http://olbagofdonuts.com/index.php/2009/12/21/the-updated-playoff-picture-and-plenty-of-problems/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Green Bay Packers news, rumors and prognostications Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:04:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://olbagofdonuts.com/index.php/2009/12/21/the-updated-playoff-picture-and-plenty-of-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Black Terror Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:04:07 +0000 http://olbagofdonuts.com/?p=1328#comment-284 I shared your gloominess until I sat back down again and watched the final series, as painful as that threatened to be, but I'll be damned if that final series didn't look pretty good compared to some of the Packer's D's el foldos in the past. They had four clear opportunities to end the game -- three INTs and a sack. You can bitch that they didn't get it done, but that's not the way I remember past disasters running. 4th and 26 was all about the QB, there was no clear chance to stop it. In retrospect, the Steelers lucked out, again and again and again. I have some sympathy for the argument that you wanted Woodson on corner and not safety, but they were soft over the middle the entire game. I have some sympathy for putting Mathews on the pass rush on the final play. But even with the penalties it required a herculean effort by the Steelers to beat 'em. I think this defense is at least as good as its stats portend. I understand, after the '85 Bears, and Fritz Schurmer's defenses, we all want brutal, dominating defense. I'll settle for what we have, and the conviction that with a little mo', we have a shot to take the trophy where it belongs. I shared your gloominess until I sat back down again and watched the final series, as painful as that threatened to be, but I’ll be damned if that final series didn’t look pretty good compared to some of the Packer’s D’s el foldos in the past. They had four clear opportunities to end the game — three INTs and a sack. You can bitch that they didn’t get it done, but that’s not the way I remember past disasters running. 4th and 26 was all about the QB, there was no clear chance to stop it. In retrospect, the Steelers lucked out, again and again and again. I have some sympathy for the argument that you wanted Woodson on corner and not safety, but they were soft over the middle the entire game. I have some sympathy for putting Mathews on the pass rush on the final play. But even with the penalties it required a herculean effort by the Steelers to beat ‘em. I think this defense is at least as good as its stats portend. I understand, after the ‘85 Bears, and Fritz Schurmer’s defenses, we all want brutal, dominating defense. I’ll settle for what we have, and the conviction that with a little mo’, we have a shot to take the trophy where it belongs.

]]> http://olbagofdonuts.com/index.php/2009/12/21/the-updated-playoff-picture-and-plenty-of-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Davissilver Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:44:39 +0000 http://olbagofdonuts.com/?p=1328#comment-278 As weird as this may sound, I'm somewhat glad we lost -- especially the way we lost. Sure, we got exposed, but better now than in the playoffs. We can scheme the Bell/Bushtards out of man-on-man. And the fortunate side of Crosby's meltdown is that McCarthy might be forced to start coaching with a more statistically driven approach: the go on fourth down instead of missed field goals and short punts method. Basically, play the football outsiders way because your D is big play sensitive and softer in general than realized. There are four down in football, and McCarthy has the opportunity to become the first coach in pro football to use them. As weird as this may sound, I’m somewhat glad we lost — especially the way we lost. Sure, we got exposed, but better now than in the playoffs. We can scheme the Bell/Bushtards out of man-on-man. And the fortunate side of Crosby’s meltdown is that McCarthy might be forced to start coaching with a more statistically driven approach: the go on fourth down instead of missed field goals and short punts method. Basically, play the football outsiders way because your D is big play sensitive and softer in general than realized. There are four down in football, and McCarthy has the opportunity to become the first coach in pro football to use them.

]]> http://olbagofdonuts.com/index.php/2009/12/21/the-updated-playoff-picture-and-plenty-of-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-277 retiredgrampa Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:51:30 +0000 http://olbagofdonuts.com/?p=1328#comment-277 Well written. IMHO, you are dead on, unfortunately. Now the coaches seem to have the loser mentality since they still have confidence in Crosby and Bush. Where this comes from, nobody can fathom. Maybe when you don't know how to correct something, you just go along with a shrug of acceptance. You just HOPE for the best. I figure that HOPE will last until the 1st playoff game. Sad ending to a "could have been" year. Well written. IMHO, you are dead on, unfortunately. Now the coaches seem to have the loser mentality since they still have confidence in Crosby and Bush. Where this comes from, nobody can fathom. Maybe when you don’t know how to correct something, you just go along with a shrug of acceptance. You just HOPE for the best. I figure that HOPE will last until the 1st playoff game. Sad ending to a “could have been” year.

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