Fire Capers

[Patriotplayer90]

Even better yet, lets talk about why Capers should be fired.....since this is the title of the post. What did Capers do wrong again tonight, that he should be fired?

His defense failed when it mattered most. Rodgers refused to leave wIth his team losing the game, yet Capers and D did that for him. You may as well commend Walsh for his FGs, yet ignore his ultimate miss.

 

[Carl]

We didn't win a super bowl because of Capers. We almost lost a super bowl because of him. We got bailed out at the end of the Eagles game with a pick and should of lost. It was a fluke ending. 9/10 playoff games our defense gives up the TD. We played the Bears with a 3rd string scrub and barley win.

Rodgers had a coming out party. That is why we won a super bowl and John Schneider was part of our staff. Wouldn't be surprised if all the talent came from John Schneider for that 2010 team.

If only the defense had a pick 6, another pick, and a fumble in the Super Bowl. Or if only the stopped the Steelers on 4th down to seal the game.

O wait....they did do all that.

You can't logically think the defense didn't play a major role in the Super Bowl, can you?

 

[Cyd Basil]

Stop with this. This season was probably the best defense we've had since 2010.

Defense played well in man-to-man. Why the switch to zone? That left Fitzgerald and Brown open for too many big plays.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

His defense failed when it mattered most. Rodgers refused to leave wIth his team losing the game, yet Capers and D did that for him. You may as well commend Walsh for his FGs, yet ignore his ultimate miss.

If you want to fire a coach or a player because of a mistake, so be it.....but you would be the GM of a coachless playerless team.

 

[ThePerfectBeard]

Even better yet, lets talk about why Capers should be fired.....since this is the title of the post. What did Capers do wrong again tonight, that he should be fired?

I'm not saying he did anything wrong. His defense was pretty awesome this year. I just don't know why people keep saying we lack talent on that side of the ball. It doesn't make sense to me. If we lack talent on that side of the ball, how do we change it? How many more drafts is it going to take and how do we avoid players like Bradford, Thorton, and Worthy?

 

[Poppa San]

Stop with this. This season was probably the best defense we've had since 2010.

That's what makes it so wrong. This defense wasn't much above average. Most of the players have been replaced on defense in the past 5-6 years, It can't always be the players unless they are not being instructed properly.

 

[longtimefan]

That's what makes it so wrong. This defense wasn't much above average. Most of the players have been replaced on defense in the past 5-6 years, It can't always be the players unless they are not being instructed properly.

average by what measure?

top ten for points allowed..but if all you care about is yards then yeah okay, average

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I'm not saying he did anything wrong. His defense was pretty awesome this year. I just don't know why people keep saying we lack talent on that side of the ball. It doesn't make sense to me. If we lack talent on that side of the ball, how do we change it? How many more drafts is it going to take and how do we avoid players like Bradford, Thorton, and Worthy?

We lack at least one if not 2 ILB's. Clay Matthews should be playing OLB. Our secondary will be solid, in the future. Our D-line could be better. Blame this on bad drafting, injuries, or whatever....but the point I was making about Capers was that with the talent he has on Defense, he did very well this year. So to continue this "it's all Capers fault, fire him" is unfounded...IMO

 

[Jz3]

This defense wasn't amazing this season. Maybe the first time since 2010 it was above average. TT defenses in playoffs always get smoked. Does stupid stuff in clutch time every time.

 

[Jz3]

Doesn't matter how you start but how you finish a game.

 

[C-Lee]

We lack at least one if not 2 ILB's. Clay Matthews should be play OLB. Our secondary will be solid, in the future. Our D-line could be better. Blame this on bad drafting, injuries, or whatever....but the point I was making about Capers was that with the talent he has on Defense, he did very well this year. So to continue this "it's call Capers fault, fire him" is unfounded...IMO

Our ILB situation is a joke, I'll give you that. NEEDS to be our first round pick this upcoming draft. Joe Thomas is an absolute bum, and while I like Ryan, he just doesn't cut it.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Had it not been for the Packer defense tonight and many other games, the Packers would not have won the games they won. Had they won tonight, this conversation would not even be taking place...again....Packers lose....knee jerk..."Fire Capers!"

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Our ILB situation is a joke, I'll give you that. NEEDS to be our first round pick this upcoming draft. Joe Thomas is an absolute bum, and while I like Ryan, he just doesn't cut it.

Losing Sam Barington in the first game was a big blow. Not sure how he would have done, but couldn't have been worse then the job done by Palmer, Thomas and Ryan. Ryan has a future, Thomas....I cringe every time he is on the field.

