Comments on: Game Thoughts

By: Bob the Outsider

Bob the Outsider — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:37:00 +0000

Please stop the “Face Mask Follies”; or should we include this along side such endings as Don Majkowski’s pass after crossing the scrimmage by 12 yards to win against the Bears about 30 years ago?
And the defense, forget it , everyone likes a shootout ccompared to 6-3 defensive battle. Who wants a pitchers duel at the ballpark?
Draft more offense next year!

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:33:19 +0000

No one is saying that the officials cost us the Super Bowl – you don’t give up over 50 points and then blame everything on the officials.

However, there were questionable calls that deserve discussion, as does the other obvious factors that led to the lose. We can’t know what might have happened if the face mask would have been called – but it could hve changed the outcome. Rather than being a fumble return for the winning TD, it could have been 1 and 10 for the Packers. Had they called offensive pass interference on Fitzgerald once and caused them to settle for a FG rather than a TD, all else equal the Packers win in regulation.

No one says the Packers played perfectly and were robbed by blatantly biased officials. Just that there were things that had they gone differently would have changed the outcome. Saying an official should have called something is IMO no different than saying Rodgers should have hit the pass to Jennings in OT.

By: campbell

campbell — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:16:29 +0000

Golly-gee.. I guess in certain quarters and of course, the ever truly, madly, deeply homer Packer media…we wuz just a facemask away from Tampa and glory.

Wascawwy Wabbit officials cost us the Super Bowl!

By: Doug In Sandpoint

Doug In Sandpoint — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:21:48 +0000

Regarding Rodger’s overthrow of Jennings, to me it was obviously Bush’s fault.

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:08:45 +0000

After the Dallas loss, just how far away are the LA Queenies? Can’t wait to see the new Mascot.

No new stadium – no NFL team!

By: Kozak

Kozak — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:58:08 +0000

The Vikings don’t have fans, just riders on the bandwagon.

By: Per

Per — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:29:15 +0000

I’m just so impressed with how much heart this team showed yesterday. And while there is some obvious concerns (i.e. the Defense’s inability to stop a an elite passing attack….Big Ben, Kurt Warner and the favre guy threw for 1400 yards, 15 TDs and no picks in four games according to http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth That’s just plain bad), I feel much better this time around than after the loss in the NFC championship game two years ago. The offense is pretty much set for next year. We need O-line help and maybe another RB, but the rest of the offense is already extraordinary (Finley….Wow, he is going to be so good).

That makes it possible to dedicate almost the entire draft to defensive needs. A couple of CBs, a safety, maybe another DE and probably LB.

Dream scenario: Any chance of getting Nnamdi? Least worth a shot….I mean it’s Oakland. Kampman and a 1st and 3rd round pick?

It might be a little bit early to talk draft, but hey the season is over, might as well look ahead to next year

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:27:02 +0000

The fact that you spend so much time spewing useless
information on a fansite devoted to the Packers is sad. Go
find a Vikings fansite ( if any truly exist ) and pray for your
worthless team because luck is what you’ll need on Sunday.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:29:04 +0000

Very good point Joe, it could very well have been a bad route. There was a similar play in the first quarter however & judging by Rodgers reactions it appeared he knew he had thrown that one a little too long or at least should have put a little more air under it. I’m sure he/they will get it worked out.

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:21:12 +0000

“(Sorry Packerbelle, I just couldn;t resist). BTW, I really admire the way you stay classy.”

I live in the Twin Cities and being not only a Packer fan but a girl Packer fan in high school led to a lot of razzing from the Viking fans (especially their 15-1 season). I learned the best way to get them to shut up was to be polite, classy and basically just say ‘So?’ to their rather immature comments. It’s been useful in other situations too.

I can’t really know if TT is a ‘frat boy’ since my college didn’t have fraternities or sororities. TT has his faults, communication being one of them. But I do have to give him credit for finding some really amazing players – Rodgers, Woodson, Matthews, Jennings, etc and for having the guts to stick with Rodgers over Favre when it was in the long term interest of the team to do so. Doesn’t mean that I won’t be calling for his head if we don’t see a good season next year and a play-off win in the next year or two but I’m willing to give him some lee-way for now.