Green Bay Packers Discussion - Page 647

scottyboy · 12-26-2010, 06:39 PM

good game guys, you handed our asses to us.

umphrey · 12-26-2010, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Zycho32

Well.

Time to put up or shut up next week. Gotta beat the Bears to even have a favorable chance of advancing.

Does Chicago ease up and get ready for the Playoffs, or do they play for a higher seed?

I don't see any way Chicago lays down against GB. I do think that we will have more energy going into the game. My biggest worry is that we get over confident after this huge win. Also, Julius Peppers.

Sportsfan486 · 12-26-2010, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Zycho32

Well.

Time to put up or shut up next week. Gotta beat the Bears to even have a favorable chance of advancing.

Does Chicago ease up and get ready for the Playoffs, or do they play for a higher seed?

Well, we pray Minny pulls out a miracle against Philly, which I believe would clinch the Bears as the #2. Also want Atlanta to win, or the Bears could still play starters going for the #1 seed.

Most likely the Bears come in gunning for the 1, 2, or 3 seed in the NFC but don't really play as aggressively as we do. Gotta love the matchup of our WRs against their DBs and vice versa, plus their running game is nothing to be scared of. That said, our special teams versus theirs gives them a huge chance in any game against us. Might be the best in the league versus the worst in the league in that aspect of the game.

I think you need to come into the game with the mentality that once you pass that 50 yard line, it's either go for it on 4th or field goal. Don't even let Hester see a punter.

umphrey · 12-26-2010, 06:47 PM

We cover pretty well on special teams except for a few rare instances. We can't return worth a damn but unless the weather is really bad I wouldn't be too afraid of Hester.

Sportsfan486 · 12-26-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by umphrey

We cover pretty well on special teams except for a few rare instances. We can't return worth a damn but unless the weather is really bad I wouldn't be too afraid of Hester.

Are you serious? I need to look up the stat, but I'm 98% sure we're bottom 5 for avg. starting position after kickoffs.

umphrey · 12-26-2010, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sportsfan486

Are you serious? I need to look up the stat, but I'm 98% sure we're bottom 5 for avg. starting position after kickoffs.

our starting position or the other team? because we are probably worst in the league where we start but we've covered kicks a lot better than years past

senormysterioso · 12-26-2010, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by umphrey

We cover pretty well on special teams except for a few rare instances. We can't return worth a damn but unless the weather is really bad I wouldn't be too afraid of Hester.

I say we just don't punt, we'll just score on every drive and we won't have to **** with the guy.

umphrey · 12-26-2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by senormysterioso

I say we just don't punt, we'll just score on every drive and we won't have to **** with the guy.

Yeah but we're still gonna have to kick off after the **** load of points we score

J-Mike88 · 12-26-2010, 09:13 PM

I don't like how the Bears essentially have 2 chances to eliminate us.

But after we win next week, that will drop the Bears into the #3 seed and when we play them again the next week, in the rubber match for this season, the Bears will feel all kinds of pressure. They will have gone from just about having a #2 seed and a bye, to losing 2 straight to us and being done.

For them to have beaten us in week 3, they had to have everything go for them, from 18 suspicious flags on us, to 1 missed big one on them on Hester's TD return, to James Jones fumble that magically hit an invisible forcefield one centimeter from the white sideline.

But they are playing much better right now, since their embarrassing blowout loss at home to New England 2 weeks ago. And they are remarkably healthy, with their best players on offense and defense all somehow still there.

Next week in Green Bay should be pretty damn fun for the Packers fans!
Today sounded like a blast for the Lambeau faithful.

PACKmanN · 12-26-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by umphrey

Yeah but we're still gonna have to kick off after the **** load of points we score

Hester is ineffective on KRs

J-Mike88 · 12-27-2010, 08:04 AM

Atari Bigby, ONCE A-f****-gain, strained a muscle last night, his groin.
And Korey Hall has a knee "sprain".

Those were the only 2 injuries MM mentioned last night.

Often with McCarthy, everything is a "sprain" as of Sunday nights, then they turn into IR injuries.

We need Bigby back dammit. He's always hurt....What kind of muscles does that guy have in his body? Pasta?

mqtirishfan · 12-27-2010, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by J-Mike88

Atari Bigby, ONCE A-f****-gain, strained a muscle last night, his groin.

Eh, that's gonna happen when a player starts playing late in the season when everybody else has been in game shape for weeks.

umphrey · 12-27-2010, 12:03 PM

Korey Hall has been the least noteworthy of 3 fullbacks so I don't care much there

tjsunstein · 12-27-2010, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mqtirishfan

Eh, that's gonna happen when a player starts playing late in the season when everybody else has been in game shape for weeks.

This, exactly this. He just wasn't conditioned right coming back from an injury.

cvv84 · 12-27-2010, 12:49 PM

Bigby has been ruled out for week 17. That worries me a little bit seeing Collins is banged up and Peprah was losing out on playing time to Bigby. Hopefully nobody gets knocked out of the game on Sunday.

BloodBrother · 12-27-2010, 01:10 PM

Bigby is always hurt, so nothing new

Hopefully Jenkins is able to return this week

umphrey · 12-27-2010, 01:24 PM

My 2nd favorite Clay Matthews moment ever.
(#1 was when he stole Adrian Peterson's cookies)

jsa230 · 12-27-2010, 02:21 PM

^^
both of those were sweet but how about when he chased kolb down from behind?

umphrey · 12-27-2010, 02:42 PM

Chasing down Bradshaw with a 6 yard moving head start from a stand still for a forced fumble trumps it no question. Bradshaw was wiggling and not in a straight line but Kolb is just a wimpy quarterback. I loved the hustle on this play more than anything. Most players would have given up. Clay looked like he turned on 4.4 speed.

cvv84 · 12-27-2010, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jsa230

^^
both of those were sweet but how about when he chased kolb down from behind?

Or that play last year against @ the Lions where he spun around in circles and made the sack.

Notice on that clip though that there's 4 defenders waiting for Jacobs to run out of bounds while Matthews is the only one trying to make a play. We need more Clay Matthews' type of players on our team. And I'm not saying stud player, just high effort and high motor guys.

J-Mike88 · 12-27-2010, 04:49 PM

Matthews big sack on Sanchez at a critical point in the game this year was one that the whole sports bar yelled the loudest.

This was all hustle and effort. If we had 11 Matthews, we're 19-0 every year.

EvilMonkey · 12-27-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by umphrey

Chasing down Bradshaw with a 6 yard moving head start from a stand still for a forced fumble trumps it no question. Bradshaw was wiggling and not in a straight line but Kolb is just a wimpy quarterback. I loved the hustle on this play more than anything. Most players would have given up. Clay looked like he turned on 4.4 speed.

woulda been more impressive if he actually chased down Bradshaw, but that was big fat slow Brandon Jacobs.