Pre-Season Week 2 ~ Official Packers vs Broncos Thread

I wouldn't take anything away from last night's game except the fact that there were a lot of missed tackles by guys down the line on the depth chart. Take away Welch's INT, and he still played well out there. He was directing traffic, because he was more versed on the defense than the guys around him. He shows signs of being a potential 2nd level player. I think Hopper looked like he has something to offer. He just needs time on the field to develop it.

Our passing game. Clifford had 2nd and 3rd level personnel out there with him. It was ragged, but that needs to be expected against the Broncos #1 defense. Poor route running, horrible blocking, and the running game stuffed because the offensive line was porous. It's what we all should have expected, under the circumstances. Also, don't take anything bad away from either Clifford or Pratt. They did not have the talent out there to make their games look better.

Drops, drops, drops. Catch the damned ball! That's all I'll say about everyone who had the ball thrown to them. To the offensive line, if you don't know who you're supposed to block, at least get the guy in front of you. Don't leave him open to get into the backfield, while you try to figure out who you need to put pads on.

Bo Nix looked good because he didn't have to contend with our best defenders. If our best would have been out there against him, he would have looked pedestrian.

Caleb Jones. The guy belongs on defense, anchoring the center of the defensive line. He's huge. He was solid while in the game, as long as nobody used slick moves to get outside his blocks. They need to harness that nearly 400# at 6'9". He could be a disruption when on the field, because he's built like a freaking tank! If he was to develop faster footwork, and could slip to the side better, he would make a great LT, but I don't think they'll ever get that out of him because of his size.

I don't think LeFleur is a bit happy about his team's performance not only in the game, but in the Friday mano-a-mano practice, where the Broncos beat up on our guys like the proverbial red headed step child.

But, that's my opinion. It's going to be a tough week for the players, because Matt is going to demand a lot more out of all of them, even if they know they're camp fodder.
 
GB trash squad showed up last night no excuse to play as bad as they did even if Denver started their ones.
 
I kinda put this on the HC. I know MLF has a plan about playing starters or not but when you have one joint practice and get your butt kicked, don’t really get anything done and then preemptively throw in the towel for the game, it sends a bad message. The starters should’ve played in this game. He can’t talk about not having fight while leaving half his team on the plane. And he can’t talk about fast starts to the season while also playing it this conservatively with live reps. He will always pick health over starting fast, and thats OK but we can’t sit here and pretend to do both.

Jordan Love has faced three live reps. Is that what you want for him going into the Eagles game? He’s not Aaron Rodgers. He hasn’t earned that nor does he need that kind of treatment.
 
The biggest problem with this game was the bad o-line play, IMO. They couldn't run block so it left the offense in third and long a lot which put your mediocre young QBs under the gun. Now you have to pass the ball letting the defense tee-off on them. This exposes your oline as mostly a bunch of turnstiles which means the QBs have no time. Yes, there were plenty of other problems all over the field, but with some solid oline play they might have made the game competitive.
 
I agree with, Mark. I am not overly concerned since we had 31 starters and back ups out last night. I do; however, have concern about two areas.

Offensive Line Depth- Right guard and Center are average anyway and then when you add not a ton of depth, this smells like a major problem later in the season when we have injuries.

Back-Up QB- IMO, we really need to look at a Vet. Pratt has talent but he is green and inexperienced. Clifford has yet to show me he could handle a 3 to 5 game stretch and win a 2-3 games if he was needed. Again, this could be a major issue if Jordan gets hurt at all.

Unfortunately, a lot of these players did not step up last night and will be cut because of it. There might be a few that make the practice squad but that's it.
 
ChampionshipBelt said:
Unfortunately, a lot of these players did not step up last night and will be cut because of it. There might be a few that make the practice squad but that's it.
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so, if 31 players were withheld from this travesty, and the final roster is 53, that means 22 of the players that we watched last night are going to make the team. maybe we get a few castoffs from other teams, and maybe we find a kicker and back-up qb, but do you think there were 22 players on the field last night that deserve to be on the final 53? i sure didn't see that many.
 
rpiotr01 said:
I kinda put this on the HC. I know MLF has a plan about playing starters or not but when you have one joint practice and get your butt kicked, don’t really get anything done and then preemptively throw in the towel for the game, it sends a bad message. The starters should’ve played in this game. He can’t talk about not having fight while leaving half his team on the plane. And he can’t talk about fast starts to the season while also playing it this conservatively with live reps. He will always pick health over starting fast, and thats OK but we can’t sit here and pretend to do both.

Jordan Love has faced three live reps. Is that what you want for him going into the Eagles game? He’s not Aaron Rodgers. He hasn’t earned that nor does he need that kind of treatment.
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99% of the time I would agree with you, but we don't have the depth to risk it. If he played Love last night and he breaks his leg everyone and their uncle is calling him stupid for playing him in a meaningless game.

Both those backups aren't going to win in a 17-week schedule.... several other positions are in that same boat. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor.
 
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