 

[ThePerfectBeard]

We lack at least one if not 2 ILB's. Clay Matthews should be playing OLB. Our secondary will be solid, in the future. Our D-line could be better. Blame this on bad drafting, injuries, or whatever....but the point I was making about Capers was that with the talent he has on Defense, he did very well this year. So to continue this "it's all Capers fault, fire him" is unfounded...IMO

I hear you. I was just saying I'm tired of hearing people blame mistakes on lack of talent. A lot of teams would kill for the talent we have at defense. Our defense played very well this season and it's a shame they had to go out the way they did.

 

[C-Lee]

Losing Sam Barington in the first game was a big blow. Not sure how he would have done, but couldn't have been worse then the job done by Palmer, Thomas and Ryan. Ryan has a future, Thomas....I cringe every time he is on the field.

Barrington was an overlooked loss, no doubt about it. I honestly don't think I saw one post talking about how his injury would affect the team. Man, I'm hurting right now

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I'm fine with TT, but I blame the lack of ILB squarely on him this year. Even with Barrington in there, you have Clay playing out of position and drafting Ryan may be ok for the future, but did nothing for the defense this year. Turns out that most of our defensive issues were right there in the middle all year long, whether it was Palmer, Thomas or Ryan just not good enough to do their job. 2016 Draft or FA needs to address this.

 

[pacmaniac]

It's an absolute crying shame that what should have been one of the greatest plays in NFL playoff history will now be just a forgotten footnote because of the defense failing in overtime.

You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to post this exact thought, but now I don't need to.

 

[adambr2]

The big factor was going for it on fourth down on their own 25. They should have punted and tried to hold them. Going for it allowed the Cardinals to already be in field goal range. Take that field goal away and the Packers TD at the end of regulation would have been a game winner rather than sending it into overtime.

They were already down to 1 timeout and the 2 minute warning. The Cardinals could have run it down to about 1 minute just by taking 3 kneeldowns if they wanted to. It was the right call to go for it.

 

[Jdeed]

I don't know I saw at least 6 missed tackles on that big play.

He can't tackle the guys for the players.

 

[yooperpackfan]

I have been on the "fire Capers bandwagon " over the years, but last night he had one of his finest games.
His defense gave the Packers a chance to win that game against a very powerful offense.
I tip my hat to Dom for this one.

 

[greenbeard]

The Offense showed it can be clutch in our last two playoff losses, tying both games to send them in OT.
The Defense played great in both losses.....until crunchtime. Our Defense, for some reason, fails to deliver in crunchtime. I don't think its the playcalling, its more a lack of concentration and focus maybe. And to some degree it is capers responsibility to get this guys to perform when it matters most.

 

[PackerDNA]

Barrington was an overlooked loss, no doubt about it. I honestly don't think I saw one post talking about how his injury would affect the team. Man, I'm hurting right now

Barrington isn't much more than a JAG. Good enough in Green Bay doesn't always translate to good enough in the NFL.

 

[NCcheesehead]

In the first half we played man coverage which allowed extra players to run stunts and blitz the quarterback which resulted in multiple sacks and a total of 7 points. In the second half Capers changed to a zone coverage taking away the mix of stunts,successful blitzes and pressure giving Palmer more time to pick apart our secondary resulting in 19 points. Fire Capers. How many other coaches or non coaches for that matter would be stupid enough to go away from something that is working? And, even worse, not be smart enough to switch back to what was working.

 

[longtimefan]

Logic says capers switched for a reason.. I don't think he is that stupid to stop

I think Heyward went down and they had to adjust to what players they had and their strength..

Please don't assume capers did something when he had the right system

 

[Carl]

In the first half we played man coverage which allowed extra players to run stunts and blitz the quarterback which resulted in multiple sacks and a total of 7 points. In the second half Capers changed to a zone coverage taking away the mix of stunts,successful blitzes and pressure giving Palmer more time to pick apart our secondary resulting in 19 points. Fire Capers. How many other coaches or non coaches for that matter would be stupid enough to go away from something that is working? And, even worse, not be smart enough to switch back to what was working.

First of all, 3 points in the 2nd half came from the offense starting in FG range.

Secondly, overtime was clearly on many player mistakes, not the call. You make it seem like it's so simple for him to just call a blitz and it would work, but Fitzgerald's big OT catch was a blitz that generated pressure. It didn't work because players didn't execute.

If all the other points are all on Capers (which probably aren't considering Shields dropped a pick and a TD came from a lucky tip), that's 17 points against a team that averages 30.2 points a game. That's very job by a coordinator.