Packers Game Ball Recap: Lions Upset Packers, 7-3

Masthey wasn’t on there so i didn’t vote…

I abstain from voting. It’s my freedom as an American!

he was the only person the didn’t fail us

Different circumstances this time, but I will stand by my previously attacked viewpoint that the Packers must find a better way and better flow of information in their play-challenge system.

Another deadly cold start on offense. This teams inability to get into a game time flow and rhythm represents serious flaws in preparation and warm up procedures. Just like last week, they looked like the just woke up and got out of bed.
McCarthy? I have been losing confidence.

I believe it might be in Pack’s best interest for next year to get a better back-up to Rodgers. I’m sorry Matt Flynn, but those off passes and couple non-spiral balls don’t add up to NFL caliber. For now i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt being rusty and not getting alot of reps in practice, but please! Make the throws count! No ducks or behind the receiver!

That said, D was tough at times, but not dominant. DOn’t really need dominance when Rodgers is lighting up the scoreboard. Woe is we who lost ot the Lions.

this game is a microcosm of what ails Green Bay.

It’s very fan like to blame the coach. But I just cannot shake that the Packers record in close games the last few years has been abysmal.

McCarthy’s abject complete refusal to adapt to context has kept the Packers from winning. He obviously has his positives. But like in any management situation there are guy/gals configured to bring certain things and right now McCarthy is NOT the guy for GB. He’s a builder. But he cannot finish.

See it all the time in corporate America. Ted Thompson must do the right thing and after another lost season explain to Mike that someone else is needed to help the team get to the next level.

2010 is a lost season not due to injury but due to a coach who is off the charts stubborn.

It is legitimately one of the most bizarre things I have ever witnessed as a football fan.

… especially by the Gs/C on offensive line, ok the Lions have a very good D-line, but we got seriously outplayed in the thrences today. Jennings had a terrible drop/tip (that got intercepted) very unlike him.

The defense, played really well again, so this loss had nothing to do with them.

The problem however is deeper than a play here and a play there.
Injuries ? well, we’re surely hurting, but the Lions has as many, if not more key injuries, and they’re not all that good to begin with. Losing Rodgers surely didn’t help, but still.

This game shows clearly why McCarthy should get in the unemployment line with Wade Phillips and Chilly. He clearly has problems getting the players “ready to paly”, he’s a terrible playcaller, the deep pass on 4th&1 was just the iceing on the cake.In the WCO you use your bread&butter, short and intermediate throws to open up the deep shots, not the other way around like McCarthy calls it, and especially when you have trouble protecting your QB, you start w short throws and screen passes (oh, the ones he called worked pretty well).
Rodgers, was a bit indecisive today, and he had a real brainfart when h chose to dive and not slide, and somebody has to force him to wear a mouthpiece, this is his 2nd concussion in about 3 months, this could be a serious problem.

The “no callenge” on the Jennings play, was definatly a good decission not to challenge, the last view before comercials showed the ball clearly hit the ground, it would have been a wastet timeout, good decissions, but still not enough to save his job (IMO)

Oh, and we need a big, powerfull RB!!!! we play in the NFC North, and we will face foul weather several times, the fancy-smancy stuff might work in a dome, or early in the season, but come december and eventually playoffs, you need some big guys to pound the ball, especially when it’s cold and windy.
Face it, even though TT has built a really good defense, he has failed big time in getting Rogders a running game to lean on, and decent protection, doesn’t help one bit to have great recievers when your QB is sacked, this becomes even more of a problem since Rodgers has a tendency to hold the ball too long. Bulaga will eventually be good, but it will take a year or two, and still, we need 4 others on the O-line.

I can understand Flynn struggling, but for gods sake – the short pass was working the whole time on that final possession. Packers call timeout, and then call a run play that goes nowhere? What the hell was that? If there was any one call on that drive that lost the game, it was that one. The only thing it accomplished was to kill time that the team desperately needed.

The long ball on 4th and 1 was stupid, but we’ve McCarthy pull that crap before. There is a time to be conservative, and a time to chuck it deep.

If there is silver lining to today, it’s the Bears getting blown out in their own type of game. I’m vomiting as I type this, but go Vikings next week.

It’s the o-line that’s getting pushed around against even marginal fronts that’s killing it. As far as wanting a "big, powerful RB", unless you’re talking about a 250 lb guy like Brandon Jacobs or John Clay, the Packers have power running backs (heck, that’s pretty much all we have right now) in Nance, Starks, Kuhn (ugh) and (next year) Grant.

That 250 lbs RB is exactly what I’m talking about, that’s what we need ! (John Clay would be nice..) Kuhn is good for the 1-2 yd plays, but we need that big guy who can pound and drive for 4-5 consistantly. Nance is not there, Grant is good, but still not the right guy for that job, that 250 lbs RB would be a great change-of-pace back combined with Grant.
Yes, the O-line, especially G/C/G got pushed around, and that’s a problem, but haveing a 250 lbs guy who can break of the first tackle will help.

The clock “issue” was not the problem either, they should chew up as much clock as possible, we had the timeouts, and if that 4th&1 was converted, we could have scored, and left the Lions with virtualy no time left.

You can pin Rodgers getting hurt, and by extension, our best chance of winning, directly on a repeated lack of competent refereeing. The refs have proven that they’re not going to call the calls the same for every QB. You’ve got the Brady/Manning rules, and then you’ve got everyone else.

If the refs had proven that they’re going to be serious and protect the QB from cheap shots like Rodgers had been taking all season on slides, then he probably slides instead of getting concussed. But they haven’t once called any sort of penalty on any defender hitting Rodgers late (especially in the case of his sliding), which is why he didn’t slide when he got rocked.

Granted, the hit was 100% legal, but we did see Suh get flagged for tackling Cutler last week. Flags have been thrown on much lesser hits than that.

The offense took another 4 quarters off, this time in one game and in a row. The game was called fairly IMHO. This loss was well deserved.

but not his run calls. Sure, the O line doesn’t kick ass at run blocking, the backs aren’t spectacular. I just think when you’re getting penetration into the backfield it is very dangerous to run sweeps and delays that can lose you yards if you don’t execute. I think if the run game is struggling, just run the dive when you run so you at least move forward…now obviously you can’t just do that all the time either cuz teams will key off on it, but I only want to see 1 draw and 1 sweep per game, unless they are killing it. The less you use those plays, the more effective they will be.

This game showed exactly what is wrong with the Packers’ offensive line. There was absolutely no control of the middle and left-side gaps. Wells, again, showed that he just isn’t an NFL starting-caliber center, and if anybody played worse than him, it had to be the three-headed failure at LG. While he played better than Wells, Clifton also had an especially bad game, Now, throw in the less-than-mediocre running backs and you can see that the Packers simply aren’t going anywhere, even if they should slip into the playoffs.