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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:36 pm
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Graham from Albuquerque, NM
Vic, how does this Packers team compare to the 2011 Packers? I
feel like aside from the Week 1 game when Matt Forte ran all
over, the defense looks a lot more well-rounded. I also like the
blitz packages with Clay Mathews.
The 2011 team was a one-trick pony, but that one trick was
something the rest of the league couldn�t solve until late in
the season; that�s how dominant it was. The Packers� pass
offense in 2011 was third in yards and first in touchdowns. The
offense was No. 3 in yards overall, but a lowly 27th in rushing.
Defensively, the Packers were No. 32 in total yards, No. 32 in
passing yards and 14th against the run. This team has it all.
The Packers are No. 3 in rushing, No. 8 in total defense and No.
7 in pass defense. The No. 21 run-defense ranking is the result
of one bad half against Forte. The thing that really jumps out
at me is the Packers� passing game, the team�s true calling
card, is No. 21, beneath both the Packers� rushing offense and
overall defense. That�s the difference between 2011 and now.
There is nothing about the �11 team and this team that are
similar, except the records.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:40 pm
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Richard from Canton, GA
Coach Vic gets picked as the head coach of a new franchise.
Obviously, Coach Vic believes in draft and develop. How long
before that philosophy becomes rooted? If he became head coach
of an existing team and tried to instill draft and develop, how
long would that take?
There isn�t going to be a new franchise, so allow me to skip
that question and move on to the existing team. Does Coach Vic
have a clean cap and a full complement of draft picks? If he
does, and if he has a quarterback around whom he can rebuild the
roster, Coach Vic should put a winner on the field within a
couple of years. If he has a clean cap and a full complement of
draft picks but one of those picks needs to be used on a
quarterback of the future, Coach Vic needs three years of
patience before he can be expected to win. If it�s a complete
cut and gut, with a bad cap, Coach Vic will take the job but
rent a house instead of buying one. If it�s a complete cut and
gut, with a bad cap and lacking a full complement of draft
picks, Coach Vic will keep his job as editor of packers.com.
Understand this, there is no patience beyond three years,
regardless of the circumstances. I remember doing a conference
call with Bum Phillips when he was in his first year as head
coach of the Saints. I asked him how long he expected the
rebuild would take, four years? He said, �If it takes that long,
somebody else will be doing it.� I loved that man. He was a
great interview.
#Post#: 247202--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:42 pm
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Paul from Muncie, IN
Every week, opponents seem to talk about all the ways they
prepare to not jump offside against Rodgers. Has he created a
hesitancy that gives his linemen a split-second advantage
getting off the line?
Yes. I think what he�s doing is wonderful, but I think it�s
important to keep those types of things in perspective. You
don�t ever want to count on tricks to win. That�s when people
stop blocking and tackling.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:46 pm
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Scott from St. Augustine, FL
Vic, fellow St. Augustine resident Lindy Infante just passed. Is
there a good Lindy story you could share?
We have a mutual friend, Matt Robinson, who played quarterback
for Coach Infante when he coached the Jacksonville Bulls. Matt
arranged a couple of golf games that gave me an opportunity to
meet and talk with Coach Infante. Mostly, we talked about our
days together in the AFC Central, when I was covering the
Steelers and Coach Infante was the Browns� offensive
coordinator. I thought he was the best coordinator in the
league, and I was sure the Packers had made the right choice
when they hired him to be their head coach. He spoke some of his
time in Green Bay. Most of the conversation, as I remember it,
was about Tony Mandarich and the impact his selection had on
Coach Infante�s time in Green Bay. I�ll remember Coach Infante
for the work he did with Bernie Kosar, and for being one of the
finest offensive minds in all of coaching.
Atrocious at drafting, though. drafted a PK in round 1.
#Post#: 247205--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:48 pm
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Mark from Toronto, Ontario
Why is everyone so eager to see screens? They are beautiful when
they work, but disastrous when they don�t. Why worry about
screens if we can beat them right up the middle?
