2010 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Defense was awesome
The defense won us this game straight up. Masthay n the ST was on fire today too. But McCarthy needs to stop BS-ing with all the deep throws that dont do anything but get batted down or nearly INTed. I mean seriously, our offense has been great for years because of all the short slants n short passes that are basically like a extended runs. Last year we struggled early on because MM kept throwing deep but once we got back to the short passes we were on fire. Virtually all the 1st downs we picked up today was from a short slant type pass. MM needs to stop calling hail marys n go back to the basics of the west coast offense because our defense isn’t always gonna be able to save our asses.
by Katsuya89 on Oct 31, 2010 10:26 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Thats on Rodgers!
Most plays in the playbook have one reciever going deep to stretch the field vertically! Its on Rodgers to decide who is the best option and throw it to him! Your criticism should go to Rodgers for poor decision making if thats the case!!!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
If that's the case
It’s still at least partially on McCarthy as he needs to get in Rodger’s ear about not throwing the ball downfield all the time.
Towlieppan: "You wanna throw high?"
Unless those were the best options!
Then there is no one to blame… Just that the execution wasn’t perfect!
You've been Stroh'd!!!
If the deep option is the best option as many times as Rodgers has been throwing it
Then I do question why we’re calling those types of plays. I’m sure the blame is divided between Rodgers and McCarthy somehow, but I’m not sure who deserves more.
Towlieppan: "You wanna throw high?"
Yeah…I do think Rodgers needs his share of the blame for these deep passes in short yardage situations. Look I am agreeing with you here…mark it in your book :-)
I think some of them are playcalling (i’ve seen a few where there are no short options) and some are Rodgers just not taking what is there, and others where the D just did a good job and didn’t give us the short stuff. There is some blame to go all around on this one.
We got away from what was successful, IMO.
I can’t remember how many facepalms I did after Rodgers threw a deep pass (which was usually incomplete). Deep passes in foul winds like that will almost NEVER work. No matter how strong your QB’s arm is. We should have done some things differently that game, but what’s most important is that the Packers got a W out of the deal.
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 1, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I am starting to like Favre again...
I think he’s actually singlehandedly tanking the Vikings this year…maybe this was the plan all along, Show up, lead them to the playoffs and get everyone behind them and then choke it all away. Then be lead back to Minny like royalty only to absolutely suck and ruin everything and lead them into rebuilding!
I’m not really starting to like him again but man I don’t hate him as much this year cause of how things are going…its almost funny!
Good point
He’s really making a lot of Vikings fans/organization/coaches look pretty dumb. I think they would have been better off picking up McNabb. Speaking of which . . .
Do you think the Vikings go for McNabb or Vick for 2011? Time for the sarcasm font here – I know Childress has a great record developing QBs but do they really have time? Or do they feel like if they don’t win and win now they’ll be leaving town?
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions
They have delayed progression of their own QBs
about a couple decades with what they’ve done.
I really don’t think Joe Webb will ever see the field in a Viking jersey. Tavaris Jackson’s only shot is if Farve is hurt.
I could really see them take Ricky Stanzi; he’s fairly local and they probably will have loads of film on him.
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 1, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Bertt don't get ALL the credit for that. LOL.
He’s really making a lot of Vikings fans/organization/coaches look pretty dumb.
TT bashers - turning my stomach since 2005!
The glass is way more than half-full!
It feels even better
when you think about how much collective pain we would be in right now if Favre was still a Packer. We would all feel so broken and sad that Favre was finally no good anymore, but Rodgers would be long gone, so we would keep letting Favre’s zombie carcass play anyways.
by Puddleglumed on Oct 31, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Zombie Favre?
Why do you mention this great idea AFTER Halloween?!?!
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
This game was crazy
The whole game I was waiting for that ONE big play that ruined it for us and they never got it. Our D stepped up big. The INTs were a little sketchy. Not sure how I feel about them, I am sure if it was going the other way they would piss me off but I think the refs made the right call on the review on the first one…you CAN’T reverse it cause of the call on the field. That was looked like more of a pick than the Woodson one did but if you look at the rules about a player maintaining possession throughout the catch and to the ground you could argue that if either player lost the ball as they hit the ground that it would be an incomplete so why wouldn’t it be a pick?
Mathshay is the MVP…no way you can single out any one D player and he was absolute MONEY all game. He has to get it. Jennings and Nelson shouldn’t even be in the conversation with anyone off the D. No one on the offense should be in there in my book. I’ll let Jennings slide cause he made some clutch plays but not Jordy.
