Game 11: Titans @ Packers - Thursday, November 17th 7:15 PM

[MrTPlush]

Allen Lazard flat out quits because he was covered. At least work back or do something dude…

[adambr2]

That was absolutely terrible. 

[HarveysWBs]

Can’t make this up. D plays like poo for three quarters, but balls out in the 4th and the offense (mainly Rodgers) decides, “well, guess this bed isn’t going to crap itself.”

[yourout]

And that's the game.

[adambr2]

Lol, that was so predictable.

Looks like we were so busy from beating our chests from beating Dallas on Sunday that we forgot that we've generally looked like trash all season and resumed looking like trash tonight. 

[yourout]

Nineman blocked no one.

[MrTPlush]

1 minute ago, yourout said:

Nineman blocked no one.

He helped clog up the hole…I honestly couldn’t believe that. 
 

Almost as sad as our WRs 80 yards away as Rodgers scrambled. If he broke another tackle the WRs would have glitched out of the stadium.

These guys are poorly coached.

[yourout]

Just now, MrTPlush said:

He helped clog up the hole…I honestly couldn’t believe that. 

If he blocks the guy in the outside that's the first down.

[HarveysWBs]

Well, no one covered themselves in glory here, but if we’re in the mood for mid season changes, I see no reason to keep Barry around this week. What are we really trying to do? We need a miracle table run now for this season to mean anything anyway, so might as well shuffle the deck. And after this year, who knows what we’ll have.  Might as well get a good look at some new defensive blood.

[MrTPlush]

Just now, yourout said:

If he blocks the guy in the outside that's the first down.

Pushing your guy into one defensive lineman and leaving two other guys untouched to your right is probably not a recipe for success.

[adambr2]

Great call by Tennessee to pass on 1st down there, because there was 2:04 left the clock would have stopped after the play regardless of whether it was a run or incomplete pass. 

But, because we're stupid and poorly coached, we never considered that. 

[yourout]

3 minutes ago, MrTPlush said:

He helped clog up the hole…I honestly couldn’t believe that. 
 

Almost as sad as our WRs 80 yards away as Rodgers scrambled. If he broke another tackle the WRs would have glitched out of the stadium.

These guys are poorly coached.

Yep no one will ever accuse the Packers of being well coached right now.

[yourout]

Honest question. If MLF was cut loose at the end of the season do you think anyone would rush to hire him as a head coach right now?

[HarveysWBs]

400 yards and 27 points to one of the worst offenses in football, at home, in a game you have to have, with first rounders everywhere.  Heads have to roll for that. Period.

[HarveysWBs]

Just now, yourout said:

Honest question. If MLF was cut loose at the end of the season do you think anyone would rush to hire him as a head coach right now?

Yes.  Off the top of my head, if I’m the Chargers, I can’t get his agent on the phone fast enough in that scenario.

I don’t think the Packers will or should cut bait on MLF. But if they did, and if Rodgers wants to run it back one more time, I think Sean Payton is the guy. No matter how much it takes.

[Sixtolezcano]

3 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

400 yards and 27 points to one of the worst offenses in football, at home, in a game you have to have, with first rounders everywhere.  Heads have to roll for that. Period.

Probably just in 2-3 years.

[homer]

I knew that 4th and 1 play was gonna be a run and I knew it was gonna get stuffed. 

[wallus]

All of the people that just love being negative about the Packers have been so happy lately. It has been a long run of success for sure.

[UpandIn]

4 hours ago, HarveysWBs said:

Well, no one covered themselves in glory here, but if we’re in the mood for mid season changes, I see no reason to keep Barry around this week. What are we really trying to do? We need a miracle table run now for this season to mean anything anyway, so might as well shuffle the deck. And after this year, who knows what we’ll have.  Might as well get a good look at some new defensive blood.

I'm not even looking for a miracle, I'd just like to see how Grey does. 

For a TINY second there was MAYBE some hope with a TNF game at home that we'd win 2 in a row, get a bye and then...who knows. But this sealed it. Philly is the worst matchup for us. We don't have Gary. 

Lets see if Grey can get the secondary to communicate better, to cover, get more out of Savage...just see what the young guys have.

Good time for Rodgers to let that thumb heal up for a few weeks. Let Love play. 

