Post Game Bears Beat GB 31-27

I've said this so many times in the Shout, it's gone Platinum by now. But here goes:

I've been disgusted with the ST's so long, I literally can't remember them being any good. Maybe Bisaccia needs to go and I'd be perfectly fine with that. However, to me everything comes to Gute's lacking. ST's are always based on extra depth on the team and GB doesn't have any...and THAT's on Gutekunst.

The terrible DB room is totally on Gute. These guys would, in no way, start anywhere else.

We could have had Jackson Smith-Njigba, but he drafts a guy that NEVER started in college instead. It's like Ted. 'Nobody is going to tell me what I have to do or who I have to draft. And NOBODY is going to tell me I have to take a WR in the 1st round. Ever. I'll show you all!' Beyond stupid and mind-numbing to this Packer fan. How many more drops are we going to have to watch?! Like I said...mind-numbing.

Coaching: I hate the way LaFleur just can't adjust. It happens again and again. Ben Johnson is laughing at him. Who cares if we make the playoffs if we constantly fold in the 1st or 2nd round?? Completely disappointed in the lack of imagination. However, if ML gets fired and Gute stays, I will be done with them. Gute is the one that needs to go. This debacle of an OL and DL are on him. No depth is on him. Keeping failures for coaches (I'm afraid) is on him too. I'm not saying fire LaFleur. But if they do and keep Gute, that shows me this franchise has not a clue! No first rounders the next 2 years is gonna hurt. But Gute is TERRIBLE in the 1st round anyway. And I will never complain about them getting Micah Parsons. I wish we had more players like Micah...for sure!

I don't know what Ed Policy really is or what he's looking for. But I hope he has pride and wants to put a dynamic stamp on this team. That's my hope, but not getting that vibe so far. We'll see. But I'm still in heavy vomit mode from this performance in a long line of these kinds of performances. I'm hoping beyond hope that Policy has some great ideas to implement. But I'll believe it when I see it. Going to be a LONG off-season, I'm afraid. I hope I'm wrong.
 
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Mark87 said:
First, let's get this straight: the injuries devastated this team. That's not an excuse, thats a fact. What we played with isn't normal. I don't think Love was normal after that head hit.

But to me, a big issue is that we have little veteran leadership on the team. It showed again tonight. A lot of stuff is happening off-season, very little chance to add help, but some can be added.

Burn this tape and move on to 2026.
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sorry, was traveling and this is my first chance to catch up.
Obviously - injuries were important. While the Parsons injury affected our ability to pressure the QB, I think Wyatt was having a huge impact on us winning at the LOS - his absence showed up a lot with our opponents ability to run at will at times. And similarly, Kraft was Love's go to guy, and that had an impact even though Love spread the ball around and the offense continued to move the ball.
All that said - the big thing that Mark said was a lack of veteran leadership, especially on the defensive side. I had that exact conversation with my wife yesterday as we drove to the airport. I think Love is learning how to be a leader on the offensive side, but there's nobody that I see on Defense that is out there rallying the team. In our SB runs we had Reggie, and then Woodson, but because of our youth we don't have that veteran to lead the team. I've said this before, it's great to have good young talent, but you need veterans, and especially veteran leadership, to solidify both sides of the ball. To tell your team-mates to get their heads out of their back sides and do their jobs.

Lack of talent at D-back and OL was exposed again. Hard to hide it when the rest of the team isn't playing at 100%.
 
Besides talent the coaching does deserve a lot of blame. Seems every year we see the same thing. Other teams will make halftime adjustments and play GB hard. GB they stick with the same game plan the whole game no matter what and won't adjust.
 
GBP4EVER said:
Besides talent the coaching does deserve a lot of blame. Seems every year we see the same thing. Other teams will make halftime adjustments and play GB hard. GB they stick with the same game plan the whole game no matter what and won't adjust.
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we also have to understand that if we get a lead, the NFL is going to let our opponents get away with a few things in H2 (like moderate holding) in order to try to keep the game close. This goes back to coaching - not only on how we should be reacting to those non-calls, but why the hell can't our OL learn how to hold legally? Chicago was holding in H2, never called, but then we get a ticky-tack holding called on us; we need to figure out what everyone else in the league is doing that they don't get called!
 
ML talked about this one post game. This would've started the 2nd half with a 20+ yard gain (possibly a TD if that one receiver can block the DB) but Rasheed Walker immediately blows his read/block and the play gets blown up. It didn't get better for the OL all half. Killer stuff.

 
rpiotr01 said:
ML talked about this one post game. This would've started the 2nd half with a 20+ yard gain (possibly a TD if that one receiver can block the DB) but Rasheed Walker immediately blows his read/block and the play gets blown up. It didn't get better for the OL all half. Killer stuff.

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None of those losers could block a bag in the wind. On the pass to Watson at end of game the Bears DB was slow as hell off the block and still nearly sacked Love as he hit him as he threw it. Poor feet and poor hands do not make a good OL.
 
GBP4EVER said:
None of those losers could block a bag in the wind. On the pass to Watson at end of game the Bears DB was slow as hell off the block and still nearly sacked Love as he hit him as he threw it. Poor feet and poor hands do not make a good OL.
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The one to Watson was primarily on Belton, who immediately whiffed his man, and second on Morgan, who was holding on for dear life. Love made the throw of his life there, Watson also misplayed it a bit. Story of the season.
 
HowardK4 said:
we also have to understand that if we get a lead, the NFL is going to let our opponents get away with a few things in H2 (like moderate holding) in order to try to keep the game close. This goes back to coaching - not only on how we should be reacting to those non-calls, but why the hell can't our OL learn how to hold legally? Chicago was holding in H2, never called, but then we get a ticky-tack holding called on us; we need to figure out what everyone else in the league is doing that they don't get called!
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There is no such thing as holding legally... your holding or not.
 
Mark87 said:
There is no such thing as holding legally... your holding or not.
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but more to his point. some teams (like the packers) get called for very questionable holding and other teams (like the bears) don't get called for glaringly obvious holding. and if "there is holding on every play", as we have heard over and over, why do some get away with it while others do not?
 
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