Official GB vs Rams studs n duds

[RepStar15]

Stud:
David Bahktiari- there was a play where he was blocking Aaron Donald and another guy at the same time. The man is absolutely phenomenal
Blake Martinez
Jaire Alexander

Dud:
Ty Montgomery (but could put him in the stud category if dropping him makes the Leveon Bell trade a reality)
Nick Perry- Does he still play for this football team?
Jimmy Graham

 

[Ken smith]

Bet in his emotionless post game interview MM says “we have a lot of things to work on this week...”. For the 200th time.

 

[PackerFanLV]

You absolutely cannot call a running play with no lead blocker.. from your own end zone. McCarthys playcalling in crucial moments are as bad as it gets.

The wasted timeouts have become more of a staple of the offense than Rodgers yelling “Green 18!” I knew the TWO timeouts they literally wasted would haunt us smh.

Montgomery. Seriously have no words for him. Can’t be a wr, can’t stay healthy, can’t be a feature back, and can’t return kicks anymore. Won’t be back next season either. I’m perfectly fine with that.

bro I hope everyone reads this, Ive been saying this for quite some time now. MM is a mediocre coach and has always been that way, he got blessed with a powerhouse offense JFIN, James Jones, Jordy,Cobb and jennings receivers that could line up and stretch the whole field out. MM still think he has that same offense. He so confused he lines up single back on the half yard line and actually runs a run play, I swear to god I thought aaron was going to throw a quick slant.

 

[HardRightEdge]

Stud: There's a handful of games one might see each year that makes this sport worth watching. This was one of them. Not just because of the back-and-forth drama. A lot of games have that with a lot of crappy football being played. This was two teams playing at potential in about as mistake free a game on both sides as you could ask for...for 58 minutes anyway.

Though obvious, Martinez and Alexander deserve a shout out. Martinez played All Pro football today.

 

[Ken smith]

I'm paraphrasing a bit but it went like this:

McCarthy: "Yeah, the plan there was to take a knee in the endzone, keep the clock north of the 2 minute warning and take the ball at the 25. We even talked about that before the kick. I didn't see how deep the kick was. You trust your players though, I think Ty was just trying to make a play."

Interviewer: "But shouldn't it have been said to Ty, hell or high water, do not return that kick out of the endzone?"

McCarthy: "I think I've already answered that, that was the plan."

Ya, they discussed it on their radios when they couldn’t find it on their giant “how to coach” play cards or fortune cookies. But none mentioned the plan to the player. Duds.

 

[adambr2]

Ya, they discussed it on their radios when they couldn’t find it on their giant “how to coach” play cards or fortune cookies. But none mentioned the plan to the player. Duds.

From what I got out of it, they did. McCarthy isn't going to come out and say, "We told him to take a knee, but Ty being the idiot that he is, didn't listen.

He pretty much came out and said Ty was told. I highly doubt MM and Zook had a conversation privately on the sidelines and then said "Okay, let's cross our fingers that he does the right thing!"

 

[Cornelius Weems]

Stud: Most of the players. This was against the best team (recordwise), and they made them look like the Bills. They made some serious mistakes today, but all in all, they put forth great effort.
Duds: the coaching staff, the decision to run it with NO lead blocker when we were half a foot out of the end zone was idiotic. Those two points are the loss margin. People can blame anyone, but that was it for me. I refuse to accept blame anywhere else. The coaching staff is who we have to blame for everything. I refuse to put this blame on ANY player. Coaching is why we lost, and they are to blame for last season. I wasn't expecting them to make the playoffs, but they looked bad and confused after AR went down.

 

[Jerellh528]

Why does MM continue to deploy 3 RBs, Jones clearly needs more carries.

 

[adambr2]

Stud: Most of the players. This was against the best team (recordwise), and they made them look like the Bills. They made some serious mistakes today, but all in all, they put forth great effort.
Duds: the coaching staff, the decision to run it with NO lead blocker when we were half a foot out of the end zone was idiotic. Those two points are the loss margin. People can blame anyone, but that was it for me. I refuse to accept blame anywhere else. The coaching staff is who we have to blame for everything. I refuse to put this blame on ANY player. Coaching is why we lost, and they are to blame for last season. I wasn't expecting them to make the playoffs, but they looked bad and confused after AR went down.

