Post Game GB at Dallas: OT ends in tie game. 40-40

? Question ?: Why is everyone on Matt LaFleur's ass all over the internet today when we gave up 40 points? Haven't seen Hafley's name mentioned much if at all? Can't give up 40 and expect to win. Packers couldn't stop a parked car yesterday.
 
Summary thoughts after letting things simmer.

Love: He put up great numbers, but I can't shake the feeling that he still isn't comfortable with everything. Pass pro has to improve or he won't last the season.

RB: Jacobs and Wilson did a great job considering our OL can't block.

WR: Doub was Money. Golden was clutch (though I still want the backstory to the Golden/Wicks convergence - props to Wicks for backing off). Wicks had some good moments late. Still can't wait for Reed and Watson to come back.

TE: Kraft had a few nice catches, but the group was quiet. The other 3 guys, less Kraft, can't block.

OL: Woof. Seems like the OL really stepped back once Stenavich was promoted to OC. But to be fair, they weren't horrible considering they had two backups. Run blocking improved later, but that is the major weakness right now.

DL: Parson actually did better than was "visible".. certainly was more impactful late than early. But for this dude to earn his money (like Love), his leadership needs to improve. Still building a relationship with the others, but this D needs to be his and not just sulking by himself on the sidelines. We point to the PAT block/2pt conversion as the major game changer (it was), but that also coincided (more or less) with Wyatt's injury. The DL play really shifted as our depth there is poor. The run game stepped up... Wooden wasn't as effective... Stackhouse was garbage. Probably didn't help with the heat either.

LB: Walker and Cooper had moments, but were really ghosts most of the day. McDuffie was the only one consistently making plays.

DB: McKinney was another ghost. Did nothing all day. Williams in involved more, but mixed effectiveness. Bullard seemed pretty strong. Nixon played very strong, but Hobbs and Valentine were abused.

Defense had way too many ghosts today.
 
CaptainD said:
? Question ?: Why is everyone on Matt LaFleur's ass all over the internet today when we gave up 40 points? Haven't seen Hafley's name mentioned much if at all? Can't give up 40 and expect to win. Packers couldn't stop a parked car yesterday.
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It's Easy to blame the HC when there are so many issues.
 
CaptainD said:
? Question ?: Why is everyone on Matt LaFleur's ass all over the internet today when we gave up 40 points? Haven't seen Hafley's name mentioned much if at all? Can't give up 40 and expect to win. Packers couldn't stop a parked car yesterday.
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I'm on his ass because in scoring position he chose 2 swing / flare passes rather than throwing into the endzone.
 
CaptainD said:
? Question ?: Why is everyone on Matt LaFleur's ass all over the internet today when we gave up 40 points? Haven't seen Hafley's name mentioned much if at all? Can't give up 40 and expect to win. Packers couldn't stop a parked car yesterday.
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Less this forum, which I respect greatly... there are a lot of dumbasses. Seriously have had some really dumb things on X today.
 
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I have been waiting to see a clip of the blocked XP.

Once again, a defender (Musgrave) is reading the wrong $%@# block and getting after the outside rusher, leaving the inside most rusher a free run. This is fundamental stuff. Easy peasy stuff. Yet here are the Packers ST units still making fundamental, egregious mistakes in back-to-back weeks.

Dumb players make dumb plays, sure, but this stuff should be coached into them so friggin' hard by this point that it should be second-nature obvious. Apparently not.

Bisaccia gotta go. Work in progress, my ass. These aren't bottom-roster rookie players making these mistakes. These are experienced players that see the field on a regular basis. No excuses for these type of mistakes.

 
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I realize it, I don't have data to back this up so it's an impression, but Dallas got themselves in "... and short" situations all night and I think refs are less likely to call holds on pass plays in those situations. I think it's like a catcher framing a ball for the ump. You'd like to think this isn't the case but their eyes are primed to look for things situationally and I think if some of these rushes happened in "... and long" they may have called it more.

Thats why I don't want excuses. GB's run defense failed and allowed Dallas into advantageous down and distance and all the perks that come with it as a home team. They were constantly 2nd and 4 or 5. No defense can live that way.
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I think you hit it here with "situational calls". Happens in all sports, when a team is struggling, the officials are likely to start letting them get away with penalties (or fouls, or calling the balls/strikes favorably). And what happens is that they officiate the struggling team so favorably that it can change the momentum of the game. The NFL didn't want the home team Cowboys to get blown out, so they helped them (a lot), and that we could never get any consistent pressure on Dak. And pretty much every QB playing in the NFL will have success if he can stand back there and wait for guys to get open. But, regardless, our defense didn't get the job done, and as you mentioned allowed Dallas to get into advantageous down and distance way too often. I'm not trying to make excuses and blame the refs - but it did have an impact.
 
Here is a glass half-full perspective on the first quarter of the season. We are 2 special teams plays from being 4-0. We have had 3 games where we scored at least 27 points despite losing two starting OL and a starting WR. The defense has been dominant in 3 of the 4 games, and the 4th game was a very competent veteran QB who is usually among the leaders in TD passes at the end of the season.

We are entering the bye week at 2-1-1, and look to get Tom and Banks back and Christian Watson on the practice field.



I cannot sugar coat the special teams. That just isn't possible.
 
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