Larry McCarren says Josh Sitton was beaten in pass protection by a 3rd string defensive tackle on the failed conversion. Now what are we suppose to think? This is the guy that was suppose bring some beef to the line.
Later McCarren notes a few minutes late that Pat Williams split Sitton and TJ Lang to tackle Donald Lee for a 2 yard loss.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Can Rodgers Survive His Coffin?
I've been worried about Rodgers physically surviving this game. Even if he does, it will take a lot of great plays behind a whole new line for him to ever lead a team down the field like Favre.
lol... saftey. Want to say it with me? "Gonna get that cleaned up, Mike?"
lol... saftey. Want to say it with me? "Gonna get that cleaned up, Mike?"
4th & 1 @ the 1....
Empty backfield? Not even a threat of the handoff... failure. Is anyone surprised? At least Donald Lee has earned his "wedge of Swiss" to make sure we have 7. Five or six blocks of Swiss would fail to mirror the legendary seven blocks of granite that Vince Lombardi was part of at Fordham University.
I really believed that McCarthy had Barbre and Sitton ready to play. When they didn't sign anybody and didn't draft anybody, I thought "These guys are pros. They won't go into this year with the worst OL in the league. They have too many resources to get that completely wrong." But they did... and Colledge just went down. Bring on T.J. Lang... our secret ace in the hole?
At least we can look forward to Favre fadding down the strech, right Bob McGinn?
I really believed that McCarthy had Barbre and Sitton ready to play. When they didn't sign anybody and didn't draft anybody, I thought "These guys are pros. They won't go into this year with the worst OL in the league. They have too many resources to get that completely wrong." But they did... and Colledge just went down. Bring on T.J. Lang... our secret ace in the hole?
At least we can look forward to Favre fadding down the strech, right Bob McGinn?
Predictable Prediction @ 9:00 in 3Q
Down 2 TDs, McCarthy will hand the ball off less than 5 times in this second half.
Postscript: I was about right. I think it was 6 times.
Postscript: I was about right. I think it was 6 times.
Penalties
Just after the end of the half Vikings go up by 2 TDs.
Penalties:
Packers 6-47
Vikings 0-0
"Hey Mike, you gonna get that cleaned up?"
Penalties:
Packers 6-47
Vikings 0-0
"Hey Mike, you gonna get that cleaned up?"
Halftime: Packers 14 Vikings 21
Forget the score. Forget Farve. Will Aaron Rodgers survive the second half or will he join Will Blackmon on the injured reserve on Monday? You gonna get that cleaned up Mike?
The seven blocks of Swiss Cheese are horrible. It's worse than Favre in purple.
The seven blocks of Swiss Cheese are horrible. It's worse than Favre in purple.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Fuzzy & Jerry Lead The Way to Ambiguity!
Fuzzy & Jerry Lead The Way to Ambiguity!
I loved Greg Bedard's piece on how "It couldn't be worse". Look folks, that offensive line is a problem. Point the figure at who ever you like and the run defense has been bad. Maybe they will get better, but I don't see any reason to be a blood-drunk Packer partisan Monday night.
Ted Thompson pulled a Lombardi. He didn't get rid of the Hornung & Taylor. He got rid of the QB. And that old QB still has some life in him. Remember, those TD comebacks with no timeouts left? No offense to Aaron Rodgers. He's in there and hopefully for a long time. If he can beat the Vikings and Favre, he begins to build his own story. If not, I'm not going to hold it against him. Taking the punishment he has this season has resolved any question I had about his toughness.
My guess is that neither of these teams are going to the Super Bowl this year. They would both be underdogs and in the NFL teams like this make it sometimes, but they usually lose. They are both "good" teams with real weaknesses. Both are fun to watch this year.
Dante Culpepper and Randy Moss are gone and so is Darren Sharper and Mike Tice. Beavel and Childress are not exactly arch-enemy material. So I'm more than happy to let Brett Favre have his victory lap if he and his purple lutefish eating friends can earn it.
I'm going to underscore what I have been saying about the 2007 Packers and repeat the Aaron Rodgers corollary. Favre made that young offense play over-their-heads in 2007. Anyone, read Mike McCarthy, who found fault with Favre was simply looking too hard. The Rodgers Corollary is that he appears, barring injury, a worth successor to one of the greatest QBs of all-time. McCarthy and Thompson should get credit for that.
Even if you don't buy into this view, if the Packers win or lose, remember how lucky we are to have had this guy for 16 years. The Packer Hall of Fame & the Ring of Honor will be waiting. Why rush it? Go Brett and Go Pack!
I loved Greg Bedard's piece on how "It couldn't be worse". Look folks, that offensive line is a problem. Point the figure at who ever you like and the run defense has been bad. Maybe they will get better, but I don't see any reason to be a blood-drunk Packer partisan Monday night.
Ted Thompson pulled a Lombardi. He didn't get rid of the Hornung & Taylor. He got rid of the QB. And that old QB still has some life in him. Remember, those TD comebacks with no timeouts left? No offense to Aaron Rodgers. He's in there and hopefully for a long time. If he can beat the Vikings and Favre, he begins to build his own story. If not, I'm not going to hold it against him. Taking the punishment he has this season has resolved any question I had about his toughness.
My guess is that neither of these teams are going to the Super Bowl this year. They would both be underdogs and in the NFL teams like this make it sometimes, but they usually lose. They are both "good" teams with real weaknesses. Both are fun to watch this year.
Dante Culpepper and Randy Moss are gone and so is Darren Sharper and Mike Tice. Beavel and Childress are not exactly arch-enemy material. So I'm more than happy to let Brett Favre have his victory lap if he and his purple lutefish eating friends can earn it.
I'm going to underscore what I have been saying about the 2007 Packers and repeat the Aaron Rodgers corollary. Favre made that young offense play over-their-heads in 2007. Anyone, read Mike McCarthy, who found fault with Favre was simply looking too hard. The Rodgers Corollary is that he appears, barring injury, a worth successor to one of the greatest QBs of all-time. McCarthy and Thompson should get credit for that.
Even if you don't buy into this view, if the Packers win or lose, remember how lucky we are to have had this guy for 16 years. The Packer Hall of Fame & the Ring of Honor will be waiting. Why rush it? Go Brett and Go Pack!
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