What a disappointing loss first of all. It hurt because its a divisional game and its against the douche Vikings. God I cannot stand Childress but at the same time I'm glad he's there because if they had a good coach, they would be unstoppable.
The Ugly
-Favre talking about praying after the game and god answering his prayers or something. I am not religious so I cannot be 100% sure but I'm pretty pretty sure that GOD DOES NOT CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL. Shutup.
-O-line - 8 sacks - enough said.
-Capers - How do you allow a 18 year vetern to have that much time. I see the strategy in that you wanted to stop Peterson. And you did but dude, thats not Tarvaris Jackson. Favre played one heck of a game. That 2nd touchdown with pump fake to the left, moving to the right and slinging off back foot and leading the receiver to the left, that was vintage Favre. He still has 'something', (though he could be injured and done at any point)so we need a new plan come November 1.
The Bad
-Rodgers holding on the ball too long. I get it, the O-line sucks. But Rodgers should still be progressing as a QB. But in terms of holding on to the ball too long, its the same as it was game #1 and game #20 of his career. The safety, come on dude. Its the endzone, your screwing your O-line, as useless as they are. You have a couple seconds max and your not Michael Vick, so your not going to outrun a bunch of DEs in the endzone. Get rid of it, or TAKE THE FREAKIN RISK. Your down 14! Big deal, you might get picked off and it will hurt your statistics. That play, I feel the O-line did its job, now its either the receivers arn't getting open, the coach is calling predictable plays, the QB isn't reading the field right or the QB isn't reacting and becoming creative but I don't think it was the O-line on the safety.
Rodgers is who he is. A very good QB in terms of talent and he is a statisical giant (though a lot of thats stats come when down by 2 touchdowns +). I don't care if we lose all the time but I want to see improvement. And he's holding the ball, not taking the risky throws when he has to just like he was in game #1 of his career.
-The use of Ryan Grant. If you have no confidence in your RB, why even keep him? Cut him. You can't throw every down and expect to keep the other team honest. I know we got him involved in some screens but still. Whats the ponit of him on the team if you don't trust him.
-Greg Jennings - whats going on, was it coverage, was it him, was it the play calling?
-Al Harris - He's done IMO. Yes he still decent. But in a big game, I don't want him there, please don't have him there. I love the guy for his play and guts but you can tell he's losing it.
-Coaching - penalties. I get it, the world is against the Packers but its not a concidence that we always get penalties against us. It can't just be the refs, at some point we have to acknowledge, we're not discplined.
-Donald Lee's drop in the end zone - WTF
The Good!
-That fumble recovery and touchdown. That was awesome! Take that AP. AP will be thinking about it next time too, we're in his head!
-Rodgers class - one of the best character guys I've seen. He waited around to talk to Favre at the end instead of running away. After the game, someone asked him if Jarden Allen took a cheap shot at him at the end of the 1st half. He said "no, the referee didn't think so and thats who makes the call". He didn't stir anything up, he's a classy guy. Great character, especially when he must have been annoyed at losing to Favre and the Vikings. Plus he didn't throw the O-line under the bus as a lot of people would have by this point. Plus he's obviously a good leader in that the players around him like him and want to win for him.
-As much as I crapped on him about, he handled the pressure well and played a solid game but I feel statistics don't tell the whole story. He made some great throws and some great decisions. I want to see him improve in all aspects of the game, not just from the box score prespective. He's got all the talent in the world but I really wish he'd show some kind of improvement on the holding the ball part and the taking risks part. I only criticize him because I want him to become better, maybe its the coaching staff not getting on him enough or him not listening but please put a ticking clock in his helmet.
-Jermichael Finley - awesome that we are getting him involved, you can see he has some talent.
-We stopped their Wildcat?
-We kept Harvin out the endzone for the first time this year?
-I don't know, the beer was good that I was drinking during the game?
Overall, at least we have another game against them at home. So this was a touch loss on the road, it still stings but its only the 4th game and we can still put everything together? Right? Right?