I know this will not play well with our host, but the last five minutes proved the Packers can run the ball *so long as Brandon Jackson isn't carrying it.* Sorry Aaron, but he was freaking awful carrying the rock. Marshall Faulk knows of which he speaks. He is not even worthy of washing the laundry of a certain former Wildcat. Nor of Dmitri Nance.

Quite frankly, he's a few plays away from working at an Omaha Jack in the Box.

Seems the Packers really missed their two defensive rookies this game. Don't know what you have in Shields and Burnett until they're gone.

packers pass rush today was almost invisible. did the lions' o-line get that much better?

packers still need to learn to play with more killer instinct or they lose against better teams (the bears).

I'm disappointed in capers

I really hope MM is asked about Jordy Nelson. Quintessential example of both TT and MM's shortcomings. TT refused to get a real returner and MM refuses to hold anyone accountable.

I'm most confused at capers only using Matthews on the right side. Its like he has a plan and will not alter it no matter what happens during the game. Very frustrating!

The Defense played over 75 snaps including replayed snaps due to penalties. That's too many. Packers needed make some stops and then run the ball. Game plan was coverage today, not rush unless on third down. All I can think is that Capers was trying not to expose his secondary of Underwood and Bush by rushing 4 or 5. By the way, most of hills throws were 3 step, its tough to rush those, you have to play coverage. Packers need a running game, and they need to put in Lang and Bulaga for a couple of drives to get some comparative tape. Nice catch by Lee to end the game. I would trade Lee and a 4th for Lynch who carried 4 times for 8 yards today on an 0-4 team...

our defense made hill, johnson and pettigrew look like aaron rodgers, donald driver and jermichael finley!

I'll be watching it later tonight, but it sounds like they should have been doing what I've been screaming at the tv about since Grant went down. KUUUUUUUUHN!!!!!!

-Thought they might have backed off blitzing a bit at the end, because the defense was gassed.
-I disagree that Arodge should take more risks. I just KNEW they were going to come out and throw deep on that INT. That was reminiscent of a certain former QB who now plays east of Green Bay. Tom Rosseley rides again.
-Yeah, Tramon looks awesome.
-Absolutely agree that Jordi needed to take a seat.
-Kuhn looked like money out there today. LOL.
-I feel less badly about this game than I did about the Chicago game. Maybe the Lions really don't totally suck all that much? Hard to say at this point, but they hung right with us, as both teams swapped turnovers.

I think today we saw why Des Bishop is a backup and Hawk is a starter. Never seen a player run past a TE or RB out of the backfield so often.

I agree with the Bishop thing..He seemed to be a huge issue

After it looked like the blitzing and sending 5 or 6 wasnt working to well they should stopped..Seemed like they did a few more times and it really hurt..

Majority of people say the Lions suck, but I think their DL is one of the best around, prob better than the Bears..It looked like our OL did an okay job vs them

I also think Hill is better than Stafford...

The Pack should won this hands down, they still did a few things that they need to work on..( SCREENS PLEASE)

But as they say good teams find ways to win these games..

Greg cant let defenders grab those balls from him..He is GREG JENNINGS for pete sake!!

I don't think it mattered much WHO ran the ball when we ran outside. Our tackles can't run block. All of Kuhn's runs were behind the guards, most of them behind Sitton. Kuhn runs straight ahead, for the most part, behind our strength. I sometimes think BJax has happy feet too much. He's not Barry Sanders. Just take the 3-4 yards and be done with it. That said, I don't think he had a horrible game.

I'm more concerned that with about 7 minutes to go and the defense having been on the field all day, we chuck it deep on the first play and it gets picked off. Great for taking chances, but not there. Run some clock and give the defense a rest for goodness sake

Jackson is not a RB, he's a Dancer.
Kuhn and Hall are Dosers.
Jennings can't catch unless it's dropped directly in his hands and nobodys bothering his ora.
Replace Jennings with Nelson at Receiver.
Replace Nelson with ?anybody? at punt returns.
Jackson is a Dancer.
Rodgers needs to throw the ball over the receivers head when he's running deep. Way too much practice on these run out 12 yds, come back for the ball catches to know what there doing in the long pass.
Driver still Rocks!
Jackson, Well....

this game really reminded me of last years san fran game. Pack dominated in first half only to let the other team back into it and then the pack close the game out with a long drive of rushing

Pack has issues, we play like this against the better talent in the NFL we will get beat every time.

Injuries + Rookies + aging tackles + lack of running game + Lack of a coach to call a running play = HEART BREAK

Driver is putting together a career year. Hawk was a positive today. Packer offense was well rested for that last drive. I hope this team finds its Super Bowl intensity before the Viking game at the Metrodome.

Again, just like last year, time of possession and field position not in favor for the Packers and MM just ignores it, giving a lesser team a chance to beat the Pack at home.

When you score quick, you leave plenty of time for the other team to match it. Make a few mistakes yourself (penalties or turnovers) and a Lions team or Tampa Bay of last year have a chance to beat you. Do the same game plan against Big Ben, BF, or even Flaco, you lose 2 out of 3.

Bulaga + Lang + Kuhn + Hall(blocking) = solves our running problem.

Cut Quin Johnson to make spot for Al Harris, TE or offensive lineman should be cut to make room for Bigby.

Not sure I risk a spot to give Starks a spot.

Aaron

COULD NOT AGREE MORE ON CAPERS. He was AFWUL today. the three man rush almost never works and he keeps doing it. it is maddening becuase it basically negates Clay Matthews. rush 4 for at least some semblance of pressure.

why he can't figure this out blows my mind. I am trying to see it his way and I just can't

and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, can I get ONE screen pass? can i get a shovel pass? or a few more draws... ANYTHING to change it up a little bit.

