This is my thought exactly. The loss to the Saints was bad, but Rodgers was injured. That changed the entire game. It doesn't absolve the defense of their shitty play, but it unquestionably changed the Packers ability to keep scoring, which led to the game getting out-of-hand. Could have been an entirely different ball game if Rodgers didn't get hurt. The Packers would have still probably lost, but it would have been much closer, imo. Like it or not, this team runs through Aaron Rodgers. No other player or entire unit is going to carry this team.
Originally Posted by: DoddPower
Here's my problem: The Packers use up ALL their margin of error, every single time. Let's say you can make it to the Super Bowl, and have a 10% margin of error. So you can shit yourself 10% of the time and still dominate your way to a SB victory. Right?
Well, this team is like that. But then they shit themselves 20% of the time and try to pull something out of their ass to bullshit their way through the 10% that they need to get up to snuff.
Take this recent Saints game for example. If we would have put the Saints away early, for example by getting another TD isntead of FGs or forcing a punt, BAM! The pass to Peppers. The screens to Lacy instead of Harris. The onside kick. Aaron can get injured and we still win.
But that's not how McCarthy rolls.
Far as I'm concerned this is a 4-4 team, because they did not play well enough to beat the Dolphins. They shit themselves beyond 20%, then got lucky at the end using bullshit. Is .500 really good enough for this team? I do not think so.
“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”