It was like they expected to lose, so why try?
That dropped 75 yard TD in their first drive set the tone for the whole game.
Playing in preseason wouldn't have fixed anything.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

I am sorry Kevin. I disagree. I don't care what other teams do or don't do.
Not playing starters because you are AFRAID the MIGHT get injured is a weak excuse. Life happens and players get injured. They can't run away. I remember players from the 80's and 90's say they looked forward to the first real hit they got (and gave). There is being in shape and there is being in football shape. It's not the same. There is no way to simulate football shape without competing against another team.

In the MLF era, the offense has started poorly 3 of 4 times. The only exception was the COVID season of 2020 with no fans in the stands. The defense has started poorly 3 times as well. The only decent opener was Matt's first season in 2019 when they held the bares to 3 points.

When we add the post bye games that more times than not are losses, this team is soft. They get manhandled repeatedly on the OL and DL. If the DB's are aggressive on the LOS, our WRs have no answers. Soft.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

I was thinking more along the lines of, that Rodgers should have been in Green Bay right after the draft when the new players arrived.
That would have been a time to get to know the new wide receivers and start getting on the same page.
I think that would be tremendously helpful in getting on the same page.
That's something a real leader would have done rather than run off to some remote place to smoke psychedelic mushrooms.

Originally Posted by: yooperfan 

It's a subset of the real issue, which is that Aaron is running the team.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

Teams don't game plan. Teams don't scheme. Teams run vanilla offense and vanilla defense. Aside from getting used to getting HIT and HITTING, I'm not sure what more can be had from playing in preseason games. Although, as I said, it does give them that competitive taste of the game environment. Veterans have time and time said they get more from training camp practices than preseason games. Younger players (1-3 years) certainly benefit from preseason games, in my opinion.

One thing I think preseason can help with his tackling because the NFLPA sissified the CBA where they can't tackle much in practice anymore.

What do you think preseason games are going to do? Vikings didn't play starters and they have new offense and defense. Maybe we struggled with them because we didn't know what to prepare for and they had over 50 games of tape to find our flaws? 🤷‍♂️

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool