Well, my prediction was way off in terms of the absolute score, but it hardly feels like a blowout. The game raised more questions than it answers. And despite the victory, we're still 2-1/2 games back.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

* WR Jordy Nelson had a knee bruise. X-rays were negative.

* Special teams coach Shawn Slocum said the team mixed in Charles Woodson on punt returns because of his experience and his ability to catch the ball in the wind.

* LT Chad Clifton re-injured the same ankle and we'll know more about him on Monday.

* On whether the win was good enough: "Very important win today, number one, playing at home. I mean, these are things we address as a football team staying focused on the target and winning at home and winning division games. I felt the game today started with defense. I thought they played at a very high level holding the Detroit Lions to zero points. The ability to play at home like that with great defense has always been the focus. I was very pleased with that.

* "I thought the special teams played very well in their segments. I thought the fake punt was a big play in the game for us. We had a couple penalties on those units, well look at that."

* "Offensively, we had a lot of production. But the two big negatives are the sacks and the penalties. So, pre-snap, no excuse. No one feels good about that. But well look at the other stuff."

* On Clay Matthews: "He's talented. I thought Clay took full advantage of his opportunities to start in both the base and the nickel. He's been coming on strong. His performance up there in Minnesota was a big part of us making this change."

* On Aaron Kampman getting a sack with his hand down: "I know a lot has been made of that. When your team statistics are in order, the individual statistics will be in order. We'll continue to put all our players in the best position to be successful. There's an adjustment and we're working our way through it."

* "I thought as a whole, that's what the defense was supposed to look like today. When that's in order, the individual statistics will come in order."

* On Clifton: "It happened on the turnover. It's disappointing. We're not very healthy up front right now and we have to keep working and working our way through the adjustments we have to make. These are part of the game."

* On the sacks: "I know we had some communication errors on two of them."

* On the penalties: "Breaking point? I'll tell you, it's frustrating. There's no denying that. I'm not going to sit up here and tell you I feel really good about it. The ones that grab a hold of me are the pre-snap penalties. We have to get it cleaned up. It's definitely an issue the first five games."

* B.J. Raji tweaked his ankle again so McCarthy pulled him. Coaches' decision.

* Driver on his record: It feels good. Im happy. Im more excited than anything else. Its a long time coming. You know, you never expect it to happen, but it couldnt have come at a better place at home in front of your home crowd. It feels good. Now I just got to wait on Sterling (Sharpe) to call me and see if he wants to congratulate me again.

* Nick Collins on Bigby being back: "It was big. Hes a playmaker, he went out there, got tackles, an interception at the end stopped them from getting in the end zone, so that was huge. Guys were just glad that he was able to be out there."

* Lions RB Aaron Brown on the Packers' defense: "It was really dominant. They were really fundamentally sound. They werent about making each and every individual play. They have a lot of team chemistry and thats why they were the victors today.

* Rodgers on pass protection: "One of them is definitely my fault. We had a shovel pass called. I should have checked the protection to the left, I knew he was free, I was unfortunately trying to get away from him and throw it away and he kind of wrapped me up. Definitely the one on the two minute drill was my fault. I think there were times where I had a lot of time to throw and times where I was pressured. But I think were going to be critical on the film and improve and get better."

* On whether or not Lang can hold up at LT: "I like progression that T.J. has made. Hes an athletic guy. Been kind of all over the place. In OTAs, and training camp. Think hes doing a nice job. Done some good things in practice for us. I have a lot of confidence in him. He exudes confidence from himself, and he plays with a little bit of a nasty streak as well. Anytime hes in there Ive got confidence in him. If we have to go with him, then were going to be confident in his abilities and confident hell get the job done."

why bj didn' play a lot???

"matteogb4" wrote:

I don't understand all the hand wringing. Yes, there is OBVIOUSLY lots of room for improvement. We leaft alot of points out on the field.
But still, we WON 26-0.
The Lions still are an NFL team, and had we REALLY sucked as bad as some act like we do, they should have beat us. Yet we shut them out.

We were coming off the bye week. We came away with a much needed win.
The way i see it, next week's game at Cleveland will say exactly where we are. We SHOULD win that game. And hopefully we will get the things ironed out on offense that kept us out of the endzone this week.

"Cheesey" wrote: