Hmmm. This one is a real head-scratcher. The best offense goes against the leakiest pass defense? Aaron Rodgers gets to shred our ineffective pass rush and mysteriously non-existent defensive backs? Our suddenly crappy passing game tries to unbury itself from the dregs of the worst game in oh, the last 10 years? 20? And that’s saying something seeing as some the stiffs that have wandered through the team lo these past 10 have been terrible.
I think these guys will play a better game. And I think they can even win, given the fact that they aren’t as bad as that AZ game, and they ARE at home. Realistically though our D is swiss cheese, and the cheeseheads want to exact revenge. We’ve been the bearer of a lot of bad news to GB in recent memory, knocking them out of the playoffs a couple times, and smoking them in the regular season as well. All with CK as the QB to win those games. (another hmmm) So they want to hurt us.
No there no moral victories in football, but really now. If this team gets smoked in another disastrous-type game like the last two, there will be some major grumblings around 4949 Centennial Blvd. For all everyone’s talk about the goodness or badness of the team, another blowout will be hard to stomach. Yeah, the line is banged up and shakey. At some point though, you’d think the coaches would say move Boone back to RT, or get Shareece Wright at least somewhere near the field. They need to work on the line to get CK some time in the pocket. GB is 11th in pass defense, so maybe we can run to set up the pass. I don’t know. I see a better game, but not enough to win.
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I was encouraged by the defense. If they can continue to play like that we’ll be OK. The offense is starting to get the ball out quicker. I’m still not sold on Chryst but I’ll reserve judgment until, we can get the O-line playing better. Kap will be back to form as soon as we can get him some support.
I saw a couple of refs decisions that really hurt us in the first quarter. The illegal bump by Whilhoit can be called on almost every pass play. BJ Raji knew he was offside until the ref ran his credit card. McDonald just kills us. You see the Packer receivers make tough catches all over the place and ours don’t make the catch unless it is perfectly on the money. I think a better O-line solves almost all of our offensive woes.
I agree, I just haven’t see any signs of improvement on the line for 3 games. I think they need to change the line or sit Kap for now until the line improves.
Yeah, the coaches are being stubborn about the personnel. We’re only 4 games into a new staff so I’ll wait a couple more games before I start blasting them.
Aaron Rodgers got an average game rating last week by PFF even though his stats were over 300 yds, 5 TDs and 0 ints. They cited that his WRs bailed him out with great catches on bad throws. You don’t see that from our receivers. I still don’t agree with PFFs assessment because I expect receivers to make tough catches, I just don’t expect it from 49er receivers, especially McDonald.
Not a big fan of stats either. Rodgers had an outstanding game last week and there is no other way of looking at it except through the lens of metrics.
You said it on the other blog when McDonald came out of college. Something along the lines of “he can’t block and he drops a lot of passes, sounds like a winner”.
Truth is if Kap had led him instead of throwing behind he probably makes the catch and some yards. Problem is Kap has no faith in his protection and even the easy throws are wayward now.
I watched him carefully in AZ, when the cameras have moved on to the next play, his body language looks bad, slumped. I really think he is losing confidence.
Not surprising, he is the most pressured QB in the league.
He has all the tools but is not great behind a shitty line, like most other QB’s.
Where does Chip Kelley coach next year? Philly, or college at USC, Texa$$ or Miami?
I figure Kelly gets another year.
If Joe Philbin is fired I wouldn’t mind him being our OC. Aaron Rodgers had his best years with him as OC in Green Bay. Look what losing Callahan as OC has done to the Cowboys running game and that Murray has done nothing for the Eagles. A good OC(play caller) is a big deal in my book.
At this point what do you do? I don;t think sitting Ck is the answer, but they need to do SOMETHING about the line and the situational football.
The 4th and 5 was very telling in that there was no hot read from the srea unblocked on the right side. thet is where you’d normally have a TE or slot WR simply take 3 steps are turn for the ball.
No one was reading the pass. Not sure how to beat quiick pressure with these slow pass plays. It’s the same shit all over again.
Wow. DeMarco Murray has 84 yards in FOUR GAMES?
Ouch.
New thread is up.