Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

Green Bay Packers WR Greg Jennings on key pass: 'Dropped it'
 
BY ROB DEMOVSKY RDEMOVSK@GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.COM DECEMBER 12, 2010

DETROIT In a locker-room interview last week, Greg Jennings wanted no part of a question about why he and the rest of the Green Bay Packers receivers had overcome their early-season penchant for dropping balls.

He feared a jinx.

On Sunday after the Packers 7-3 loss to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, where Jennings dropped a perfectly thrown deep ball from Aaron Rodgers that popped into the hands of Detroit safety Amari Spievey for an interception, Jennings looked the questioner in the eye said: See, see, see, see.

The play had touchdown written all over it. On second-and-3 from his own 27-yard line in the first quarter, Rodgers used a play-fake to momentarily freeze Spievey, the Lions rookie. Jennings had a step on him down the field and Rodgers unloaded. Jennings reached up with two hands, but the ball slipped through and appeared to hit him in the helmet, ricocheting back to Spievey.

Jennings made no excuses.

Dropped it; straight dropped it, Jennings said. Disappointing, very disappointing.

The drop by Jennings, who had four catches for 52 yards and snapped a streak of three straight 100-plus-yard games, led to the Packers second turnover of the first quarter. On their opening drive, rookie tight end Andrew Quarless lost a fumble as he was trying to gain extra yards after a 12-yard catch that would have given the packers a first down at the Lions 35.

We had a major letdown on the offensive side of the ball, Jennings said. Defense kept us in the game the entire game. We cant come out and get put in positions where weve got to crawl back into the game.

Not the homecoming you want, but its not about me, added Jennings, a Kalamazoo, Mich. native. Got to make plays when the balls in the air, period. Ive been making plays, and thats what we do, but didnt do it (on Sunday), and I let the team down with a big drop in the first quarter. Obviously a momentum changer, and you cant have that when youre a playoff-caliber team, when youre trying to reach the playoffs, and youve got bigger goals.

Changing Of The Guard

When starting left guard Daryn Colledge left the game because of a knee injury in the first quarter, the Packers turned first to Jason Spitz.

But that didnt last long. Unhappy with Spitzs performance, the Packers pulled him in favor of T.J. Lang, who played the entire second half.

Spitz said he didnt want to talk about his performance other than to answer No when asked whether he thought he played OK.

Spitz appeared to be at least partially responsible for the 5-yard loss by running back Brandon Jackson on a first-quarter run that Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh blew up.

Performance, clearly performance, coach Mike McCarthy said when asked why he replaced Spitz with Lang.

Colledge played only one series because he injured his left knee while tackling Lions cornerback Brandon McDonald, who recovered Quarless fumble. Colledge was scheduled to undergo additional tests today.

Either I planted wrong or hit wrong or whatever, Colledge said. Im not used to making tackles, so yeah, I hurt myself on the tackle.

McCarthy said he didnt know the severity of the injury.

It doesnt feel like its going to be terrible, Colledge said. But it doesnt feel too good right now.

Other Injuries

The Packers already thin outside linebacker crew was hit again.

Rookie Frank Zombo, who has started the last six games, left the game in the fourth quarter with a knee injury and did not return. Erik Walden, who was signed off the street on Oct. 27, finished the game but did not record a tackle.

Other than Colledge and quarterback Aaron Rodgers (concussion), that was the only other injury McCarthy mentioned.

No Challenge

Jennings wanted McCarthy to challenge the pass that was ruled incomplete in the end zone on a third-and-3 play from the Lions 24-yard line in the third quarter, but McCarthy didnt throw the red flag.

Instead, he sent in the field-goal unit, and Mason Crosby gave the Packers their only points with a 42-yard kick.

We had a look at it up in the booth, and the information that I had led me not to challenge that call, McCarthy said.

Stark Contrast

A week after rookie running back James Starks carried 18 times for 73 yards in his NFL debut against San Francisco, he rushed only six times for 8 yards against the Lions.

He had one pass thrown his way, but he mistimed a screen pass and couldnt come up with it.

