Hell, I thought the Packers played a phenomenal game out there. SO many improvements from last season, I was impressed.

Mr. "Pro Bowl QB," Cutler was absolutely lost and confused all night long. And I don't think he played all that much better in the 2nd half either, the bears were just being a lot more conservative. 22 attempts in the 1st half - like 10 in the 2nd. And only like 2 out of those 10 of those passes went more than 10 yards in the air. And sure enough, one pass - one interception once the bears needed to move down field quickly. Our D hasn't looked this good in a very long time.

And lets face it, if our offense played as bad as they did today last year, there's no way in hell we would have had a shot at winning. I mean we had trouble stopping the LIONS last year. We couldn't stop anybody! What a huge, huge, huge, difference Mr. Capers has made!

And remember, our offense was going up against the stingy Bears D. No easy task for any team. I mean, the bears are team who won virtually all of their games last year on scum points. You know, scum points...defensive touchdowns, safeties, kick returns, blocked field goals as time expires to send the game into ot....you know, virtually anything that doesn't have to do with offense. Our offense proved they are at least capable of being great in the preseason...

And hey! Our offense came through in the end! That certainly never happened last year! Last year we would have tried to run out the clock and give super kicker a shot at a 55 yard miracle game winner. But wow, what a play call on the play action! Executed beautify.

Our special teams didn't look so bad either after finishing dead last in kick returns a season ago.

So say want you want about what negatives there were, I think most of the bad things said here can be fixed with some minor adjustments, I saw a solid performance in the areas that count toward a consistent, successful season. =)

"gopackgo212" wrote:

I want the Mike McCarthy play calling from the preseason and not this conservative stuff I saw last nite.

"Dulak" wrote:

I don't remember who it was, but a running back broke through the line and had an easy touchdown in the final minute, but he slid down at the two yard line to guarantee the victory for his team rather than give the other team the ball back.

"olds70supreme" wrote:

I want the Mike McCarthy play calling from the preseason and not this conservative stuff I saw last nite.

"Dulak" wrote:

In a 2007 game against the Dallas Cowboys, Runyan instructed Eagles running back Brian Westbrook to take a knee at the one-yard-line rather than score a touchdown with two minutes left in the game so that Dallas would not get the ball back. Westbrook followed Runyan's suggestion, the play worked, and Philadelphia won the game

"Wikipedia" wrote:

A 2008 poll revealed that getting blocked by Jon Runyan on a screen pass was one of the scariest things in the NFL.

"Wikipedia" wrote:

A few morning after thoughts:

-While Woodson missed a few tackles I did not feel he was getting burned in coverage. It looked to me like he was playing a zone and that Hester left his zone both plays. On one I saw Collins fall down, and on the other it looked like Collins was daydreaming and got burned.

-To explain my comment on Jennings falling down: The Barelys had no timeouts left and the score gave their special teams and offense a chance to win. If Jennings had stopped at the one yard line, we would have been able to kneel the ball, run off the clock, and have an extra point style field goal as time ran out to win the game. You can't blame Jennings for what he did (and I am certainly not, don't get me wrong) and I am happy with the final outcome. But, if Chicago had returned the kickoff or their offense had scored we would have been in bad shape. I am not claiming this idea as my own, I watched it happen last year. I don't remember who it was, but a running back broke through the line and had an easy touchdown in the final minute, but he slid down at the two yard line to guarantee the victory for his team rather than give the other team the ball back.

-If Crosby hadn't missed the first field goal the game may have been very different.

-Kapinos (sp?) had some very nice punts until the short one at the end (that he had to re-kick due to a penalty).

-Did anybody else notice the ball hawking on the defense? Every play had a gang tackle, with one or two guys trying to strip the ball. That is awesome! It also hopefully gives more dangerous runners (A.P.) something to think about other than making a cut or a move and busting a big one.

"olds70supreme" wrote:

"Dulak" wrote: