Hard to keep this in perspective but the season isn't over. The division is just as dysfunctional as ever and if the Vikes lose today we have a crazy amount of breathing room.

"I am officially sick of the Packers... For every positive play there seems to be three or four terrible ones. And we keep seeing the same mistakes from the same people, over and over and over and over again."

You may want to get that patented because it would sell VERY well in the state of Wisconsin.

They can definitely turn it around, as we saw on offense last year. But what does 9-7 or 11-5 get us in the playoffs? A bunch of road games and diminishing chances of getting past the divisional round. I'm just sick of this team wasting opportunities like a bunch of talented pretenders.

It's also possible we haven't seen rock bottom yet a la 2008. I thought the defense started admirable at the start of that season too considering the circumstances, it's just everything compounded and got much worse.

I agree. The season isn't over but this week the loss seemed to affect me a lot more than last week.

Last week I just was like, 'bleh...' and brushed it off. Which was unusual for me and a Packers loss.

Today I just feel like this afternoon really sucks. If the VIqueens win, man. . .it's going to be a terrible Sunday.

This is coming from a guy who was at Camp Randall last night watching the students rush the field after upsetting #1 Ohio State.

I still have faith in the Pack, we need to get healthy and learn to give extra blocking help where it's needed. That made me insane today.

Defense played great minus the lack of a pass rush. I was not surprised when the defense couldn't get a sack. Henne could have pulled out a folding chair, sat down, ate a sandwich and then stood up to throw with all the time they gave him.

Frustrating.

Is it really possible that down after down none of the Packers receivers are able to get open in less than four seconds?

What in God's name is Rogers waiting for?

Looks to me like our upcoming schedule is much tougher looking than in recent years.

I am disgusted--just plain and simply disgusted.

I do like that for the 2nd week in a row, Brandon Jackson worked damn hard...too bad we don't see more of him, especially when AR is getting absolutely mugged. Anyone notice BJ's average YPC (especially with that god awful O-line) vs Marshawn Lynch's?? Enough of that BS already. RB is the least of this team's worries.

Guns and his crew called last years game against the Vikings. You thought things would change?

Good assessment, but this season IS over. Mr. McCarthy (does not deserve the title of coach) has NEVER demonstrated any kind of adaptive ability. If the team had stayed healthy, he might have been able to make the playoffs. Why do you think he takes the ball every coin toss? He cannot make any kind of adjustments, so getting it after halftime would be a waste. He does have a talent for making sure the orange slice and capri suns are ready before the 2 minute warning though.

again not able to see another game do to the chicago market and was sick of trying to get it streaming, but after no points being scored in the 2nd or 3rd qtr for the pack.

Can we start officially calling for MM's head now? If this keeps up this way no way he should be coaching this team after this year.

For example Lovie Smith has no business coaching the Bears after this year but if they keep winning without winning he will be back again (granted I know they lost today, but he still insists that they have a good team).

Sorry for the Bear talk, all I hear living in the NW Burbs.

Agreed on the officiating. When there are non-calls like the helmet to chin on AR12 combined with the "lining up over the center" call, when Francois was a yard off the LOS, it creates the impression that the officials are artificially altering the outcome of games.
Still, that's one what beat us today, as far as the deciding factor.
I thought the defense played awesome, despite having lost Clay.
It's the offense that cost us this game, as usual. They're finding ways to use Jackson effectively, so that's a positive.
But the problem is that MM seems to never have heard of the concept of "time of possession." (Which is particularly shocking when our biggest playmaker is out for the game.)
Also, despite being an ostensibly WCO team, they sure seem to throw deep all the time. I mean ALL the time. Which is not only fundamentally unsound, but particularly so when your QB is getting mauled. (And when it's apparently legal for teams to put their helmets on his chin.)
This game wasn't lost due to injuries, but due to the offensive philosophy, or lack thereof. Lack of fundamentals philosophically, penalty-wise and well then there's James Campen and Slocum. Another key shank my Masthay today.

how on earth did the Packers look at john ryan and think they had something better.

anyone see him vs chicago today?

he may be the best punter in football.

just sayin'.

MM and Capers were COMPLETELY out coached today, completely.

One reason It's looking like 2008 - Barnett isn't in there again. He was a mean player and will be missed more than many think.

Screen to Kuhn shades of Paul Ott Caruth. And the three fullback formation that ...surprise, surprise, turns into a pass play. Nobody is fooled by a one dimensional O.

That first Dolphins series reminded me of the pre-season game against the Browns. Let's pray CM3 gets healthy soon.

This TEAM looks very, very average.

Capers is an above average but not great defensive coordinator. The difference between Capers and Fitz Shurmer is much much greater than the difference between Capers and Bob Sanders. The injuries definitely suck, but even before the injuries the Packers defense looked average at best.

Which leads me to:

You go for 2 at the end. I don't give a flying donkey what the hell the "card" says or whether conventional wisdom is play for overtime at home. You cannot count on this defense to stop anyone. Ever. That's not to say the defense never stops anyone, that is to say you cannot count on them.

That said:

The defense gets a three and out in OT... and, oh yeah, the offense isn't very good either.

Still, you go for two in that situation. Two points and you win.

It's really quite frustrating to watch the o line play. They were pretty bad today and at the times when they were good, A Rod would step up right into the defensive players. The defense though looked really solid (outside of the pressure) but were a bit weak on runs right down the gut. I'm pretty scared to see what will happen next week when we try to stop AP. I just hope that Pickett and Neal come back next week and we can stop using T.J. freaking Lang on our defensive line. The play calling on offense is also really frustrating because even without a 71 yard run this game he still had like a 4.4 ypc average this game and we've got to start running the ball more. This is the second game in a row in which we were DOMINATED in TOP.

Absolutely EVERYTHING has gone wrong so far this season.

yet they are still 3-3 and getting healthier.

better time are ahead.

another thing is what the f is up with the reigning defensive player of the year? it seemed as though he was either on his back or committing penalties all afternoon!

our D is pretty soft but i think they played mediocrely (is that really a word?) enough for us to win today. just like they did last week. our offense is just pathetic on 3rd down.

i also agree that MM was totally outcoached and cannot seem to grasp the "feel" of a game as it is happening.

This team is stressing me out.

I'll have to watch the game back, but did Bulaga get any help at all today with Cameron Wake?

I wwent into the game thinking there was just too many injuries to overcome to win. The thing that bums me out is we still had a hell of a chance even with all the adversity.

This division is still well within our sights. Some good fortune on the injury front and we're right there. 12-4? No. But I'll take 10-6 and the division.

It's halftime right now in the queens game, they need to lose.

GBP 4 LIFE

What's killing me is that in all three losses the banged up defense has kept the opposing team's score low enough for the Packers to win. So where's the vaunted offense? Pulling on my Captain Obvious cape, if they manage even 21 points in each of those three losses, they are 6-0. So what gives? I guess you have to pin it on A-Rod for making bad decisions, and on the staff for making the wrong calls.

The punting was atrocious.

Even the inside-the-20 kicks were weak.

Why doesn't anyone want to punt for the Packers ?
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another game -- another QB scramble for a first down
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Dolphin oLine was solid -- Pack got no pressure; the Fins ran at will
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Bulaga looked like he'd never seen a weight room
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Secondary looked weird -- like they were apologizing for getting in each others way.
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Count Pickett and Neal as guys we can't have go down, and still win the game.
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It seemed like the Fins knew what we'd call on off & def -- Imagine !

Rodgers is so painfully below average this year that it hurts. Your team is only as good as your quarterback, and Rodgers is playing for shit this year.

the (alleged) 4th down stop by the Pack -- was a bad call.

made all the worse by the review.

don't know why it is that Hochuli makes such bad calls, even when they're reviewed.

I thought this was the team that was
... built-from-the-draft,
... don't-need-no-stinkin'-free-agents,
... so-deep-we're-givin'-players-away-on-cut-down day.

What
Up,
Theodore ?

Next week is going to really, really, really suck.

