Well said. This season has been a very successful one, no matter what happens Saturday. Definitely a perfect example of "playing with house money." If this was pre-2022, every Packer fan would be expecting a win on Saturday and calling for heads to roll if they lost.
Lol. But I can and that's what is important. I'm proud to be Jordan Love's boss.
House money, as it originally meant, does not exist. Once you win it it is your money. If you lose it you lost your money.
They turn the corner after this weekend when the seeds are lesser than the ones they went through. If we then are successful, the week following we become Cinderella if Houston doesn't steal our thunder.
"House Money" to me is this. I walk into a Casino with $500. I gamble for 3 hrs. and now have $2500. I put my original $500 away and vow it stays in my wallet for the rest of the night. For the next several hours, I am playing with $2000 of house money. If I double that, what a GREAT night. If I blow it all, what a fun night of entertainment I had for free.
I don't know, but that Cowboys game was priceless. You don't get to watch many football games like that as a fan.
Personally, I think the group in 2010 was better, or least more veteran and battle tested. That group included:
I think the Bucs looked pretty good the other Day. Mayfield is another one that is having a career year, but it’s the Bucs D that keeps them in contention. They’ve been 5th, 8th, 13th, 7th (2023) in points allowed the last 4 seasons. The Day they had against the Packers week 15? was an anomaly. Both J’aire and Savage were hurt and our backups looked confused. Stokes was back in his first game in over a year, which it’s hard to expect anyone in their first game to carry a position group. Mayfield had a few throws that were near perfect in tight coverage and our Pass rush played C- grade. We also abandoned the Run (15 designed Runs) and when we do that? In the past, we’ve been just bad.
Might make it harder for Purdy to make good throws and more likely to fumble with his little hands.
I think this group is, has been and probably will be underestimated. While we don’t have a pair of 1,000+ WR’s. We have about 3-4 guys that any of which could get there performance wise at any moment.
| Player ▼ | PF | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | NY/A | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | 1stD | Pen | Yds | 1stPy | #Dr | Sc% | TO% | Start | Time | Plays | Yds | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | Penalties | Average Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team Stats | 383 | 5873 | 1052 | 5.6 | 18 | 7 | 338 | 374 | 581 | 3968 | 32 | 11 | 6.5 | 211 | 441 | 1905 | 10 | 4.3 | 101 | 105 | 856 | 26 | 174 | 39.7 | 9.2 | Own 29.8 | 2:54 | 6.24 | 33.8 | 2.16 |
| Opp. Stats | 350 | 5696 | 1061 | 5.4 | 18 | 11 | 340 | 342 | 523 | 3515 | 21 | 7 | 6.2 | 189 | 493 | 2181 | 15 | 4.4 | 120 | 95 | 907 | 31 | 173 | 38.7 | 9.8 | Own 27.7 | 2:59 | 6.4 | 32.9 | 1.99 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 10 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 22 |
| Player | PF | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | NY/A | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | 1stD | Pen | Yds | 1stPy | #Dr | Sc% | TO% | Start | Time | Plays | Yds | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Stats | 388 | 5730 | 1000 | 5.7 | 22 | 9 | 312 | 352 | 541 | 4124 | 31 | 13 | 7.1 | 204 | 421 | 1606 | 11 | 3.8 | 88 | 78 | 617 | 20 | 183 | 35.0 | 10.9 | Own 29.8 | 2:48 | 5.62 | 31.3 | 1.97 |
| Opp. Stats | 240 | 4945 | 969 | 5.1 | 32 | 8 | 270 | 296 | 527 | 3107 | 16 | 24 | 5.4 | 163 | 395 | 1838 | 6 | 4.7 | 82 | 98 | 758 | 25 | 182 | 25.3 | 16.5 | Own 29.1 | 2:32 | 5.5 | 27.0 | 1.24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 2 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 |
And that doesn't even include our top receivers. The thing I like is Love can throw to the open guy (whoever that is), and they are all very capable of catching it and turning it into a big play. That's what reminds of 2010-2011. They look like a speedy bunch too.
Yes. Also consider our previous common knowledge that our latter 1/2 season would be better than our first 1/2 season. We can see now that theory was not only pretty accurate, but we underestimated our growth imo. Growth is also a factor that doesn’t stop with Regular season. Add 4 games and you’ll absolutely get more benefit advantage. This infers our team has the largest propensity for growth of any Roster in the postseason. They are slight increments but look at the above charts between 2010 and 2023. Look at penalties and yards as an example. Factor 1 extra game added (17 games) and we are like 22 penalties and 220 yards worse now because of our inexperience. Although it’s gradually getting cleaned up if you notice.
Yes, although we were flagged 7 times to the Cowboys 6 (66 yards to 48). But considering it was an away game that's not so bad.
I would not call his hands little but in the rain, should be an edge for Love. I was high on an old QB Anthony Dilwig? And then came a rainy game and he could not throw the ball because of small hands. And that kind of ended it for him for some reason. I mean, it's not always raining. But you would need another QB for when it does. We might see how Purdy does when it's wet. I hope it's a problem for him.
I know it sounds crazy, but I think they were instructed purposely to stop Micah Parsons selectively on a play they think he’ll destroy. He’s one of THE if not THE most dynamic players leaguewide and he can change a game. Literally. So take the 2-3 Holding penalties vs 2-3 sacks.
And you cannot feel too under sold. Most teams can play well but will fall short to the Niners. Now including the meaningless finale the 9ers lost 3 times at home. We did win that 30-28 game a few years ago with Garapollo at QB. Mason was terrific. MLF called a solid offensive game. They could not cover Adams and they chipped Bosa. On paper all those Packer teams that faced the 9ers dating back to 2012 were supposed to be very good. This one is just a young bunch trying to play football. We wish them the best.
The Kenny Clark face mask was unfortunate in that he stopped him and the Cowboys would have had to go for it on 4th down.
Boy, I'd like that one.