Brandon Jackson got the most work among the running backs with seven carries for 19 yards. Dimitri Nance, who was inactive last week, carried twice for 4 yards. The quarterbacks combined 35 yards rushing on five carries.

Odds And Ends

The Packers inactives were safety Atari Bigby, cornerback Pat Lee, safety Anthony Smith, fullback Korey Hall, linebacker Matt Wilhelm, center/guard Nick McDonald, guard/tackle Marshall Newhouse and defensive end Cullen Jenkins. On the food cart outside the Packers locker room after the game, written on the side was Packards locker room food.



He was afraid of a jinx? Good to know our wide receivers are as superstitious as they are lackadaisical. Maybe they can carry some moose knuckles in their pockets to ward off hexes for the remainder of the season, too.

And come on, is the best he can come up with "I dropped it"? No shit, Sherlock. You and the rest of the receivers -- and yes, that goes for Finley too -- have "dropped it" all season. Seriously, it's time for the Greg Jennings love fest to end in Packer Nation. Even at his best he was never as great as people made him out to be, and this year, none of them has been barely better than serviceable. Far from being elite, this receiving corps plays with no passion at all and seemingly no desire to help an embattled Aaron Rodgers out. Rodgers' statistics this season are excellent not because of his receivers but in spite of them. I don't know if they're playing lackadaisically to highlight the piss-poor play of the offensive line, or if they're just all fat and happy with their new contracts, but it infuriates me game after game.

Hopefully, the injury today will hasten Colledge's departure from Green Bay, but I won't be holding my breath. Queue Finley88Whatshisface blathering about how reliable Colledge has been, and that he's really a standup guy, etc.
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Cheesey
14 years ago
Well.....that 'drop" was the ballgame. Not that that was the only problem. They stunk 100% on offense, and Rodgers going out killed what little hope we had.
I don't see us even staying close with NE next week.
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Statistically, the New England game doesn't affect the Packers' playoff hopes one way or the other. It might be wise, as some have suggested, to treat that game as a second bye and simply rest the ailing starters.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
Finley goes down while making a tackle after a fumble.
Colledge goes down while making a tackle after a fumble.


HOLD ONTO THE THE FREAKIN BALL!
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dyeah_gb
14 years ago
Can you imagine how painful it will be to review that play this week?

Honestly, if we don't make the playoffs, that play will likely haunt Jennings throughout the entire offseason.
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Pack93z
14 years ago
What else can Jennings say.. other than he dropped it.

No elements to blame it on.. defender was beaten.. he just dropped it.

Those will happen from time to time.. and he has his spotted that it has happened before. He is mere a human like the rest of us.

Only word of criticism.. after the pick he quit on the play or maybe he didn't see the defender caught the ball.. albeit from the camera angle he had the opportunity to see it.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
yooperfan
14 years ago
When you pass the football, 3 things can happen and 2 of them are bad.
warhawk
14 years ago

Statistically, the New England game doesn't affect the Packers' playoff hopes one way or the other. It might be wise, as some have suggested, to treat that game as a second bye and simply rest the ailing starters.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



Well, now that we have two Division losses I think the game is real important is it not? I mean if Chicago wins one more game and gets to 10 and we lose to NE and beat NY and the Bears we're OUT and the Bears are in unless we somehow slip into the Wild Card and that's not looking so good anymore either.
"The train is leaving the station."
Pack93z
14 years ago

Statistically, the New England game doesn't affect the Packers' playoff hopes one way or the other. It might be wise, as some have suggested, to treat that game as a second bye and simply rest the ailing starters.

"warhawk" wrote:



Well, now that we have two Division losses I think the game is real important is it not? I mean if Chicago wins one more game and gets to 10 and we lose to NE and beat NY and the Bears we're OUT and the Bears are in unless we somehow slip into the Wild Card and that's not looking so good anymore either.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



+1.

Missed that nugget in the above.

Every W is vital now.. regardless of the opponent.. the Bears did us a favor and played dead yesterday.

Vital is an understatement.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Kingkoopa
14 years ago
Based on what we saw yesterday though, can we really beat the Pats? They haven't just been beating people, they have been CRUSHING them, and this game is at home where they have won 26 straight. The odds are completely stacked against us.
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