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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:22 pm
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Trevor from Uijeongbu, South Korea
Thoroughly enjoyed this win! Aaron Rodgers looked like he was
having fun and toying with the defense a bit. Did you see any
offensive struggles worth noting?
No. I’m sure I’d find them if I looked hard enough, but I’m of
the belief if it doesn’t jump out at me, it’s not worthy of
worry. Nothing jumped out at me. They ran it, they threw it,
they protected the quarterback. If you’re looking for more than
that, you’re going to be disappointed nearly every week.
#Post#: 243194--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:24 pm
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Paul from De Pere, WI
How much harder will making the playoffs be with two preferred
starters lost for the season? Where is the tipping point for the
Packers?
Quarterback is the tipping point. As long as he’s healthy,
you’re healthy.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:26 pm
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Quarterback is the tipping point. As long as he’s healthy,
you’re healthy.
Nathanael from Prague, Czech Republic
Vic, if you appreciate the change of the game, then why does it
make you sad offenses have figured out passing the football is
more productive? Love your column over tea time.
If by appreciate you mean enjoy, who said I enjoy the change of
the game? I hate the change of the game. I love run-the-ball
football. I miss the days of offensive lines firing out low,
hard and in unison. I love road-grader football. I love to see
an offense impose its will with the running game. I don’t care
how many defenders are in the box, block it. Don’t take what
they give you, take what you want. Run it down their throats.
Break their spirit and bow their heads. Now you got me all fired
up and wanting to get into a time machine. Don’t do that again.
#Post#: 243204--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:29 pm
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David from Maribor, Slovenia
Marcus Mariota doesn’t appear at all in the fourth-quarter
passer ratings list. Isn’t it better to have a QB who puts the
game away in three quarters than having to rely on clutch-time
heroics?
You’re afraid of crunch time, aren’t you? You’ll never be my
quarterback. I want a guy who invites crunch time, instead of
trying to avoid it. That put it away in three quarters stuff is
for wimps. Mariota doesn’t appear in the fourth-quarter passer
ratings because he didn’t throw enough passes to qualify, and
that’s because the Titans were protecting a big lead. If you can
count on that happening every week, go for it, but you can’t
count on that happening every week. What you can expect is
having to make plays at crunch time in your pursuit of a
championship, and if you have a quarterback that plays the
smallest when the stakes are the biggest, you have no chance.
When the fourth quarter started on Sunday, with the Packers
holding the ball, I knew the game was over.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:31 pm
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Tom from New York, NY
No worries here! I expect a thorough victory this Sunday night
over the Seahawks. This game will be totally dominated by the
Packers on both sides of the ball. Seattle will leave Lambeau
with a bit more than just a bruised ego.
I’m expecting something more competitive than that. I’m
expecting the Seahawks to come in here with their jaw set and
their game plan committed to running the ball and winning the
battle of the hitting. I’m expecting a Packers defense committed
to that challenge, and a quarterback basking in the opportunity
to put on a show for a national TV audience. I’ve never seen
Aaron Rodgers shy away from the bright lights. All the great
quarterbacks like the bright lights.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:34 pm
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Nick from Long Beach, CA
With Sam Barrington out for the year, does signing Desmond
Bishop make sense?
I’m not a scout. I don’t know where Bishop is physically or
mentally. I’m getting a lot of Bishop and Brandon Spikes in my
inbox. I understand why fans turn to recognizable names, but it
would make more sense to me for a team in need of a linebacker
to turn to its own practice squad or to another team’s practice
squad and find a young, healthy “lion” whose arrow is pointing
up. James Jones was an exception to the rule. He was a guy still
in the game, which meant he had passed physicals and was in
shape to play right away, and he was only a year removed from
having played within your offense. The loss of Barrington is a
challenge. The Packers personnel department will deal with it.
It’s what personnel departments do.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:38 pm
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Tom from Camarillo, CA
I wasn't surprised to see all of the Debbie Downers complain
about the run defense, but did no one see the transformation
McCarthy brought to special teams? Not only the excellent
returns by Montgomery, but the boring fundamentals of blocking
were much improved in the return game. Granted it’s only one
game, but McCarthy is flat out a phenomenal coach. We are
blessed to have him.
He promised a better running game in 2013, a better defense in
’14 and improved special teams this year. Those are the facts
and if a head coach gets all the blame, it’s only fair he should
also get all the credit, too.
<b>After ten years on the job , I don't think there is a better
head coach around.</b>
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:39 pm
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Scott from Advance, NC
Mama Lynch wants Seattle’s play-caller fired. Dallas gives up a
draft pick for a WR. What do you believe Ted Thompson’s take on
this would be?
I don’t know, but I’ll tell you what I’d do if I was Darrell
Bevell. I’d send Marshawn Lynch’s mother flowers with this note:
Please forgive me. Sometimes a good laugh is all we need.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:42 pm
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Tom from Sydney, Australia
Vic, what defines an exotic blitz? You always hear certain
coaches associated with exotic blitzes, while everyone
(including Dom Capers) blitzes with players other than
linebackers. Is it just to do with the number of moving parts?
I can’t think of a more exotic blitz than rushing a defensive
back and dropping a nose tackle into pass coverage. It’s called
a zone blitz and Coach Capers is one of its creators. A coach on
that old Philadelphia Stars staff told me a guy named John
Rosenberg created the zone blitz when he was on Joe Paterno’s
staff at Penn State. Penn State used it in that famous Fiesta
Bowl national championship game against Miami, in which Penn
State intercepted Vinny Testaverde five times. Rosenberg was on
the Stars staff under Jim Mora in 1983. The following year,
Coach Capers and Vic Fangio joined that staff. The belief is
Rosenberg planted the seeds of his invention in Mora.
#Post#: 243217--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: September 16, 2015, 9:43 pm
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Neil from Milwaukee, WI
With Barrington out, do you expect to see more of Jake Ryan and
Nate Palmer inside? Or might we see some use of Perry and
Elliott inside?
I expect to see Palmer and Ryan replace Barrington. Nick Perry
has the body for it. Jayrone Elliott has the length you usually
don’t associate with inside guys.
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