I'm just curious about whether the weather affected the Tampa game at all. Obviously you can't point at the weather and say "we have are culprit! This is why we lost" but you also can't say it's not a factor. As far as I heard during the game it was rather windy (my friend quipped "the cannons at the game were shooting garbage onto the field") and it was around 82 degrees. Maybe the Packers were overheated? You could tell that a lot of passes were getting hung up in the wind, in fact the Buccaneers actually benefited of it when Freeman through a long pass down the sidelines--Harris had good coverage and was beating Clayton but the ball got slowed up in the wind, Clayton saw it and made the adjustment which was a great catch. However, if that throw actually had hit the intended target it was either incomplete or picked off.

Once again I am not blaming our loss on the weather, it would be stupid to even suggest that. What I am saying is that it may have had a large effect on the Packers performance.

In 2008 we played four games in the south--all losses. The Bucs game was our first this season in the south and we lost. Maybe this team falls a little bit in hot weather? I know I would lol.

I asume it made a difference, but all of the interceptions had nothing to do with the weather. They where just thrown into coverage after Rodgers stared down a receiver for way too long. Very uncharactaristic, but it happened.

This is one of the reasons why we should've ran the ball more, though. Normally, I'm not that big a fan of the running game, but against the Bucs, with this wind, our protection issues and a banged up QB, we should've just slammed it down their throat.

So, to answer your question, the wind must've effected the passing game a little. He overthrew some guys, as well. It's weird that it didn't effect our gameplan, though. Maybe it's a classic case of McCarthy overthinking himself. Expecting that they're expecting us to run it, so he started passing it.

Rock, thanks for being the only one to take this thread seriously. After reading the above I think that the weather was especially important. People complain about our team not looking aggressive or fast out there and I'm sure 82 degrees would fatigue a northern team a faster than the home team. Like I said, you can't put all the blame on the weather but it indeed is a factor.