YOU ARE WRONG! The "team" was damn close to exactly what it has been the last 4 weeks. It was ONLY Same Ole’ Jay that was better [actually his 116 rating fails to represent how well he played]!
If only we could rewind the tape and have Same Ole’ Jay engineer 4-5-6 offensive 3 and outs and see how the D would have done against the exact team in the exact conditions. Several 3 or 4 or 5 and outs absolutely kills a D suffering from injuries; especially multiple rolling secondary injuries like GB has had. The secondary of ILBs and DBs that practiced together in Mini-camp, training camp and pre season has been obliterated. But, more importantly, DBs keep coming and going, ILBs keep changing. Each week it’s like fielding a new set of defense players; and the staff only has 6 hours to coach-up this new group.
A good D game plan begins with 4-5 schemes; each scheme is composed of different variants and mixes of zone/man concepts posing as cov 1, cov 2, cov 3, robber, zone blitz, etc. As the opposing O adjusts to what the D is doing; Capers adjusts to scheme 2; then to scheme 3, maybe back to 1 for a few plays; then to scheme 4, etc. But, there’s not enough practice time to make communication perfect for even 1 or 2 schemes when the player parts keep changing. So when Same ole’ jay decides to be stupid or disinterested in playing his role, the opposing O gets 80 or more plays and can just t-off on imperfect defensive schemes 1 and 2 after figuring them out or Capers is forced to go to schemes 3 and 4 in which the player are unprepared through no fault of his own.
Also, notice how the ball being delivered accurately and EXACTLY on time makes the WRs look better; there’s fewer drops, alot more YAC, etc. And Schwartz, intimately familiar with McCarthy’s system from his days in Detroit, couldn’t stop this offense when Rodgers executes [like many GB forum postering experts laughingly claim that they can]. The O wasn't any more creative tonight, Rodgers just executed.
Again, the only difference between this week and last 4, on O and D is that Rodgers played to his salary by executing well and executing well in crunch time. Not complicated at all.
Can we run the table? If Same ole' Jay is our QB, not a chance; if Aaron Rodgers returns to QB, it’s likely. GB has only lost a few meaningful December games with a mentally and physically viable Rodgers since 2008 and Htn, Seattle, Minn, Chic ad Det all stink.
Originally Posted by: Barfarn