Comments on: Game Recap – Packers/Seahawks

By: mark

mark — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:24:36 +0000

you got that right-Carroll cheated at USC(which is redundant) and he will cheat here

By: Dave K

Dave K — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:06:34 +0000

One last note – Seattle is cheap dirty team. They hit late. They hit away from the ball when the play is about over. They block at the knees every chance they get. They clearly are trying to intimidate and cause injury every chance they get. They are a reflection of their head coach who is clearly not a honorable person.

By: Dave K

Dave K — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:59:10 +0000

I thought the Packers completely dominated that second half. I think the Seahawks had 6 total plays for the 3rd quarter and really their only yards in the 4th quarter was a bogus roughing the passer penalty which negated an interception, a bogus pass interference penalty on 2nd and 30 which completely flipped field position, and of course the last play. Apart from those three plays I think the Seattle has positive yards on only a handful of other plays in the second half. The Packer def truly did dominate the 2nd half.

The Packer offense adjusted after half and controlled the 2nd half scoring on three different long drives. The Packers adjusted and played well enough to win that game. It was a close game but the refs blew three plays in the 4th quarter that allowed Seattle to win that game.

AJ Hawk played a hell of a game. I know he isn’t the most popular guy on this blog but he deserves some love for how he played last night and was huge in the 2nd half in shutting down Lynch.

Our young secondary played well. Tramone shut down Rice all night and Shields had an outstanding coverage game. The rookies also held their own against some pedestrian wide receivers. You have to be happy about the improved play in the secondary.

Clay Matthews is back to beast mode. He was a force in the 2nd half.

The offense line was dreadful and Bulaga was the worst of the bunch. This needs to get better if the Packers are going to win 3-4 playoff games. If not, one team in the playoffs like the Giants or San Fran is going to abuse Rodgers with the front 4 and again shut down this offense. The blue-print to stop the Packer offense has been delivered to all 31 teams and it’s all predicated on getting pressure with four and dropping everyone else in coverage. They either need to find a way to pass protect better against four rushers or find a way to run more consistently when the LB’s and safeties are back peddling at the snap.

Cedric Benson is a better back then Green Bay has had in while. A lot of those runs last night would normally have been for a loss or no gain and Benson turns them into positive yards. It’s nice to have a RB that doesn’t need a large lane to get 3 yards.

By: Dave in Tucson

Dave in Tucson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:45:21 +0000

Oops, meant to say M.D. Jennings. Not sure where I got Manning, except also the last name of more famous player :-p

By: mark

mark — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:21:11 +0000

this is what happens when unions and lawyers take control of an empire- ooops- next up-a paralyzed player! or possibly worse- woo hooo! are we having fun yet?

By: mike5371d

mike5371d — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:03:01 +0000

Crabby, from what I’ve read it comes down to 60,000 per game and the other issue is the benching of refs for bad games.

By: Dave in Tucson

Dave in Tucson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:56:26 +0000

Some points besides the awful officiating:

1) Where was the running game in the first half? I was calling for more runs almost from the first drive.

2) Manning really needed to just bad the ball out of bounds. Going for the int there was just stupid.

3) What happened to Jordy Nelson tonight? Just seemed to disappear.

4) On a somewhat positive note, it was good to see Jones and Finley really making a difference tonight. And agreed, Benson is a huge difference maker.

D∈T

By: crabbycocktail

crabbycocktail — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:44:16 +0000

I’m so infuriated I can’t sleep. That one instant could cost an NFL franchise not just a win, but a season, or a SuperBowl. Not to sound dramatic, but seriously, what peanuts is the NFL holding out for in not ponying up $$ for our real refs?
And teams aside, fans don’t spend millions and upon millions of dollars annually to watch some game-throwing amateurs pull their cracker-jack license out to officiate NFL games.
Disgusting.