That is one player who has the potential to be a serious difference-maker if he comes back fully healthy. I don't mean to sound as though I'm holding out false hopes, but you get a running back of his ability into the lineup at the end of the season when everyone on both sides of the ball are beat up and hurting, and he can surprise some defenses. Could make a dynamic one-two punch with Jacobs.
I like the Rams. I hope they win their division. Packers have the easiest schedule in the North going forward. Vikings have to play their best to beat Packers with the Pack's win tonight. If the Packers play like they've played the last two weeks, I think they can tie the Viqueens.
I remember earlier in the year when a Packer player made a comment about Detroit (I think it was McKinney - which surprised me since he was a free agent signing) and I thought what a ridiculous comment. I'll take Campbell over Matt any day when it comes to winning attitude. It seems when the Packers get a lead, they change their whole demeanor. It's a similar attitude for Love, he gets sloppy in his decision making. It won't matter if they make the playoffs. good teams play better than that. Super Bowl teams play to win. No team gets accolades for playing like little league children trying to be nice to their opponents. That's how they get eliminated from a divisional or conference playoff game. It's amazing how a coach can come up with an effective offensive scheme and then fail to call a good game when the team is in the red zone or has the lead.
Doubs and Reed should be the starting receivers. Watson can't catch or stay on the field. He and Love carry themselves the same way, overconfident with no acknowledgement of how often they screw up. Love doesn't have the durability or physical skills of Favre and he doesn't have the mental ability or arm of Aaron Rodgers. If the Packers want to win it all, LaFleur has to sit Love down and get real with him. I would have pulled Love as soon as he started throwing sloppy. LaFleur should have a plan B (Malik) when Love loses mental control. Like so many QBs in the game, he's proving he's overpaid. He's only played one year as a starter and he acts like he's too good to continue to play at his best. It's not like he played four years to earn that contract. He should play like he knows he has to get better and not like he can coast backwards to the first half of last year.
I agree about Love. There just is no improvement from last year. That first half today was impressive for the team, but there is lack of concentration and execution when they get a lead. It seems to emanate from LaFleur and this play nice attitude. The Packers will not be successful in the playoffs with this socially correct demeanor. So much for professional players and coaches in a multi-billion dollar business. Regular season records are meaningless in NFL history. This is a new way not to win they can add to not drafting offensive skill players in the first round or defensive players that are not actually first round talent. I thought they had a great draft last year with the exception of their first round pick and their second pick in the third round.
Well I think having a substantial 1-2 punch at RB becomes more valuable in Postseason. We’ve seen how quickly that even a Rookie RB can produce at the NFL level. This year several 2024 drafted RB’s have played well basically out of the gate. Lloyd is a YAC monster and he is a dual threat RB. He’s really a poor mans Adrian Peterson and that’s not an insult. I think Lloyd will be a top 20 RB fairly quickly once he gets playing time. I think Jacobs is a Top 3 RB imo. Their combined playoff punch has potential to be better than Jones/Williams or Lacy/Starks and I’m talking fairly quickly. If Lloyd can’t go he can’t go I’m not going to cry. Marshawn is better than Emmanuel Wilson and make no mistake, I think Wilson is a good complimentary RB. That RB trio would be an easy Top 3-5 in the league that’s stacked at high end RB’s.
After one year of a half bad, half good season and blowing it in the playoffs by throwing a pick when there was plenty of time on the clock to take the time to move down the field. As for the look, unfortunately those cameras zoom in on Qbs after a pick or bad throws and I don't see any reaction in his face or Watson and I don't see any improvement in their play. Malik has already replaced him during injuries with LaFleur's effective game plan. I don't care what he's getting paid, if they really want to win. The market definitely determined his pay, but it didn't improve his play and decision skills. I think this a coaching style problem. Why should overpaid quarterbacks not be replaced when they lose their focus. Just look at the highly paid QBs or starting QBs around the league who get benched (D. Jones, Will Levis, Jameis Winston). If the Packers want to go all the way, LaFleur has to acknowledge the reality of Love's play and be ready to change strategy like any other part of the game. Of course, LaFleur also has to recognize his play calling flaws in the red zone and when they get the lead. No killer instinct. Play to the whistle, not the lead. Two Pro Bowl QBs, one in the HOF and one expected to be in the HOF and one SB each. All that effort to win the division or make it to the playoffs and all that draft capital wasted on defense. There's a lack of recognition of what it takes to go all the way and how they need to change to go all the way. I just look at Detroit and their turn around. They play with determined aggression. They play hungry. The Packers showed it in the first half and then backed off in the second.
I liked Lloyd going in to the draft last year and was surprised when the Packers selected him. I thought he had a similar style to Aaron Jones. I like the running backs they have, but I don't think they usually utilize them enough in every game. Seattle stopped the inside runs in the second half and the Packers should have responded more screens and swing passes to the backs.
It seems like Cooper could be the best LB to play in GB since CMIII. And he makes Walker better by not forcing Walker to do it all. Wilson and McDuffie play well.
Little different than Mahommes.
Absolutely love the fact that LaFleur is running the ball more. A lot of NFL teams are still very vulnerable to the run. Shortage of stout defensive tackles and little LB's still can be exploited by good running games.
Honestly, that's basically what Jones did last season for us. Missed multiple games in the middle of the season, got healthy, and helped with the playoff push.
He tends to make the difficult easy and the easy difficult.
Jones got hurt Week One last season against the Bears. Battled through a lot to get back on the field in one piece.
In many ways reminds me of Bill Schroeder.
Hard to understand. Watson has been catching the ball very well.
