If they don't play better than this against the Bears, they are going down hard.

Nick and Tramon have to get healthy. Sam needs to cover better. Walden needs to pressure more, as does the entire DL. Hawk and Biship need to not be stuck trying to cover faster running backs in pass patterns.

And the offense needs to hand the ball to Starks.

I am surprised you list Jennings under The Good. I have never seen him and Rodgers more out of sync. There may have been stretch of five consecutive passes thrown his way,...only one of which was caught.

my runners up for the good, bad and ugly
the good
morgan burnett, james starks,tj lang
the bad
randall cobb,the shitty refs calls
the ugly
the sight of nick collins on a stretcher

I forget the exact numbers, but Jennings and Rodgers were something like 2 for 8 in the first half. If they're all you've got for the good category, then I guess that says alot about the performances overall.

James Starks and Jermichael Finley over Rodgers and Jennings. Those two kept the offense from being buried. It felt a lot like the Skins game last year until those two guys stepped up with some clutch plays.

morgan burnett definitely belongs in the good. today was his coming out party as far as i'm concerned. though don't forget last week when he stoned ingram at the goal line to seal the game. 42 is quickly becoming a difference maker for this defense

starks also belongs in the good. 85 yards on 9 carries.

i know it hasn't been smooth, but i'm feeling very good about 2-0. the defense needs to get better. i have faith that they will.

2-0 is masking a lot.

Clay is getting blocked by rookie free agents and tight ends.
If you still don't think missing Neal and Jenkins is HUGE, you're not paying attention. Woodson has lost a step (or three). He's still an above average corner, but it's not because of his physical skills.

This defense is bad.
Slice it any way you want - over 800 passing yards against in 2 games is sickening.

Against the Saints the excuse was "Dude, it's Brees - he's gonna do that to a lot of teams".

Against Carolina it's "hey - against any other QB (other than Vick) they would have had 8 or 9 sacks".

If they don't get consistent pressure against Cutler with THAT oline they are in BIG trouble.

P.S. I'm SO sick of watching TE's and RB's running around wide open. Good thing the bears never throw to forte... oh wait...

This is a game that the Packers probably would have lost last year, in the couple years before. So it's good that they won it.

I still have a belief that, once healthy, the defense will play much better. But it's obvious that we do need everybody to be healthy. And even then we will need to get some pass rush from somebody not named Clay.

Let's just hope we don't make Jake Utler look like a real QB next week.

J.Bush played the whole game- without any comments here. That's a plus for him.

And Crabtree is one tough s.o.b.

THE GOOD:
Donald Driver in the record books.

I feel we can't celebrate this enough. Nice to know he will be immortalized in print once again.

Cam Newton chewing gum in the game should go now under ugly!! That cocky that he chews gum and plays football??

The defense will improve. A lot of the success of our secondary comes from their film study work. With a familiar opponent, (Bears) and more game film each week they will improve. If you watch the pass rush for a lot of the game they are holding back to contain Newton, I don't expect to see that against Cutler. Do not panic.

Just a quick note: I couldn't be happier thus far with the level of play coming from Jarius Wynn. Solid in both phases, getting 'skinny' in the passing game from time-to-time and stout against the run.

When Neal comes back they have two guys that can get up field. He's been my most pleasant surprise, and a necessity to boot.

Keep in mind, we're playing without Neal and without Tramon Williams. In fact, we played quite a bit without Collins there at the end. We'll be fine.
This defense is a "bend but don't break" defense. If teams can move the chains all the way down the field without a turnover, they can score. But that ain't easy against this D. FOUR turnovers!
And BTW, the Bears Oline is awful, PLUS they just lost Carimi for a month.

I was at the game and there was an ENORMOUS Packer fan presence. I mean like almost half the people there were wearing Packer jerseys. One time when I had ran to the bathroom I heard a tidal wave of a crowd roar and I immediately said to myself "Aw Shit, they screwed up again." When I walked out the ramp 30sec later I found out Wood had just made his second pick. Indescribable, and just plain awesome to be in the presence of that many cheering Packer fans at an away game. There's just nothing like that raw energy and excitement when that many people are cheering. Powerful, almost frightening, but in a good way. God was that fun. I'm making plans for my 2nd trip to Lambeau, probably for the throwback game.

Seeing the game it really looked like the pass defense was completely confused in the 1st quarter. At the snap of every successful pass play, you just knew right where Cam was going with it because there was always one receiver either completely uncovered at the start of the play, or the defender was playing off or was peeking in the backfield. I guess that initial Panther drive or 2 was chalk full of unscouted offensive looks. Packer D looked paralyzed, or at best nonchalant and 2 steps slow.

a win is a win is a win. no team will be at the top of it's game every week. take the win and move on amd don't pamic