Nobody was happy with the offense that day and I never said the offense didn't fail. But laying the blame for the loss only at the feet of the offense doesn't tell the whole story. All I said was if we had an average ST unit the 13 points the offense put up (I'm adding 3 to our total assuming Crosby makes that FG that was blocked) would have been enough. It wasn't going to be a high scoring affair in those conditions. Just because the ST was garbage all year it was no big deal it reared its ugly head in that game? There is no excuse for us to have had such a dysfunctional mess. I blame MLF for not addressing it until after the damage was done.
Originally Posted by: Pugger
But, I don't and didn't blame the loss on the offense. I blame the loss on the Special Teams. I do believe the offense could have overcome the deficiencies by the Special Teams and failed to do so, yes. Again, 14 points would have been enough. I think we all agree if the Special Teams just DOESN'T SUCK MUTATED MONKEY BALLS, the Packers win easily.
Our OL was dinged up and in my opinion foolishly shuffled (e.g. Turner at LT) and during the game we lost AJ Dillon. We still had Adams, Cobb, Lazard, Jones and others, right? We had a four time MVP who had his second back to back MVP season. That should be enough to put up at least 14 points at home in weather they said they wanted.
Special Teams lost the game for the Packers.
Offense could have won it (needed only 14 to win), but failed to do so.
Defense played great if you go off how many points they gave up.
I created this topic because I wanted thoughts on if we felt Aaron Rodgers could still win playoff games for the Packers. And by win them, I mean, can he be what tilts the game in our favor? Based on the last two losses in the playoffs, I don't think he can be anymore. It doesn't mean I hate Rodgers, it doesn't mean he sucks, it doesn't mean I want him gone.
It means we can't expect Rodgers to be Superman and we have to play smarter football and we have to have a better supporting cast around him. Which brings up the question -- can that be done if he's consuming almost 25% of the salary cap?
BTW, I wanted to thank for you having a respectful back-n-forth without insulting one another. I like this kind of stuff.