Recap: Everything Goes Wrong For Green Bay in 19-14 Loss to Kansas City

to answer any more questions about going unbeaten. Clinching homefield against the Bears will have to do.

The bar I watched the game on didn’t have the sound on so I don’t know the extent of the injury. Is he gone for the season?

Lets get healthy for playoffs and hopefully win the next two but not concern ourselves too much with it

crush the Bears next week to ensure homefield if the Niners do win tomorrow. Then rest the starters against Detroit. No need to play Rodgers or any of the offensive line and risk injury against that dirty squad.

Never really played other than a few games of Madden, and I tend to get mesmerized by the ball so I don’t often follow what’s going on with the offensive/defensive line matchups, but I’ve been trying to pay attention to that more lately, and am I wrong in thinking that loss could almost be directly pinned on Newhouse? I didn’t see one play where he looked like a solid lineman, even when he was actually blocking his guy he was backed right into Rodgers face.

However, I almost feel a sense of relief after that loss. It really sucked, but I hated the stress of being undefeated, although I really would have loved to see them have an undefeated season.

if the chiefs would have fired haley and promoted orton as soon as they got him, they’d be in the playoff hunt. that’s not a bad football team we lost to today. even with all their injuries.

here’s my feelings on the game. First of all, the offense came out flat as a pancake, but they still had a chance to win the game. Second, there’s no way this loss can be put on the defense. When the other team has the ball for 36 minutes, you can’t expect the D to have much left at the end. Third, what’s most concerning to me is that Rodgers seems to be fading a bit towards the finish line. You can blame the receivers or the weather or whatever you want, but he was just plain inaccurate today and has been since the Tampa game. Fourth, I would’ve conceded the game after Bulaga went out. I’m sure I will get butchered for saying so, but my feeling is that they only have to win 1 out of three games maybe to set themselves up for the playoffs. I realize they were going for perfection and all, and you normally don’t pull your starters with the game still on the line, but there is a bigger picture here. Rodgers should’ve come out in the 4th QTR, especially with the pressure KC was getting all day.

There was a silver lining in the game though. I was impressed with the Grant’s running today. He put up a 5.5 YPC against a decent rush defense, so maybe that part is finally starting to come around. Either way, this loss does nothing but take off the pressure, and after the next few days of hearing about how they choked away the perfect season, this team can slide right back under the radar where they seem more comfortable. I fully expect to see a different team from here on out.

Maybe they can come fired up for the rest of the year.

has scared me all yr. and going into the playoffs with the D sucking and AR cooling off doesnt do much to lessen those fears.

Im happy

But I"m not worried. I still think they’re the best team in the NFL and I think they’re the best bet to win the Super Bowl.

But let’s not ignore that the defense deserves some of the blame. Sure, not as much as the offense. They only gave up 19 points, but that was to a team that hadn’t score more than 10 points since the end of October. KC had the ball over 36 minutes, partially because the offense couldn’t get going but also because the defense couldn’t stop them until they got in the red zone.

This game seemed to me to be a bad effort from everyone not named Masthay.

Overall I’m thrilled with the team this season. Still am confident. Now we can stop wondering about perfection and just win a 2nd straight Super Bowl.

GO PACK GO!

need to get Newhouse out of the starting lineup and get Clifton and Bulaga healthy again.

I refuse to blame the officials for today’s Packer game. The Packers did everything they could do to lose and were lucky it was only 19-14.

The fact that the officials did not review an apparent fumble through the endzone is not the only reason the Packers lost. They lost because of an inability to catch passes and play clean football.

ROGER IS OVARATED CUT WOODSON THEY WILL NEVER WIN AGAIN

I think the loss goes on the offense but the notion that the defense is “fine” is pretty off, imo. They basically can’t stop a nose bleed, and really haven’t been able to all season. I know we force turnovers but what happens when a team pounds the ball, and their QB makes smart decisions?

I fully expect the offense to look better with Jennings returning and hopefully Clifton and maybe then the offense will be able to cover up our horrendous defense but it’d sure be nice if they could just get like 3 or 4 stops a game. The Chiefs put together a great game plan offensively and might have shown others how to play us. They pounded the run game, and then gave Orton some safe plays when he needed to throw. If I were an O-coordinator I’d tell my QB to not take any chances and make sure I help him do so with my play calling. There will definitely be teams who can execute that kind of game plan against us too, imo. (Falcons, Giants, Saints)

It was like 50 degrees there today

And although I’ll never admit to cheering for the Packers ( :P ), I’m hoping they get to the Super Bowl well before the Saints ever do. Good luck to you guys the rest of the way, and I mean that in as respectful a way as possible.

We were successful this season in large because of McCarthy’s coaching, but I blame McCarthy for this loss. The play calling was simply atrocious. Specifically abandoning the run (which was working), then going to the shotgun formation to pass. The Chiefs knew what we were going to do every time, so they out played us and out coached us. Had McCarthy stuck more with the running game and opened up the playaction in the 2nd Half, we possibly could have won this game. When the defense knows what the offense is doing on 75% of its plays, the pass rushers are gaining an extra half second to its advantage. Therefore, McCarthy didn’t give Newhouse much of a chance in blocking Hali. I don’t know why he abandoned the run when it was working, but I would assume he was desperately trying to get Rodgers into a rhythm. This move came as a big failure. It’s nothing to be down about though. Yeah, McCarthy laid an egg against KC, but he has been solid all season for us. Simply put, you can’t win them all. Bad games are bound to happen. It’s better now than in the playoffs.

Also, I’m still waiting for the defense to step up. They were not getting off the field on 3rd downs. Our offense didn’t do them any favors, but they weren’t getting it done at any point in the game except in the Red Zone. Props to them to limiting most of the Chiefs drives to only field goals, but when they are consistently moving the chains, these games will happen. This is ultimately why so many of us fans are concerned about the defense. Now you know why, because we just lost to a team that won’t make the playoffs.

It’s one loss though. We played bad. Plain and simple. Next up is beating Chicago.

The results across the league yesterday showed how difficult maintaining an emotional level required to win week after week can be in the NFL. Case in point: the Texans secured the first playoff spot in team history last week, and promptly lost to the winless Colts this week, and got kicked pretty good to boot.

Fairly similar conditions for the Packers. Recently clinched the division, clinched a first round bye, playing on the road against a non-conference opponent. The Packers came out flat against a fired-up team looking to be the first to beat the Pack.

I can live with this one as long as the Pack rebounds to defeat the Bears and clinch home field throughout the playoffs. With Detroit’s win yesterday coupled with Cowboy, Giant, and Bear losses, Detroit may have a wild card clinched next week with a win. Week 17 Packers – Lions may be meaningless for both teams.