1.The loss by the Packers beyond the embarrassing aspect of it effectively ends realisitic hope of being the NFC representative. Anyone believing this team was ready to dominate and win #14 needs to realize Seattle hold the tiebreaker over us and the odds of us not having to go back there if we even make the playoffs, are not good.
2. I've never been big on MM. He's a fake tough... To refuse to throw at Sherman all night? SCARED. You coach scared, Rodgers plays scared, and you look like that on national TV.
3. The defense is the joke I thought it'd be. I thought Seattle would hang 40 on us and they would've had we put up any kind of offensive threat to them. Why in the world would you think the D would be better under Dom? Have you seen his track record? It reads in a very well defined way. His D is instantly good and then tails off considerably as the years he gets grow longer his D's are historically terrible. We trot out guys like AJ Hawk and Brad Jones in the middle when we're draft and develop? Who has developed there in the last several years? Safety? Same question.
Originally Posted by: uffda udfa
Look, I'm as pissed as the next guy we lost, but you are blowing things way out of proportion.
1. Need I remind you, we won the Superbowl playing away from home. Yes, not ideal. Hardly a problem that the 'Hawks hold the tiebreaker over us. For most of the first half of the game, the Packers stuck with the Seahawks - this despite "coaching problems" that apparently put our defence behind the 8-ball.
2. You want to piss-and-moan about McCarthy being fake tough? He was playing with a rookie C and a replacement RT who was horrible. Pray-tell, what exactly would you want McCarthy to do? Tell Aaron to hold the ball until Boykin ran 30 yards deep on Sherman? Newsflash: Aaron would get killed. Or maybe you'd like Aaron to audible into a call where he waits for Boykin to go deep or finish his route against Sherman. Newsflash: Aaaron would get killed. I don't know how anyone can blame MM or Aaron for a bad game plan when it was evident after Bulaga went down that Sherrod at RT made any game plan requiring holding on to the ball for more than 2 seconds damn near impossible to execute.
Don't get me wrong, MM needs to look himself in the mirror. Coach MM could have planned to use more bunch formations, or other calls to improve our game plan. We can't simply view faster-tempo as being more "creative"; I fear MM has started to do that. Why not dictate to the D by forcing Sherman to come inside and guard WRs by going bunch formation? MM needs to re-evaluate what he can do schematically to put his players in the best position to make plays. Additionally, it is absolutely inexcusable that the coaches had "breakdowns". They had all year to watch Seahawks tape and study their opponent. First week, MM has the balls to say they weren't prepared for the tempo that the Seahawks called in plays? That is f'n bullshit. It is inexcusable. MM deserves heavy criticism for not having his coaches prepared for the environment. Frankly, it's not a mistake that should be tolerated from a veteran head coach.
3. Look, the D had chances to make plays. Jones dropped an INT. So did Haha. Our ILB and S had opportunities to make plays. Yes, Jones played terrible, but then how do you explain him being in position to make an INT? Pure luck? What about Haha being in a position to make an INT? Face it, the scheme (or Dom calling plays) is not the problem.
The problem is that it seems to be the same old story with player's performances: either (a) players on D did not stay in their lanes or (b) players were not fundamentally sound while executing. Maybe the coaches deserve blaming for not subbing in someone else, instead choosing to stick with hot garbage like Jones and Hawk at ILB. I certainly won't stop you from blaming them. But to go all out and say the scheme we run on D or the plays being called are garbage? I don't buy it.
Overall, this was a hell of a tough loss to swallow. I want every coach and player on the team pissed off at the inexcusable game they "played" in their defeat to the Seahawks. Every coach and player in the building can improve from what they did in week 1. But let's be real: this team will be far better in week 16 than it is in week 1. When you rely on so many young players to play an important part, young players will grow throughout the season. All hope is not lost; in fact probably the opposite. Opponents have tape of Packer weaknesses. Opponents will seek to exploit the problems that surfaced against the Seahawks. The Packers better damn well be improved in those areas (tackling and fundamentals especially). The coaches and players know this; they will be better. If nothing else, week 1 will force us to confront our weaknesses head on.
I'm just praying our health as a team holds up. If the Packers can learn and grow from week 1, any rematch with the Seahawks this season will be a far more even and entertaining contest.
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