TexasCheesehead
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Gotta love the Brady nut huggers
aka the ****** announcers joe buck and dirtiest team ever cocaine cowboys Troy aikman? Or my brother in law who picks fav nfl teams by who is favored or is going to the SB?
Gotta love the Brady nut huggers
Oh absolutely. You cannot call that play there, and if you do, you gotta make sure the players know to keep the ball in front of them.
Can’t really disagree with any of this. Damn good summation.Ok, so moving past the refs, who were horrible...
Studs:
Duds:
- MVS: Great game for him. He has shown some ability to win in the intermediate levels of the field, and in close contact with defenders that we have not seen previously.
- Alexander: His picks were not amazing plays, but he just gave up nothing. He is so stinking good.
- Clark: He really came on down the stretch and was showing up big in this game.
- Barnes: The rookie UDFA who also happens to be our best LB (lol) was gutting it out.
- Wagner: He just could not hang.
- Jones: Those Bucs LB/DB's hit hard, but two fumbles like that cannot happen.
- Red Zone Performance: Whether the receiver dropped the ball or Rodgers missed the open receiver, that had to be better.
- Special Teams: Scott got off at least one nice punt that I recall, but the coverage units give up too much. Mennenga should go.
- King: I am very sorry to be right about how bad he is in coverage. As I've said before, he's a completion almost any time the offense wants it.
Sub-Dud:
- Pettine: His defense really showed up in the second half. Outside of the 8 yd touchdown off of Jones' fumble, they only gave up 3 points. But that touchdown before the half was one of a handful of plays that swung the game, and there is just no spin, excuse, or explanation for such a horrible call in that spot. Yes, King sucked. Because, frankly, King kind of sucks. But Pettine knows that better than anyone. So to put in a call with no safety help with 1 second left when they're on the 40... it's maybe the most baffling thing I've seen on a football field this season, and should probably be his job. I don't take pleasure in saying people should be fired, but then again Pettine has probably made around 5M dollars coaching football in Green Bay. He will be fine.
The Packers made their mistakes, but all teams make mistakes every game.
The refs made the difference in this game, without a shadow of a doubt.
They let defensive holding go all afternoon. It led to an interception which became the last minute touchdown. It led to a punt after Lazard couldn't catch the conversion. It led to the field goal after Devin White spun Adams around.
You want to let them play like that? OK fine. Just as long as you call it the same both ways.
But then they called it on Green Bay in the most crucial moment, and essentially handed the game to the Bucs.
Winning in the NFL is hard. Winning when only the best teams are left is hardest. Doing it with an arm held behind your back is almost impossible.
Ending a season sucks unless it's with a SB win. But ending it because the officials beat you is unequivocally the worst.
This bears repeating -- they had a timeout to plan and discuss this. This was not a miscommunication or spontaneous decision. They actually came out of a timeout with this play.
Before this game, I probably could not have imagined a single play that, completely on its own, would be worthy of termination for a coach. But that play completely surpassed my imagination.
Dude. To allow a 50 yard TD bomb with 8 seconds left before half is incomprehensible.
To get 3 gifted picks from TB that result in 6 points is very lame.
To blame the refs for the loss is ridiculous.
GB didnt do enough to win, period.
Just accept it.
I'm not putting on a tinfoil hat on, but if you'd want to throw a game and make it look legit, I think calling it loose is exactly what you'd want to do. That way you can call whatever you want late when guys know they can get a little more handsy and simply throw your hands up and say, "hey, that's the rule!"
The bucs needed about 7 yards on quick out to get themselves a field goal and we did not want to give that up either. I have said for quite awhile that King should not be covering short/speedy receivers. But there it was. And your right, if you are finally going to tell King to cover tight; you better have help deep. Kind of looked like Redmond choose the wrong way to go also. Really pitiful.In a situation where you HAVE to keep them out of the endzone you call man with nothing deep. IDIOT call, and should be out of the league for that alone.
He has no problem playing prevent defense in situations he shouldn't...but when he should he doesn't. Speechless.
I think it is the going for two when there was no reason and we are lousy at it. And not going for the TD pass. We were not runniing very well so I did not mind going away from that. Probably should have helped out the tackles. For me, just put Turner on the right side and move Jenkins to L tackle. Turner is a different player on the right. And Wagner was no super star.I'm a little mystified by the assertions that LaFleur screwed up.
I wasn't seeing much out there where I really felt like the problem was the way the game was being called.
-Protection was a big problem, but not protection schemes-- just the tackles getting beat.
-Drops were an issue at times (Adams in the EZ; EQ on the 2pt), but that's obviously not on LaFleur.
-Rodgers missing guys cost them (Lazard open at the goal line on that 3rd down shot to Adams).
-The refs blew up two drives by just letting the Bucs hold Lazard on crossers. Crossers are man beaters. The whole point of calling them against a team like the Bucs is that they beat... man. But when the DB's are allow to just hold and tug, that goes away (hence why it's supposed to be a penalty). One such non-call resulted in a pick and the now infamous last second TD. The other resulted in a punt that was followed by a TB field goal.
-Jones putting the ball on the ground was a real problem, but not LaFleur's.
So help me out here. Why are we putting goat horns on Petals?
The bucs needed about 7 yards on quick out to get themselves a field goal and we did not want to give that up either. I have said for quite awhile that King should not be covering short/speedy receivers. But there it was. And your right, if you are finally going to tell King to cover tight; you better have help deep. Kind of looked like Redmond choose the wrong way to go also. Really pitiful.
Kevin King. Kevin King. Kevin King... Kevin King..... Kevin King!!!
We can be favored by 2 touchdowns in next years NFCCG and I'll still fully believe we'll find a way to choke until we actually reach a Super Bowl. It's become synonymous with Packer football and Wisconsin sports in general. I let myself believe today that this was our turn -- that we would finally get it done and none of the past mattered. I truly believed we would win.
I won't believe again. They let us down -- again.
His fumble that led to the easy TB touchdown is the least talked about element of this game.
Did that same type of play happen to the raiders this year?Before this game, I probably could not have imagined a single play that, completely on its own, would be worthy of termination for a coach. But that play completely surpassed my imagination.
Or they might be trying to make sure they have some one in the wings? Rodgers is 37 and will be 38 next year.
Before this game, I probably could not have imagined a single play that, completely on its own, would be worthy of termination for a coach. But that play completely surpassed my imagination.