zombieslayer
14 years ago

With the packers play so far in the preseason..Does it change how you view the team going into the regular season? (Warning: May use some of your answers in tonights radio show)

To me, I don't put THAT much stock in pre season to get all wigged out about anything. The offense looks unstopable, no way Aaron Rodgers will play this way through an entire season, no way the offense will be this good all season. On defense...The secondary has struggled. They may not be as bad as what we think...Everything changes when pre season ends.

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According to Wikipedia, the Lions were 3-1 in preseason and went 2-14 in regular season in '09.

In '08, they were 4-0 and went 0-16 in regular season.

Preseason means very little.

It does show that Aaron is starting to build a good chemistry with Finley though and it gives you a good idea of who to keep and who to cut.
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Greg C.
14 years ago
I think preseason usually shows some general trends, if you ignore the won-lost record, which truly is meaningless. Even last year, which most people consider to have been a misleading preseason, ended up being fairly accurate. The Packers ended up 11-5. It's just that they went into a funk on offense early in the regular season, due partly to injuries (Finley, O-line) and partly to the fact that Allen Barbre's horrific pass blocking skills somehow were not exposed during the preseason. At least Breno Giacomini is kind enough to suck during the preseason so the coaches know not to put him in there when the games count.
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14 years ago
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IronMan
14 years ago

With the packers play so far in the preseason..Does it change how you view the team going into the regular season?

"agopackgo4" wrote:

No.
tromadz
14 years ago

With the packers play so far in the preseason..Does it change how you view the team going into the regular season?

"IronMan" wrote:

No.

"agopackgo4" wrote:



It did for me. You can(and teams do) learn things from pre-season, but from a fan's standpoint:

-I learned we're deeper on defense than I thought.
-The offensive line should continue pick up where they left off in the second half of last season.
-Kuhn can do short yardage runs. Nobody knew that before pre-season.
-Donald Driver looks to still be in good shape(with his age, it could have been a question mark. A question STUPID PEOPLE ASK!)
-I learned we'll have a decent punter for the first time in a while.
-I learned Burnett should do okay filling in at safety(or taking the job alltogether)
-I learned Ryan Grant still sucks. I was hoping that wasn't the case.

I basically learned the team is BETTER than I thought. And not because they beat up on some teams in pre-season. But I feel that way because they're just playing more together, more experienced, more accustomed to the schemes, especially on defense, despite the vanilla playcalling.

So yeah, preseason made me think we're a bit better than I thought. So instead of going undefeated this year, we'll go undefeated.
Cheesey
14 years ago
As long as we come out of the preseason healthy, to me that's the main thing.
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IronMan
14 years ago

I learned we're deeper on defense than I thought

"tromadz" wrote:


We aren't deep on defense at all. We have a rookie starting at SS with Charlie Peprah and Will Blackmon backing him up.

Our back ups at CB are Jarrett Bush, Underwood, Pat Lee and maybe Sam Shields.

Our D line is thin as well. Although I have hope for Mike Neal. If Justin Harrell makes the team (likely) he will probably get injured again.

I dont think the defense is going to be any better than it was at the end of last season. When Al and atari come back, we might be as good as last year, but not better.

Maybe you can explain why you think we have a lot of depth on defense. I don't see it.
TheEngineer
14 years ago
I think it's more important to pay attention to the finer details during pre-season.

You're not going to see exotic blitz packages and you do see plenty of vanilla play calling. But there's some things that are still evident (or not).

Whether players are winning their one on one matchups. Whether routes running is crisp. Ball control and hands. QB touch and accuracy.

What was MOST disappointing was hearing how much the players themselves believed that the preseason was a good indicator of regular season performance. That doesn't gel well with me. I hope this new "quiet confidence" heading into the regular season this season demands better early season play.
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Brettizzle
14 years ago
Like most posters I don't put much stock into how we do in the preseason. It is nice to see the offense clicking but the other teams haven't really game planned for us so no my view on the team is still the same.

I had confidence before the preseason and still do now but because of preseason I don't think this team is going to be better then I thought.
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jbshell04
14 years ago
Here is what I do put stock in. Rodgers Completing over 70 percent. What that tells me there will be carry over to the regular season. Preseason is supposed to be easier and less competetive with the starters. So if a QB struggled and did not dominate I would be worried. Preseason is more about seeing were your depth is and is not. Overall we are light years ahead of 07 and 08 on both side except for ST maybe
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