Week 8 vs some Jags at their joint.

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Don't see a win here.
Detroit is a very good team. However GB is very young and inexperience ramps with time. I think we put too much emphasis on the present. It’s possible today Detroit is a little bit better than GB, but not likely the second meeting. I think it’s very possible we split games 1-1.

The other thing I’ll mention that will factor. Devonte Wyatt has turned out to be a good player. Worthy of a Day 1 in a draft do over. Aiden Hutchinson was just lost for the season. These are key + or - on each roster that affect game performance. I suspect Wyatt will be back in the next 2 weeks and that’s a + our DL needs another playmaker to complete the formula. Wyatt is now a plug n play DL
Missing Hutchinson is a big loss for Detroit and would be for any team. I think if we met the Vikings again we’d be a +1 favorite. Just imo. Detroit beating MN isn’t a surprise. We nearly caught them after a horrific start and got within 2 points. With a sloppy performance I’d think I’d call it.

I think we start 6-2 and against the Bears and Detroit we go 2-2. Even IF we lost to MN it’s 2-3. That’s still an
8-5 record in a strong Division. Of the 4 others games, we either go 3-1 or we go 2-2.

10-7 or 11-6.
 
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In summary I still believe due to age of D scheme, age of potential in additional roster help combined that GB is ascending. We’ve already shown formidable as the season progressed, that is our identity. It wasn’t just a fluke last season.

Love does NOT need to run as clean as the 2023 stretch. It’s highly likely that won’t happen. However he does need to mitigate INT and get back to a 5:2 to 3:1 ratio TD:INT. If he does that watch out. I said that last year towards the beginning of his run. Hes still a formidable QB don’t let his INT trick you. Part of that was early season, part of that was returning earlier from a sprain and part of that was falling back to Earth. No QB can go 19:1 regular. Its not happening not even with Rodgers prime. We don’t need that level of play but we do need somewhere between last years stretch and this years start.

I think we Win by 2-scores but Trevor will give us a scare some point.
 
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At least the Packers will be used to playing in the warm weather that they'll encounter in Jacksonville. High of 78 and breezy, so maybe that means a re-focus on feeding the ball to Josh Jacobs.
 

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Yeah this game is not the easy W it appears to be. You mentioned the weather. And the Jags can be a very good team at times. Anyway, like all the other games, the coaches have to get these guys ready to come back with a road win.

As for the last 9 games, yeah it's one tough stretch. Finishing the year with 10-13 wins is most likely. To narrow it, my best guess is 12 wins. So they have to beat the Jags and finish 6-3 over the last nine games. I have no idea where that gets them as far as playoff seeding, but 12 wins will get them in the playoffs.
It is not so much a letdown or looking ahead to the " big " rival. But what happens with young teams is that they can get caught reading their headlines the whole next week. This is when the coach has to make them forget that and bring them down to planet earth. Lombardi was a master at that. Was harder on the team after victories than defeats.
 

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Detroit is a very good team. However GB is very young and inexperience ramps with time. I think we put too much emphasis on the present. It’s possible today Detroit is a little bit better than GB, but not likely the second meeting. I think it’s very possible we split games 1-1.

The other thing I’ll mention that will factor. Devonte Wyatt has turned out to be a good player. Worthy of a Day 1 in a draft do over. Aiden Hutchinson was just lost for the season. These are key + or - on each roster that affect game performance. I suspect Wyatt will be back in the next 2 weeks and that’s a + our DL needs another playmaker to complete the formula. Wyatt is now a plug n play DL
Missing Hutchinson is a big loss for Detroit and would be for any team. I think if we met the Vikings again we’d be a +1 favorite. Just imo. Detroit beating MN isn’t a surprise. We nearly caught them after a horrific start and got within 2 points. With a sloppy performance I’d think I’d call it.

I think we start 6-2 and against the Bears and Detroit we go 2-2. Even IF we lost to MN it’s 2-3. That’s still an
8-5 record in a strong Division. Of the 4 others games, we either go 3-1 or we go 2-2.

10-7 or 11-6.
The Vikings forced Detroit to make some mistakes but they are a physically and mentally tough team. We caught them on a short week after a near home loss to the Bears last year. They will not be too kind this time around. But....neither will we.
 

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