When your coaching staff tells your player not to do something, and your player does that thing anyway, and that thing ends up costing the the team the game, that is definitely okay to blame the player for that.

 

[Mavster]

Duds: Poor Special teams play continues to kill this team. JK sucked it up and really hurt is in the field position battle while the Rams killed us in that area.

Side note: How many fakes have the Packers given up on special teams under MM? Now how many have we even attempted a fake in that same time frame? I feel like we've seen so many teams have success on fakes against us over the year while we coincidentally never try a fake, ever.

 

[Forget Favre]

Montgomery had a rush of blood ffs !! I seem to recall last season Ty Montgomery walked on bloody water.

There are times when we think of them as gods and forget they are human and this is one of those times.

 

[Forget Favre]

Studs: Rams.
Duds: Packers.
Just ain't our year and we should be better than this.

 

[Dantés]

Pettine’s defense forced 5 punts to open the game and the offense could only come up with 10 points. Something is just off with this offense. Given the personnel, scoring should not be so laborious. I will continue rooting for wins and success, but I am totally ready to move on from Mike McCarthy.

 

[FaninColorado]

It is pretty glaring to see a fresh, exciting offensive play caller in McVay compared to the late 1990s-early 2000s offensive play calling of MM. You can basically call out the play being run before the snap even happens for the Pack right now. MM might have been an offensive genius, but that time has gone and past him by. Offenses are dynamic nowadays and currently the only way we are dynamic is when ARod basically takes over a game. Those first 3 drives we had today looked good, but then it was like MM ran out of plays on his play sheet and went back to the old stale calling.

 

[adambr2]

There are times when we think of them as gods and forget they are human and this is one of those times.

One need not be a god to follow a simple instruction to drop to a knee. Being a human is usually sufficient for something like that.

 

[Ken smith]

Montgomery... drafted as a wide out, moved to TE, then filled in as a great pass catching back. Then they had him?? With graham, Montgomery, jones, and hell, me and any other senior citizen stretching the field, and AR... defenses should be on the ropes like yo-yos. Watch any successful team and they’re running planned plays, exposing weaknesses, adjusting... all we get is either AR manages to find someone who found a way to get open, or AR dumps one off before he gets plowed, or someone manages to wiggle free from being tackled by a swarm of the entire opposing defense. Talents there, coaching doesn’t seem to be. Dud.

 

[Ken smith]

It is pretty glaring to see a fresh, exciting offensive play caller in McVay compared to the late 1990s-early 2000s offensive play calling of MM. You can basically call out the play being run before the snap even happens for the Pack right now. MM might have been an offensive genius, but that time has gone and past him by. Offenses are dynamic nowadays and currently the only way we are dynamic is when ARod basically takes over a game. Those first 3 drives we had today looked good, but then it was like MM ran out of plays on his play sheet and went back to the old stale calling.

I remember our high school playbook consisted of option left/right, a half dozen running plays, and a screen pass a couple hundred decades ago. Lately I’m thinkin’ we were far more complex and innovative than the Packers. Of course, could just be all those leather helmet concussions talking.

 

[Ken smith]

This sums up Rodgers' career. He's been on decidedly average teams who screw up at the worst possible moment.

Lynn ****ey, Archie Manning, dan Marino...

 

[Ken smith]

Usually I’m just sad because they lost, tonight I’m a sad dud thinking how stupid it was.
Studs: the Vikings for losing and keeping the packers in the playoff hunt.
Two word suggestion for MM: Lakeland College. Or is that three words? Oh crap..., time out!

 

[swhitset]

Dud- Ty Effing Montgomery
Need to cut Montgomery immediately, how can you take the field and not be aware you need to take a knee if the kickoff is in the end zone in that situation. Pathetic

I hate that i had the agree with one of your posts lol

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Duds: Since much of this has already been said, I will summarize it with "getting the little things done correctly and not allowing messing them up to lose a game has plagued the Packers, not just today but in the past".