We REALLY have to find out if some of these young guys can be part of next years team. 

 

Positives-Bakh and Jenkins both played, both looked good for the most part. 
-We've been disabused of the idea that this team is going on a run in the most winnable NFC in years.
-Watson made a couple more plays(his sister is getting a little cocky online talking about she needs to ask her brother what type of bag he uses to carry this team, so she seems like she's going to be annoying for a while, but I'll take the trade off). 

Sammy Watkins should be gone. At least try Travis Fulgham or whatever it is. He can't be worse. 
Toure looked like he could get open. 
-Quay and Enagbare looked...good at times. 

Negatives
-None. We know this team isn't good, a win here would have just hurt draft position(even though I can't actually root for that during the game). 12th pick at the moment and could easily end up top 10. That could be an instant impact player.

I guess the seeming lack of heart effort and Vrabel saying "the more physical team is going to win," and then proving that to be absolutely correct. 

 

This team has WAY too much talent even now to be this bad. 

[UpandIn]

3 hours ago, wallus said:

All of the people that just love being negative about the Packers have been so happy lately. It has been a long run of success for sure.

Yeah, no question about that. This team is bad, but you can tell the people who revel in it and those who are just frustrated by it.

This has just been a nightmare year. From Adams leaving, to Watson struggling early, Bakh and Jenkins struggling, Gary going down. 

4 hours ago, HarveysWBs said:

Yes.  Off the top of my head, if I’m the Chargers, I can’t get his agent on the phone fast enough in that scenario.

I don’t think the Packers will or should cut bait on MLF. But if they did, and if Rodgers wants to run it back one more time, I think Sean Payton is the guy. No matter how much it takes.

I think the Saints were talking about 1st round picks for Payton. He's under contract through 2024 with them. For some reason I think each year he's out counts vs a player where they are just under control forever if they don't finish out the contract. 

I think Rodgers has to commit to 2 more years if the Packers are going to try and re-load again next year(pushing the cap purgatory further down and through Love's 4 years). 

[UpandIn]

4 hours ago, yourout said:

Honest question. If MLF was cut loose at the end of the season do you think anyone would rush to hire him as a head coach right now?

Yes. I really do. 

He has been really good 3 years. This year was just a confluence of events that...was awful. I think a lot of teams would be in a rush to hire him. 

I don't think he's the problem(though...as the HC, he deserves the blame). But if Aaron Rodgers is just...average QB accurate tonight on 3-4 BIG completions over the Middle, the Packers very possibly win this one. The 4th down to Watkins. The play on 1st and 20 when he missed Lazard throwing it 2 feet over our 6'5 WRers head. Then another to Lazard and...IDR, at least one more. 

Thumb has to be bothering him. He had pretty good protection. Guys were getting open(compared to the rest of the season). 

It'd be nice to get Hackett back next year, get a real DC like we got a real STC(despite a blocked kick). 

 

An article about Johnny Grey possibly taking over for Barry that I just found googling, "Packers potential DC 2023."

There's too much talent to be this average or bad depending on the week. I did like the 4 DL this game. I didn't like Savage in man on Treylon Burks, but...whatever. Going to bed. Taking friends up to the cabin tomorrow so they can go Deer hunting and I can drink beer and sleep in!

I'll commiserate next week!

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I just get the sense watching them that they are a smidge too inexperienced and young in too many key roles to win consistently. They're talented enough to keep games close but just cannot get over that hump. The huge injuries have made it that much tougher. It stinks to have an off year with a 39 year old QB but that's what it looks like to me. Yes there's been bad coaching and probably some dismissive roster construction but they have just got too many bad breaks. 

[OldHeidelberg]

I knew listening to pregame when they talked about the type of team the Titans are this one would be tough. Just like how we have lost home playoff games over the years, we are a soft team that doesn't win in the trenches enough. Basically, if we don't have an elite passing game we become very beatable in the Favre/Rodgers era. It's hard to blame them for building the team like that with HOF QB's but maybe it's time for a change. The bend but don't break D schemes leave them on the field too long, we blame the O for 3 and outs when the D needs a break but they wouldn't need it if they didn't just give up 15 play 8 minute drives. What a disappointing team, cleaning house wouldn't be a bad idea but the Packers don't change that quickly. I like the Sean Payton idea.