Hochuli defended himself according to comments on the GBPG. According to him, it's a penalty if the guy over the center is within ONE YARD of the center. I rewound the replays and Francois' foot was beyond one yard. In fact, it looks like he intentionally made a point to be beyond one yard because the ball was just before one hash mark, and his foot was just beyond the next one.

It's dumb to push the envelope like that, but it still shouldn't have been a penalty. Might have been worth a challenge, actually.

"I am officially sick of the Packers."

This is analysis?

Reads like an emotional blog comment to me.

I'm officially sick of people who are officially sick of the Packers. The record, yeah, me too. But I'm tired of looking at the fact this team is DECIMATED and is trying so hard to stay in. We've got some good people. We've got a lot of problems. Got it. But I'm behind these guys. Get on board.

I'm not sick of the Packers, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to sit through a game this year.

Yeah...we have a lot of injuries. But is there anybody that thinks we SHOULDN'T have a better record, irrespective of the injuries? That's the tough part. We are supposed to be better than this.

My only comment is this: Bulaga is not a right side lineman, at least not yet. He doesn't look comfortable over there and I'd rather he play LG or LT than what's starting right now. I think Lang is more comfortable on that side and played well there toward the end of last year. Bench someone on the left and let Bulaga play there, over there it's an improvement, on the right, it's not. That's all i have time for, back to studying the high stakes world of international finance.

Was that Bulaga playing RT or just a Barbre impersonator? That was just plain sad.

IMO Lang never looked that bad.

Fame has gone to A-rod's head, and he hasn't won anything yet. He plays with no passion and pouts when things don't go well.

That QB Sneak was pretty Sneaky/Cool, Otherwise...Ewww!!

MM has done a heck of a job developing Arod, however he's an average game day coach at best. I'd like to see MM gone and bring home Jon Gruden.

Personal reaction to week 6
AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Knew it was gonna be tough, still hoped for cakewalk.
Inexcusably poor play. Again. Easy enough to blame it on the injuries, but c'maaan.

The no call on Rodgers, wtf? At home?

win or lose, through hard and good times...go pack go my cheessy packer brothers...

So...gotta say that I was kind of expecting this loss, especially after that opening Miami drive. The battered offense got some points with a qb who's obviously going to be more skittish than normal, compounded by an o-line that did him no favors. The more battered defense performed admirably, except on runs up the gut, to be expected when we essentially have two healthy game-ready defensive linemen.

The sky's not falling yet. Let's just see how they do under the lights Sunday night, hopefully with Matthews, Pickett, and/or Mike Neal coming back.

The encroachment call was a "make up" call for when the ref's blew the first down by the Dolphins. After the refs blew that 1st down call I was wondering when they would make it up to the Dolphins. Ya had to know it was coming.

I got to go to this game. The highlight of the day was spotting a T.J. Rubley jersey. I'm not kidding.

At what point does our offense find some rhythm? When does McCarthy give our porous o-line some help? When do we stop running Kuhn screens like they somehow belong? And who the hell took my beer?

but seriously....T.J. Rubley...

**********PACKERS MAKE A TRADE TO ACQUIRE S ANTHONY SMITH***************

as reported by Bedard on JSO as of 7:01 pm central time

No word on who/what the Packers ....sent Packing to the Panthers.

Wow, what a weird turn of events.. WTF?

The most interesting thing about losses is reading the blogs and comments afterwords. If I had time I'd go through and count up how many different games took place today between Green Bay and Miami.

As an aside, I haven't seen anyone mention that last week the Bears started their fourth quarterback during the Rogers era.

All Packer fans need to understand that 1. the team's statistics for all games in the last 3 years CLEARLY show the Pack fails to come close to being competitive in Q 4 of every game! Next - the same 3 year data shows that the Packer weakness has been "injuries to the O line and D backs". Lastly, the data shows that Q4 offensive production is well below NFL average.
Obviously, MM has never modified his O calls to reflect the talent of the personnel he has at any given time! The idiot has openly said he doesn't even have a screen pass in the play book. Every winning coach has numerous screen passes in their book to slow down the defensive line. SO MIKE - can you figure out the play calling needs to change with the our injuries and the vulnerability of the other team.