1. Time Out Management: This is on AR as much as McCarthy. Why does McCarthy feel the need to call timeouts when the other team has the ball to end the half, just because they have a poor first down. "Hey Mike, you may not stop them on the next two plays, great job giving them more time to score!" "Hey Aaron, everyone is onto your little ploy to try and pull them off sides, run the damn play and stop burning timeouts that may be needed later."
2. Special Teams: Monty's move today is basically the shining example of guys not being coached well enough to know what they should be doing on special teams. Leaving Sam Shields all alone on punt coverage? Being anywhere near a punted ball with your back to it? Trying to field an onside kick, when you let it get to your hands guys, etc.
3. Taunting and cheap shots out of bounds. Sure way to give the other team a first down or kill a drive of your own.

Guessing people can add more. But its the little things, the basics that should have been learned before getting to the pros and things that if done correctly win games like today's. If done incorrectly, they end up costing you a game you probably could have won. Really wondering if this is on "bad luck" or the coaches, because it seems like it happens way too often and isn't just one player.

 

[longtimefan]

There was a taunting today?

 

[swhitset]

There was a taunting today?

most likely... but i think it’s pretty clear that he was listing things that have happened in several recent games not just today.

 

[OldSchool101]

I’m obviously in the minority because I thought our game plan worked pretty well. We were essentially a 2 score underdog. We came in and had a 10-0 lead going into the final couple minutes of the half. We actually forced 5 consecutive punts until they got a good bounce.They had one stand out ST play that pinned us deep and that punt was nearly unavoidable it took favorable bounce coupled with a good heads up play. That momentum turned into 8pts.. but even then our D erased the safety with a failed 2pt conversion.

If you had told me a week ago that GB would nearly shutout the Rams 1st half by allowing just 6 Offensive points on the very last drive? and then later be leading by 1pt under 6 minutes to go in the 4th and possess the ball??
And then further that GB would have an opportunity to get the ball back outside 2min with timeouts and needing a FG to win? I would’ve been thoroughly impressed.

Let’s keep things in perspective and not let one bonehead play ruin what was a pretty darn good game. It really lived up to “game of the week”. I believe we are a couple of playmakers shy of being dangerous. Give me 1 more Martinez quality ILB to pair with him inside, a play making Safety and a probowl level O Guard along with several more weeks to become uniform and we could’ve easily won this game on the road.

Guys it’s tough to lose like that I get it, but we just stood toe to toe with arguably one of the 3 best teams in football on their turf. We came out healthy and I think gained some confidence here that can be brought into Foxborough.
If we can get a W and go 4-3-1 we’re fine.

 

[swhitset]

I’m obviously in the minority because I thought our game plan worked pretty well. We were essentially a 2 score underdog. We came in and had a 10-0 lead going into the final couple minutes of the half. We actually forced 5 consecutive punts until they got a good bounce.They had one stand out ST play that pinned us deep and that punt was nearly unavoidable it took favorable bounce coupled with a good heads up play. That momentum turned into 8pts.. but even then our D erased the safety with a failed 2pt conversion.

If you had told me a week ago that GB would nearly shutout the Rams 1st half by allowing just 6 Offensive points on the very last drive? and then later be leading by 1pt under 6 minutes to go in the 4th and possess the ball??
And then further that GB would have an opportunity to get the ball back outside 2min with timeouts and needing a FG to win? I would’ve been thoroughly impressed.

Let’s keep things in perspective and not let one bonehead play ruin what was a pretty darn good game. It really lived up to “game of the week”. I believe we are a couple of playmakers shy of being dangerous. Give me 1 more Martinez quality ILB to pair with him inside, a play making Safety and a probowl level O Guard along with several more weeks to become uniform and we could’ve easily won this game on the road.

Guys it’s tough to lose like that I get it, but we just stood toe to toe with arguably one of the 3 best teams in football on their turf. We came out healthy and I think gained some confidence here that can be brought into Foxborough.
If we can get a W and go 4-3-1 we’re fine.

agreed... but how does any of that make Montgomery... not a dud?