Was Jennings matched up against Revis much?
I like what he said about going trick-or-treating on Revis Island. But mostly I want him to have played well against Revis so Rex Ryan may finally shut up about Revis/Woodson.
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll give Jordy credit for holding on to passes and making first downs
That’s a huge improvement over his play up until this game. He seems to have the instincts for creating space, but his concentration has been lacking up until now. I don’t believe he’s the MVP of this game, but he does deserve some recognition for his efforts during it.
Let’s see if he regresses next week.
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
Local news just made a point of saying hit on Favre was legal
Will it be acknowledge by the rest of “Viking nation”?
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:47 PM CDT reply actions
The local news lost the game for the Vikings.
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
It could have been anyone who lost that game
Anyone but the Vikings, of course
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Bad day for local news.
Losing the game for the Vikes then getting banned from DN…when will this downward spiral stop?
by Bush League All Star on Nov 1, 2010 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Obviously, when Randy Moss is cut by the Vikings and signed by the Packers
as a FA this season.
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 1, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
He actually was amazing after the New England game.
He was far, far classier than DN. Like 1,000,000,000 times classier.
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 1, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I actually think
Moss is a Patriot in 2011 after his PC yesterday. How awesome would that be… they essentially trade a 3rd round pick for like 12 games and end up w/ him again… talk about a huge slap in the face to minnesota
by Goldenarmadillo4 on Nov 1, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Source?
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 1, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
http://www.nfl.com/
breaking news banner at the top
by Goldenarmadillo4 on Nov 1, 2010 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
There was debate as to whether or not the hit was legal?
Favre got hit in the chest, not the helmet.
Who in the world is debating that? geez…like they don’t have enough to complain about with the performance their team has had lately!
I'll give you one chance to guess who is debating it...
Hint: The post was removed from a certain site…!
by Bush League All Star on Nov 1, 2010 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Answer:
Vikings
Record vs. NFL Opponents: 2-5
Record vs. Officiating (apparently): 0-2, maybe more?
Record vs. Local Media: 0-1
Record vs. Intelligence: TBD
by Bush League All Star on Nov 1, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
LoL
At least they are doing good against them. Local news sucks this year, they need a better draft next year.
by Bush League All Star on Nov 1, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Hope we break the Pat's winning streak at home.
If the Colts or Jets don’t. Can’t wait for the Dallas game :D
They want power. We want respect...
We should be able to get the passing game going against the Patriots
but I worry about the kickoffs
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, unless the weather gets out of control.
They want power. We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 31, 2010 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
The best thing about next week might be
no more political ads. Wooooooo!
by I voted for Kodos on Oct 31, 2010 10:59 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Amen.
Vote for _______________ 2010! JK’ing…
by Bush League All Star on Oct 31, 2010 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Not "might be" but "will be"
I ****ing loathe political campaign ads.
by Charlie Kelly on Nov 1, 2010 6:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Thank goodness!
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Possibly hiking up Mount Marcy during the weekend of October 23-24. State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Nov 1, 2010 6:43 AM CDT up reply actions
As a Lions fan I probably should not be saying this but...good win.
I appreciate good, hard nosed defence and your guys certainly showed that today.
I am really looking forward to our rematch with you guys in December. On my birthday no less.
I'm actually going to that game
just got my tickets last night… so Happy Birthday and hopefully thats all you get from me for your birthday lol
by Goldenarmadillo4 on Nov 1, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
sorry-ass Jets!
Being a jets fan, I should know better than to think that they wouldn’t self-destruct at some point. Fake punt on 4th and 20……Geeez!
I bow to the Packer’s superiority and grovel at the feet of all Packer fans. And unlike Viqueen fans will not whine about the officials. the Jet offense was crap and the Packers D played out of their heads.
Good luck in the East
You guys should be playing well into January
I, for one, didn’t think our D was capable (especially with the injuries we’ve had) of putting on a performance like that. I have been impressed with Sanchez, though the last 2-3 games now it looks like 2009 Sanchez is creeping back in. The pressure clearly shakes him and the WRs didn’t do ANY favors for him.
What is your feeling on the picks? How about on your site? ARe people pissed about the 2 INTs the Packers guys ripped away?
This
is how real fans congratulate the other team. Thanks Egbert. I’ll echo Danwood’s comment by saying you should do well in your division and playoffs. It was an off day for your guys. Lord knows we’ve had a few this year. Good luck!
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