I mentioned a couple of times last week that The Bengals were pretty good on defense, it was their offense that was pethatic last year due to injuries and suspensions.
I hate to agree with dhazer, but not really, everybody had us as an elite team after pre-season.
Again it just goes to show how much pre-seson games mean(nothing).
I'm seeing the same vanilla, predictable offense that was used last year.
How many times are we going to run the ball up the middle on 1st down?
then when that doesn't work, you are at 2nd and long and now a team is pretty much one-dimensional.
I hate to go back to 2007, but That Packer team had no running game the first 7 weeks of the season and still managed to win games.
WEST COAST OFFENSE!!!! Set up the run with the pass!!!! Spread these teams out, short dump offs, quick slants, go deep once in awhile, make a defense respect your passing game then the run will work.
The guys on the roster are the ones the GM and HC decided were their best options, if Aaron Rodgers doesn't have time for 5 or 7 step drop, do something else to create that time.
The big difference in this year and last is the defense, but you cannot expect a defense to be on the field for extended lengths of time, without giving up points.
Reality is The Packers are 1-1, they lost a game to an AFC team, could have been worse, could have been a divisional or conference loss.
IMHO Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson need to make it happen this year or they both will be in trouble.
I will go as far as to say if The Packers go 2-6 or 3-5, Dom Capers will be the new interim HC at mid-season. If there is no turn around and The Packers finish below :500 Ted Thompson will be fired. JMHO
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