We got outplayed today no doubt but the coaches got tooled big time.

What a buncha frickin' whiners! Was it a good win? Hell, no. But Detroit isn't as bad as people think...shoulda beat the bears, hung tough with Philly and Minn. This was their game of the season. Pack stunk it up on 3rd down D (detroit conversion rate was astounding). But y'all gotta get off this hang Brandon Jackson thing. He had some hard runs and they just didn't open much up for him. Watch the tape on his limited carries. He had guys on him in the backfield. THERE JUST WEREN'T holes most of the time. Bring in Lynch, hell, bring in AP...they just won't show a lot more behind this line.
Could we have asked for a lot more? Yes. Will we get it yet this season? Yes. Did we win today? Yes.

Kinda think the problem with the defense was the offense. They were on the field all afternoon because the offense was not doing its job.

Sorry, but Jackson is awful. Is his average up to 3 yet? He's not Grant, which is a positive in some people's eyes, but that's about all he has going for him. Not-Grant's former popularity was a function of being the backup. Just put Kuhn in there and be done with it.

"Speaking of Capers, what is his fascination with rushing three down lineman on third and long? It's killing me. And the Packers."

I'm also interested in his infatuation with the 2-4-5 Nickel set that he runs on every single other plays. Are you telling me the 3-4 Defense does not have any other successful formation?

I got blitzed a couple days ago for saying this is an 8-8 team.

I was wrong.

This is a 7-9 team.

DO NOT trade for a RB. This IS NOT a super bowl year so just save those draft picks to fill holes (RB, MLB, OLB, P, KR, CB, RT, LG).

So is MM ready to play Lang and Bulaga yet?? I am!!!! TT are you ready to send a high pick to buffalo for lynch yet?? Or D williams from Carolina??? Cause the answer to the super bowl this year is NOT in the 2011 draft!!!!!

I'm late to the party, I guess, but I'm absolutely shocked at all the people bitching about Brandon Jackson. People, our run blocking flat out sucked today. Period. End of story. Not saying BJax is great...don't get me wrong here, but come on people...he did better than to deserve a bunch of blog complaints, ESPECIALLY given the run blocking.

What concerns me is overall impression I have that Detroit is more well-coached than the Packers. Linehan called one hell of a game today. There can be no argument. And our special teams? SPECIAL, arent' they?

Every week for the last couple years, I have got to listen to my brother (HS coach) tell me how poorly coached we are, and how McC can't possible be a good enough coach to win a Super Bowl. One of these days, I'm jumping on that bandwagon.

Just not what I was expecting after the Bear loss, Lions at home, poor showing. I agree Lions a much improved team as I mentioned pre-season, but time of pos, and all the under routes against our D, poor running game and bad decisions by Arod=ugly win.
This team needs to get it together soon, nothing special with this squad as of late.

I think it's his supporters that make me want to criticise Not Grant. "Grant sucks" "Grant falls over when he's hit" "Can't break tackles" "Can't find the hole" ...and so on. -- which sounds like a description of Not Grant. Anyway, now that they've got their wish and Not Grant is starting, all of a sudden the run blocking is no good. Well, it's not the greatest, i'll give them that. But damn if Kuhn and Grant don't do more with it.

The best part of this game is that it gets us one week closer to Harris and Starks off the PUP.

"Speaking of Capers, what is his fascination with rushing three down lineman on third and long? It's killing me. And the Packers."

Thinking the same thing.

The nicest thing I can think of to say about this game is that it was a beautiful warm day at Lambeau. And thank god for Charles Woodson.

Capers not what we thought, to much under=Mcnabb is drooling.
Campy just not workin for ya, not sure Trovac is either, and we all know about Slow. TT-MM, better make some moves-soon!=or all should go!! If you can't make adjustments, we can find someone who can.
This IS the GBP Im going to say w/ all this Super Bowl talk-is crap!!!!!

Watch BJax carries more closely and you'll see that he can sue his O-line for non-support. Just terrible blocking. That being said, he is best suited as a 3rd down back, no doubt about it.

The biggest difference between Ron Wolf and TT is that Ron was willing to pull the trigger in-season to address a concern. Next year's draft will not help the 2010 Packers get to the Superbowl, TT needs a RB and needs one now!

If I remember correctly, the Packers started improving last year when the players gave themselves their own "Come to Jesus" talk. Our team is talented, but sloppy. They need a coach who knows how to consistently light a fire their asses. No team works with a coach who accentuates the positives and eliminates the negatives. Teams need coaches who impose discipline. Harshly.

It's nice that we beat the Lions.

It amazes me how much smarter everyone on here is than TT, MM, DC. What are their combined years of experience in the league?
What is all of our combined experience in the league? I'm not saying the entire staff is beyond reproach, but good grief, do some of you really think you know more than Dom Capers about preparation, scheming, and half time adjustments?? Despite his possible flaws, I for one, am glad to have him...big, big uptick over previous coordinators. There are just a ton of people on this site who really know a lot about football. Until I started reading this site, I thought I was pretty knowledgeble regarding the game. Seeing what gets written here, I realize there are people that are just a lot smarter than me who contribute to CHTV. But there are also a lot of people on here who just seem just a tad detached from reality in thinking they know more than guys who have really successful in the NFL for a very long time. We don't have to agree with everything they do, but we ought to recognize that they were hired for their jobs for a reason...they are better at it than we are.

Whether Aaron admits it or not, Jackson's not very good. But, let's keep pretending he hasn't had enough of a chance or my favorite, "it's too soon to tell."

Getting ready to watch the game on NFL rewind but just the fact of the possession time is already making me sick.38-22 you can't win what you can't control,time will beat us to death.