I was at the game, and to be honest, I came away fairly pleased. Yes, the ST was pretty bad on that kick return, but I like the rest of the kicks and the onside was brilliant. Slocum is not a great coach, but he isn’t on the field tackling…..

I think the biggest thing was the missed opportunities on turnovers. We dropped two INT’s and that resulted in ten NE points. We lost by four. You do the math.

Flynn just made TT a rich man. They are going to be a plethora of teams calling for him next year after that performance. He looked great. That pick six, as DaveK pointed out, was largely James Jones’ fault. AND, bad tackling. (five missed tackles….)

I’m not really that disappointed, and feeling good about the rest of the games – although playoffs will be tough to get to without winning out. I dont know. I guess there is always next year???

All in all though, it wasn’t the blowout I was expecting andhopefully inspires them in the last 2 games…

“If Slocum is still the Packer’s Special Teams Coach next season he has pictures.” Yup.

I hated the play calling on the goal line. The 2nd down FB plunge after the first down FB plunge was predictable and the Pats had 9 guys shooting every gap in the line. Horrible call and I don’t understand why MM goes to that big package and takes all the weapons off the field. He does it way too much. You can run for a yard in other ways on the goal line other then taking all the WR’s off the field and plunging into the pile.

On the flip side, Capers is an amazing DC. Despite the injuries he puts this team in position to win week after week. Amazing.

I need to rant about James Jones. The guy is just not a complete receiver and I’m not sure he ever will be a guy the Packers can trust to replace Driver. His routes are shoddy unless he is running a go route which he does well. He just doesn’t have a feel for how to adjust a route per coverage and situation. I don’t think he gives up on routes but it almost like a confusion or indecision to the point when he just flounders about. The pick-6 is a good example of that. It was a bad pass and Jennings was open on the slant but Jones ran a really sloppy route which really doesn’t help a QB on his first start. Besides marginal route running, he doesn’t have great hands and for being a giant WR he just isn’t great at going up and getting a 50/50 ball. Plus, his ball security is bad. His fumbles have cost the Packers games in the past. He is big talented WR but he strikes me as a guy that has relied on his skills all his life and just doesn’t have the attitude or mind-set to take the next step. He’ll flash greatness just enough to tease us but he has had years now to make the jump and he just hasn’t.

BAD ST’s and poor clock management are the hallmark of the MM era.