What should we expect from this season?

[Cheese Headed Monster]

Just making the playoffs? Deep run? Barely miss out and get draft picks? I feel stuck in football purgatory. Barely making the playoffs each year, and getting bounced in the 1st or 2nd game and missing out on draft picks in the process. I would love to see us in the post season, but this early exit stuff hurts us.

 

[PackerDNA]

Outside of the enjoyment of watching Packer football, not much. Maybe they make the playoffs but not going anywhere. Not good enough and having to be on the road since now bye week's .are out of the question.

 

[Title Town USA]

Anything is possible at this point. They showed yesterday they can compete with anybody, anywhere. The defense is clearly improved from last season, which means they will be in every game. I expect a win this week in New England.

 

[Wi. Mike now in Florida]

What should we expect from this season?

Getting a head start on sending players and coaches packing for next year

 

[Dantés]

Totally depends on whether the offense wakes up in time, or ever.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Anything is possible at this point. They showed yesterday they can compete with anybody, anywhere. The defense is clearly improved from last season, which means they will be in every game. I expect a win this week in New England.

I pretty much feel the same way. Despite the loss, GB played its best game of the year, Jones established what we already knew - he is an elite back, and Alexander played lights out. I was disappointed by the loss, especially the way it happened, but I expect them to beat the Pats next Sunday as well, and I wouldn’t have said that before the Rams game. There’s a lot of the season left. As far as the playoffs...... I expect they’ll get in but won’t go far. I also expect (hope) this will be MM’s last year with the team.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Getting a head start on sending players and coaches packing for next year

I agree, but that will probably not happen until the end of the season. Hey, they showed they can play well yesterday, but that’s not enough to fool me into thinking this is an elite team. It isn’t. Ya can’t fire the players (well, not most of them) but they can and should clean house with the coaching staff, starting with MM. I like what I’ve seen from Pettine and Glute so far. But this is a team in desperate need of new ideas from the HC. It’s just time for MM to move on.

 

[C-Lee]

This has been a brutal season of Packers football so far, but the silver lining is that the division is still up for grabs.

 

[Jerellh528]

Every year we have Rodgers under center since 2010 I’ve expected Super Bowl, and that doesn’t change until we’re eliminated from contention.

 

[Packer Brother]

Anything is possible at this point. They showed yesterday they can compete with anybody, anywhere. The defense is clearly improved from last season, which means they will be in every game. I expect a win this week in New England.

Probably the wrong game to be expecting a win. Brady will shred this D (Which still gave up 29 points btw). And before you say "Rodgers will shred that terrible Pats D", how'd he do at home against the 49ers? How'd he do against that beat up Rams D?

The defense will do okay against average QB's. Brady is anything but. This is a bad franchise nearing a dark future.

 

[PikeBadger]

Totally depends on whether the offense wakes up in time, or ever.

Totally agree. Right now the offensive consistency is that of a .500 team. Missing one playmaker on defense that can create turnovers. Offense and Specials will have to get significantly better to make up for that missing piece to allow us to make a playoff run. It’s not too late but we need to continue improving every week.

 

[Title Town USA]

Probably the wrong game to be expecting a win. Brady will shred this D (Which still gave up 29 points btw). And before you say "Rodgers will shred that terrible Pats D", how'd he do at home against the 49ers? How'd he do against that beat up Rams D?

The defense will do okay against average QB's. Brady is anything but. This is a bad franchise nearing a dark future.

So I take it you won't even bother watching the game, since it's over before it starts apparently?

 

[Forget Favre]

Not much.

 

[Forget Favre]

Probably the wrong game to be expecting a win. Brady will shred this D (Which still gave up 29 points btw). And before you say "Rodgers will shred that terrible Pats D", how'd he do at home against the 49ers? How'd he do against that beat up Rams D?

The defense will do okay against average QB's. Brady is anything but. This is a bad franchise nearing a dark future.

That and plus we are playing against a team that cheats.