I have just 4 words for you...

SHIT. THE. BED.

(ya, I know. And I haven't drank in nearly 9 years--and days like today don't make it easy)

Still hate the play calling. With a defense that is masacred, don't you try to keep em off the field and try for some sort of ball control?? Sure, there were a few more screens, I guess, but what, 17 runs? QB getting creamed--run the ball!!
MM is one seriously stubborn SOB.

Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but was anyone else questioning the clock management on the last drive in regulation? It turned out OK, but man with 3 time outs, not using one and running the 4th down play before th 2 minutte warning was curious.

Then the decision to kick it short was almost suicidal. Then they didn't throw it long with 4 seconds left...WTF?

I should just cut and paste, week after week. Put in an OL that give AR 4 seconds wihtout feel of getting killed (can you say preseason w/o blitzing) and we look great.

Take a C that was supplanted 2 years ago and can't help, a LG we have been killing for three years and is not a source of any strength in either the running or passing game, two OVER THE HILL tackles and a newbie getting the first tast of the NFL and "the best passing game in the NFL" looks pathetic. ITS NOT THE PLAYS. ITS THE EXECUTION. AND YOU CAN'T EXECUTE if you don't block. Its not Jennings, Driver, Nelson, Jones, Quarless or Lee. An excellent RB might make something out of nothing, but GB is not not scoring because of BJ. It's the OL, the OL, the OL.

"Our sub-par play has NOTHING to do with Thompson’s personnel decisions, if anything, it shows how deep our team is that we’re even in games right now w/ the injuries" ....

He's undeniably GREAT AT DRAFTING (close your eyes for Jordy and Justin)......BUT sucks the BIG ONE in the FREE AGENT market. Non-existent on trades...oh wait, WE GOT ANTHONY SMITH!!! Randy Moss, BEWARE!

I'm really getting sick of how predictable we are. For example, when we line up in shotgun every team knows we are going to pass. I just saw the Colts run in the shotgun formation. I really wish the Packers would do that at least a few times so that teams don't automatically know that we're going to throw it whenever we're in that formation. Then again, you probably need a back with speed to run it out of the shotgun formation and with Jackson and Kuhn, we just aren't fast enough to do that. Still I would like to see some different looks on offense because it's pretty obvious when we're going to run and when we're going to pass.

A step in the right direction would be to fire Slocum. Special teams sucked again today and penalties, like blocking in the back in OT on a punt return are inexcusable. And for God's sake, bring in a punter, any punter, that can average over 40 yards without hitting line drive punts. Is that too much to ask?

Where do I start? As a P fan for over 40 years, I am distressed (extreme anxiety, sorrow & pain) for what I am witness to this season. With just a few seconds left to win at home, MM decides to lose by not going for the win. I am so frustrated by the lack of intelligent play calling, poor execution, and just plain lack of football knowledge. My brain almost exploded into millions of gelatinous goo parts at the endless stupidity forced upon our Packer nation by the lack of vision shone by this organization, starting from the top and stopping short of the end zone. No more excuses for this lack of offensive behavior, oh yes, not to mention defensive mind blockage. This team is poorly coached and badly run and needs serious attention to move in a positive direction for the future. Please Packer Nation, use your eyes and brains, then your hearts. Enough already!!!!!

One positive from today, Jennings.

Was anyone actually surprised that the Packers lost when the game went to OT? For me the game was over right there and then. The depleted defense was on the field far too long up to that point. I know people would have killed McC if he had gone for 2 after the last TD and it had failed, but it would have been the right call. Show your offense it's all about them performing, and give the D a break. But as always the Packers go conservative.

This was an ugly game. I agree that the officiating was horrible. I don't know why Ed Hochuli wouldn't throw a flag when Aaron was speared. Packer animus? Did he try to make up for it when the Dolphins went for it on 4th down and "missed?" Aaron did not look sharp. Why wasn't Bulaga given any help on the right side of the line? Next up the 2-3 vikings. We better be more prepared for them than we were for the Dolphins.