... that you can't help but be excited about even though they lost. Hear me out before you jump down my throat. There are those who will say a loss is a loss. These are the same people who say anything short of a Super Bowl win is a failed season. If that's you feel free to stop reading now because you will disagree with everything I am about to say.

No one thought the Packers would win this game. I didn't and if you are honest you probably didn't either. No one thought this would even be close. I didn't and you probably didn't either. I can't think of anything that would make you think otherwise. We have been struggling mightily without Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers have the best QB/WR/RB combo in the league without question. I don't blame anyone for thinking we had no chance in this one.

After the opening drive I think everyone thought "here we go" then the Packers drove back and took the lead. Then they extended their lead. Did anyone expect that the Packers would be up 14-6 in this game? I doubt it. Even at half time I was still thinking the Steelers would come out after half time and pour it on. That didn't happen and I for one am impressed with the way the Packers played.

Were there some mistakes? Of course there were. Every team makes them. we didn't seem to have an answer for that trio and if it wasn't for the three turnovers it may have been a lot worse but the thing is we DID get those turnovers and it was close.

You will see some people say things like don't get too excited about this. We are still pretty much the same team we were before and nothing has changed and you know what? they are right. I didn't see anything last night that makes me all of a sudden say Hey, we are not that bad, We still have a chance. We still have the same issues we had before the game, although it is nice to know that we are capable of stepping up our game even if it isn't a trend yet.

I'm not talking at all about what this game means for the future of the packers. I'm not saying that its all wee needed to build confidence and provide a basis to build on. I'm talking about the game last night. If you didn't watch that game and come away thinking it was a pretty darn good game even though we lost I don't know what it would take for you to feel that way.

You may still feel we won't win another game without AR, and we may not. You may still feel that the only help for the Packers is getting rid of Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy and DC and it may be. But for one game, despite the outcome, I don't think you can help with being impressed by the way the Packers played.

Do you feel confident in going into next season with him as the backup? He's realistically 1-4 as the QB. I need to see more over the next couple of games to get there.

I posted it elsewhere but is it possible there was a bit of a fix involved? Two wide open TD passes and a long screen? I hate going there but the change was dramatic as far as results. When something seems to good to be true it usually is, as they say.

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Agreed, my problem with "Minimal Mike" McCarthy is that we are ALWAYS in this "must win" position.

I mean, it's GREAT that the guys stepped up and fought hard. We took a contender right down to the wire without Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Jones, Ty Montgomery, Kenny Clark, Clay Matthews, Brian Bulaga, Kevin King and a plethora of other guys. (Yeah I know, King played, but at about 75%.)

I just get sick of ALWAYS putting out the minimum production, even WITH Aaron Rodgers and all those guys. I am also sick of the constant stream of injuries, including ones that result from teams knowing that they can cheap shot our guys and get away with it.

I guess we're not mathematically eliminated yet, but I still don't like being in this position.

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I heard Steelers are over hyped.

2 Losses
Jaguars with Blake Bortles beat them.
Bears with Mike Glennon beat them.

9 Wins
Browns with DeShonne Kizer
Vikings with Case Keenum (best W of season)
Ravens with Joe Flaaco
Bengals with Andy Dalton
Lions with Matt Stafford (2nd best W)
Colts with Jacoby Brissett, come back win after being down at halftime
Titans with Marcus Mariotta (dominated this game)
Chiefs with Alex Smith (good win here that started Chiefs slide)
Packers with Brett Hundley, last second FG to win



Packers scored 28 points on them with a backup QB, missing starting T, blah blah wah wah ... on Steelers defense. Only Jaguars scored more than that vs Steelers. That's a good damn defense they have.

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Right now I don't have to think about that. We still have several games this season to see what he does. Besides, like I said, I wasn't talking about next season or next week or anything other than Sunday nights game. In a game where no one though we had a snowballs chance in hell of even staying in the game we kept it close and actually had a chance to win. To me that is reason enough to say I enjoyed the game.

Imagine what Ted could get in the draft for guys like Hundley, Clay Matthews and Randall Cobb. Should be a heck of an offseason.

But again, it ain't over.

Win these two winnable games and let's see where we're at. Seems like Hundley has a mental block for playing at Lambeau.

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I'm not real excited about the last game. We DID lose , and that is unacceptable.
Plus, Hundley is up and down. We don't know which QB will show up, the good or bad Hundley.
He hasn't shown any consistency yet.
But again, who knows? He might settle down and be decent. He hasn't been in enough games to decide yet.

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