I�ve come to realize Packers fans love screen passes as much as
they love beer and brats. This fan base is absolutely gaga about
screens and deceptives, as Mike McCarthy calls them. The Randall
Cobb and Ty Montgomery out of the backfield thing causes my
inbox to giggle. Me? I like to push the ball down an opponent�s
throat. That�s what makes me giggle.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:52 pm
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Scott from Sauk City, WI
Do you ever get to share your opinions with Coach McCarthy? I
know the Packers and their staffers have devoted the entire week
to studying film on the Rams, but someone who knows Coach Fisher
as well as you do obviously notices his penchant for running
trick plays. Do you get to call up Coach McCarthy and tell him
to remind his players to be extra alert? Or would you get
laughed out of his office if you tried something like that?
After he got done laughing, he�d call security. Scott, in this
digital world, all Coach McCarthy would have to do is call his
video guy and request a video of all the trick plays Coach
Fisher has used since this video capability existed, and Coach
McCarthy would hear the ding in his computer in short order. In
the old days, coaches would have to talk to other coaches to
know when a trick play was used, and then they�d order their
video guy to hunt through the film of that game to find the
play. Yesterday, I asked Coach Zook about Coach Fisher�s trick
plays, and Coach Zook immediately talked of the fake punt the
Rams used against the Steelers two weeks ago. Coach Zook knew
the down and distance, the field location, the formation and
what happened on the play. Nothing gets past these guys. These
players are prepared for everything, but knowing it and doing it
aren�t the same thing.
Sad to see this guy is from Wisconsin.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:56 pm
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Joshua from Modesto, CA
It always seems you aren�t much on stats, but you have been
pulling out rankings lately. Where do you go for your stats?
The league provides a stats pack. It includes everything you
could ever want to know. I pore through it looking for stats
that tell the truth. The Packers� run-defense ranking, in my
opinion, doesn�t tell the truth. It�s skewed by one half of
football. So, instead of using that ranking, I refer to what the
defense has done most recently against Lynch, Charles, Hyde and
Kaepernick. The Packers� defensive ranking last year was not
indicative of how it was playing in the second half of the
season. A bad first half of the season doomed the overall
ranking. So, what do I do, use the overall ranking to tell my
readers how the Packers defense was playing two months ago? What
good is that?
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 5:59 pm
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this issue perplexes fans as it does.
Robert from Aiken, SC
According to the rules, a player may not bat or punch: (b) A
ball in player possession. That means the initial punch out was
also illegal, as is every swat, punch or slap, or any hitting of
a ball in possession at all. Stripping is pulling or ripping the
ball out; any other means is illegal, according to the rule,
yes?
Tell me when you�ve seen that rule enforced. Do you remember the
�around the world� rule? It was in the rulebook for eons, but I
only ever saw it applied once, and the official that did it was
reprimanded because, as I was told, �Mike (Pereira) doesn�t want
it called that way.� I didn�t like the rule, either, but a rule
is a rule, right? Or why have a rulebook? Seriously, the
rulebook needs to be re-written. It�s a mess.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 6:45 pm
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HTML http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-ask-vic-extra/article-1/Most-Improved-Player-through-four-games-Read-Vics-chat/71c2d1b5-80a3-4567-bd7d-5e92a4815f68
More :Ask Vic.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 9, 2015, 7:09 pm
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Green Bay Packers safety Sean Richardson is reportedly expected
to miss the rest of the 2015 season after suffering a serious
neck injury for the second time in his career.
Continue for updates.
Richardson's Future in Question After Setback
Friday, Oct. 9
Tom Silverstein of the Journal Sentinel reported the safety
suffered a herniated disk in his neck below where he previously
had fusion surgery. It's a situation that could threaten his
career given the prior issues in the affected area.
It's unclear exactly how the setback occurred. Richardson played
in last week's game against the San Francisco 49ers. He wasn't
listed on the injury report until Thursday, when he started to
experience pain and was sent for an MRI, according to the
report.
Rob Demovsky of ESPN noted the Packers changed Richardson's
status to out for their Week 5 clash with the St. Louis Rams.
The team didn't immediately update his long-term availability,
though.
Crap. Another starter down for the season. Next man up.
Banjo. Step right up, young man.
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