 

[Wi. Mike now in Florida]

When my dad was still living and he seen a week the Packers played good and then bad, he always claim the game was "fixed" and after the Rams game, I'm starting to wonder myself.
Ya, I heard all this about any given day, any given team etc. etc., but there's no consistency in this team.
Maybe we should play every other week and have a bye week every other week.

 

[Packer Brother]

So I take it you won't even bother watching the game, since it's over before it starts apparently?

I'll watch. I'm a fan. But win or lose Sunday, this franchise isn't going anywhere. That can't be argued.

 

[Wi. Mike now in Florida]

That and plus we are playing against a team that cheats.

Now let's see, which if these will happen soon:
Someone will proof the Patriots are cheating or MM will be fired?

 

[Title Town USA]

I'll watch. I'm a fan. But win or lose Sunday, this franchise isn't going anywhere. That can't be argued.

Can't be argued? You need to learn the difference between facts and opinions. It sure as hell can be argued.

 

[Half Empty]

That and plus we are playing against a team that cheats.

Really? Still? Give it a rest.

 

[Half Empty]

So I take it you won't even bother watching the game, since it's over before it starts apparently?

As with every game for some time now, I'll DVR it and, should they do well, watch it in 1/3 the time and 100% less frustration.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Probably the wrong game to be expecting a win. Brady will shred this D (Which still gave up 29 points btw). And before you say "Rodgers will shred that terrible Pats D", how'd he do at home against the 49ers? How'd he do against that beat up Rams D?

The defense will do okay against average QB's. Brady is anything but. This is a bad franchise nearing a dark future.

Was the Rams D “beat up”? Who didn’t play? They looked pretty good to me.

 

[Cheese Headed Monster]

Here is a more refined question. Knowing how this season has gone and what our roster looks like, do you even want to reach the post season this year? I am always for winning every game. I am curious to hear from others who would say they dont mind us dropping these games because that would help our draft status and help our team long term. Thoughts on that? *DISCLAIMER* This is not necessarily my opinion. I am playing devil's advocate.

 

[PackAttack12]

Unfortunately, there's the potential to be in a similar position to where we were in 2016 with the way that the schedule is going to go. That year, we are 4-6 after 10 games and needed a miraculous finish spearheaded by Aaron Rodgers to win the division.

This season, we're currently 3-3-1, but have some tough tests ahead. The Patriots go without saying, but then it's the Dolphins at home (a game I do expect to win), and then Seahawks/Vikings on the road.

If we get out of that stretch at 2-2, that puts the team at 5-5-1 and probably still right in the thick of the division race, especially given that we play each division opponent 1 more time a piece. Maybe the team can light a spark and finish 9-6-1 or possibly even 10-5-1 to win the division.

Hoping for home field advantage unfortunately is a pipedream at the moment, but winning the division is well within striking distance. And I'm not going to bet against Aaron Rodgers and an emerging defense the deeper we get into the regular season.

As long as you are 1 of 12 teams that get a ticket to the dance, anything can happen.

 

[Forget Favre]

Really? Still? Give it a rest.

I can't help it.
I don't and never will trust them.

 

[Forget Favre]

Here is a more refined question. Knowing how this season has gone and what our roster looks like, do you even want to reach the post season this year? I am always for winning every game. I am curious to hear from others who would say they dont mind us dropping these games because that would help our draft status and help our team long term. Thoughts on that? *DISCLAIMER* This is not necessarily my opinion. I am playing devil's advocate.

No true Packers fan should be wanting them to lose just to get a higher draft pick.

We all like to sit here and dream up solutions which is nothing more than discussion since none of us has any insights to the inner workings of the Packers office.
"Get rid of the coach! Cut that player! Bring in this player!" are all the cries of us frustrated and impatient fans who want a quick fix to an ongoing problem.
I feel the pain. I really do.
But I don't know what the solution really is and I don't think anyone else does either.
I mean Capers and TT went after years of crying out for them to be fired and look at where we are compared to years past.