Green Bay Packers

[bloodbrother]

We got threads for some teams, so might as well make one for the Pack. I know we have a handful of fans here

 

 

Lacy looked real good today in his preseason debut. Hoping the Pack have an actual running game now. Showed good burst, broke tackles and powered through people.

 

 

[Jason]

If they want to be successful this season they will have to incorporate some type of run game. With Jennings gone and Nelson beat up their passing game is a little weaker now. Randall Cob should emerge but defenses will be double teaming him.

[Bruce Nye]

Big Packer fan here - lifetime version.

 

I'm still concerned about the OL - they wil be a good running team this year, provided they get the injuries sorted out on the OL.

 

Offensively (passing) Rodgers has plenty of assets without a dinged up Nelson and a Viking bound Jeffries.

[bloodbrother]

Not having Burnett or Hayward hurt them today. Safety play was just awful in the game. Front 7 was definitely improved though and did very well stopping the run

 

hard to win on the road vs a good team when you lose the turnover battle and give up 30+ points. Pack had a chance and had the lead, but they put too much pressure on themselves with mistakes

 

Hopefully they get to play SF again

[nate]

I am not a Packers fan, but my wife is, being from the area and all.

 

Defense did a good job containing Kapernick but they had no answer for Boldin.

 

Also some definite penalty issues.

 

Also seems like the Packers need one more receiver.

[bloodbrother]

I think they are fine at receiver...unless injury occurs. The problem is that Finley is just so inconsistent with his awful hands. Rodgers INT today was off a perfect throw that Finley had clanked off his hands and off his knee right to the Niners Safety

 

They need better ILB's, Safety and OL, though the OL actually held up well(for them) vs the stout Niners front 7. Not having any answer for old man Boldin the entire game was brutal to watch. Fitting that he was WIDE OPEN again on that 4th down conversion late in the 4th to help milk most of the clock

 

As is often the case when 2 good teams face each other, whoever wins the turnover battle likely ends up winning the game, and that's what happened

[Tank]

Longtime Pack fan.

Offense looked good today, good enough to win far more games than they lose. The defense, however, has to figure out how to stop the niners offense. Dd a great job on the QB today, but couldn't stop Boldin for anything. The road to the super bowl will pass through San Fran, so they better figure this out if they want another Lombardi trophy.

[HaloCory22]

Everything aside from the pass d was solid. SF just happens to have our number right now. We'll be fine.

[bloodbrother]

Another season, another barrage of injuries. This team just can never shake the injury bug. Every year it's a lock that 3-4 of their top 7-8 most important players end up getting hurt with either season ending injuries or multi-week injuries

 

Next 6-8 games are going to be a grind for this team. Won't have Randall Cobb and won't have either of their starting OLB's(Clay and now Nick Perry).

[bloodbrother]

Having your stud QB go down to an injury is such a nut punch

 

Pack were cruising with an easy schedule and had a great shot at a bye week and were looking like SB contenders. Depending on how long Rodgers is out, their season might now just be over

 

they are screwed if Wallace has to play QB for multiple games. So freakin disappointing

[Brandon]

With all the injuries you've had, this is the blow of all blows.

[bloodbrother]

Yep. They've done so well overcoming a barrage of injuries(again, as is the case every damn year it seems) but this one will be too much

 

freakin sucks. Schedule was 2nd easiest from here on out I believe. If Rodgers is only out a couple of weeks, they can still have a shot, but this quickly derails a season. Wallace looked so, so bad out there

[Tank]

Guys on the radio were reporting its a broken collarbone, but the Packers weren't confirming yet. Not the worst injury to have.

But yeah, Wallace isn't any kind of answer. Kind of our version of Jason Isringhausen.

[m0nkey]

But black

[nate]

You had to figure it was a collar bone as soon as they took him in for xray.

 

Still a 4-6 week injury.

[xboom28x]

Hearing small fracture of collarbone. Could only be 3 weeks. Won't know more until tests completed today.

[xboom28x]

Also, I traded for Rodgers yesterday morning. Son of a...

[bloodbrother]

Hearing small fracture of collarbone. Could only be 3 weeks. Won't know more until tests completed today.

 

If he is only out 3 weeks, Pack's playoff hopes may still be alive. 2 of their next 3 games are @ NYG and vs Min....just need to find a way to win one of those games and have Rodgers return with the team at 6-5 with 5 games left to play and a soft schedule.

 

TT is a good GM but he failed hard with the backup QB situation this season. If they had a competent option they might have just won that game last night. Now, we just gotta hope they can somehow find a way to just win 1 of their next 3 games somehow to give this team a fighting chance at a playoff berth

[xboom28x]

It's rare a team has a competent backup in the NFL. If a team does, it's because their starter isn't all that good either. Look at who backs up Peyton, Brees, Brady, etc.

[Adam]

Pretty sure he got shoulder AIDS

[Bruce Nye]

I hate losing.  I hate losing to the Bears even more.  I hate losing Rodgers the most.

[nate]

My wife is in a really bad mood today.  That game was brutal last night.

[Brandon]

Did they discount double check his arm again?

[HaloCory22]

Last night sucked. Losing to the Bears and Aaron goes down. So many effin injuries this season. Is Matt Flynn available?

[bloodbrother]

Rodgers just confirmed its a fractured collarbone and called it a "significant injury". Tony Romo fractured his collarbone at the end of October and missed the rest of the season. Charles Woodson missed 9 games last year with a fractured collarbone

 

This team is sunk. SB contenders to likely missing the playoffs all in a matter of seconds. What a lost year