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Had an awful premunition last night that the Packers would get the third seed this year and the Cowboys would be the 6th seed, that would not end well considering our run defence!!
Think it's fairly important (stating the obvious I guess) that we get either the 1st or 2nd seeds this year. I don't think we'd go into a Seattle, San Fran or Dallas and be able to dominate the way we could at home. I just wouldn't be able to stand it if San Fran knocked us out again! We've been done by them twice and the Cardinals in that wild shootout too, the NFC West should entirely be avoided if possible!
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skippymac6 wrote: »Had an awful premunition last night that the Packers would get the third seed this year and the Cowboys would be the 6th seed, that would not end well considering our run defence!!
Think it's fairly important (stating the obvious I guess) that we get either the 1st or 2nd seeds this year. I don't think we'd go into a Seattle, San Fran or Dallas and be able to dominate the way we could at home. I just wouldn't be able to stand it if San Fran knocked us out again! We've been done by them twice and the Cardinals in that wild shootout too, the NFC West should entirely be avoided if possible!
Relax, december hasn even been so they havent crashed to 8-8 yet0 -
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Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »Unlike yourselves, who have clearly already made the playoffs going by this conversation.
Ah stop taking it so seriously, a light hearted conversation above there. I thought my winky face indicated as much ha!
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skippymac6 wrote: »Ah stop taking it so seriously, a light hearted conversation above there. I thought my winky face indicated as much ha!
I know, I was just looking for trouble with the cheeseheads0 -
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UnitedIrishman wrote: »When did we sign Lane Johnson and why hasn't he been playing? :pac:
The late games tend to scramble my brain somewhere around midseason.
Lane Taylor, but maybe we can get him to legally change his name and pull the old switcheroo on the 16th against the Eagles when no-one is looking? If anyone can do it, it's Ted! They don't call him the White Wizard for nothing. 0 -
something we should know billy?The late games tend to scramble my brain somewhere around midseason.
Lane Taylor, but maybe we can get him to legally change his name and pull the old switcheroo on the 16th against the Eagles when no-one is looking? If anyone can do it, it's Ted! They don't call him the White Wizard for nothing.
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Cheers for that! I'll try to get back to it next week, was in Woolshed for the dolphins game so was only able to catch bits on my phone on gamepass, got a little hammered watching the Panthers game in a friends so had a blurry memory, and while there's usually more to take from losses than wins I reckon after the Saints game I was in no.. Fcuking... Mood.
I just felt from the Bears, Vikings and Panthers games there was nothing to really take - good wins but against God awful teams (Vikings had Ponder remember, other two are in free fall). Linsley and Haha's improvement, and Bakh stepping up to another level entirely from where he was last season have been the biggest bonuses for me in the last month. Also Pennel getting more snaps and Janis getting some junk them catches. Not so much Adams - he's been good, but he is a Ted Thompson second round WR, hence he was automatically the safest WR to translate to the NFL. :P0 -
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Quick summary because as raze them all said, it was such a walkover. Few noteworthy things though.
1. As mentioned, Matthews inside. I've heard some talk about it before, especially got Peppers and Christ we have to do that more often. Barrington and Lattimore as well as Hawk are OK inside but none of them offer a lot of impact. Collinsworth did a brilliant job talking about the impact he had - we lose a little at times he has to drop in coverage, but his reactions are so good that he can be very handy there on 3rd and 10. We all remember last season when 3rd and 10 meant "slant play over the middle, first down" pretty much automatically - with Matthews that's a lot, lot harder to do and he made a number of stops in exactly that situation. He also has the reactions, movement and speed to get to the outside - left or right - right away like we used to see Urlacher do to us time and again. I'm not saying play him there every down, but he has to be played there quite a bit from now on even though it will hurt his stats a bit (who cares!?) and especially since Peppers and even Perry have been contributing to the pass rush, as well as Mike Daniels off the line. Makes us a much, much harder defence to read which is a key part of Capers/Lebeau's 3-4 style of play. Still can't stand Capers, but if his system is to have ANY hope of "doing just enough" this year it needs to include Matthews inside quite a bit.
2. Sitton and Lang. I had said in a few threads I was worried about this game if these two were out because Lane Taylor is a UDFA rookie and Tretter is a 6th rounder and for all intents and purposes, also a rookie. These two played really well considering they had injured toes (sounds silly, but like a thumb/finger for a QB it can have a huge effect on a lineman's play). EDIT: They each had a really good game. Also nice to see Collinsworth and Michaels giving them their due, Sitton gets recognition but Lang is very underrated, the lesser of the two but a very, very solid guard especially in pass protection.
3. The rest of the line... I'm really starting to like this unit! Bulaga needs to stay fit obviously, but I've always liked his overall play especially as a RT. Bakhtiari (apparently a wizard at FIFA :pac: ) keeps improving week on week and is on his way to being a borderline pro bowler in my opinion. Linsley simply does not look like a rookie out there, is a fat little monster of a fella, and like Bakh keeps improving, noticeably, each and every game. This unit also has the opportunity to grow and grow and continue to improve together which is really exciting, especially with Lacy and Rodgers behind them. Sitton is the oldest of the lot and he only went 28 in June! Lang is 27, Bulaga 25, and Bakhtiari and Linsley are both 23 - and none of them have a birthday coming up until March (Bulaga), with the rest from June-September. That's a group that, if the contracts work out and barring injuries (where Bulaga is the only real worry, touch wood) could stay together for 5-8 years which works out about perfect for most of the rest of Rodgers' career (31 in December), and all through Lacy's best years too (turned 24 in June). If these guys played anywhere but the unglamorous offensive line spots, this would be getting a lot more attention - it really excites me going forward. Say what you will about the Bears defensive line, but our offensive line played very well yesterday.
4. Line depth. Good and bad here - if anyone gets injured we could be in trouble. We picked up Jamon Meredith in the last week, who is a 28 year old journeyman that we drafted originally in 2009 - nothing special at all and a stop gap (we're his 7th team in 6 years, 8th if you include his original stint here) but at least he gives some experience. After that we have 24 year old rookie Taylor and 23 year old "basically a rookie" Tretter as backups inside which could be good for longevity, but if Sitton broke his ankle next week could easily leave us in a real spot of bother. There is also 26 year old Garth Gerhart inside, but he seems like more a a special teams/53rd man type of guy to make up numbers. Next year we will also have Don Barclay back to take one of Gerhart/Meredith's spots, a 25 year old UDFA from 2012 - hopefully the injury hasn't effected him too much because I liked him as a backup/depth option in case Bulaga goes down again. I like that in the draft all we need to do is look at maybe one mid/late round tackle for depth.
5. Eddie Lacy in the passing game. Everyone loves Luc... errr, Lacy, but I was one of the people a bit worried about how his style of play would mesh with Rodgers and our explosive offensive as opposed to last year when we were grinding yards through him without a passing game. The first few weeks of the season were very concerning in this sense (especially running him out of the damn shotgun!) but it looks like we've figured out how to get his strengths out of him. Big threat and great option to have Rodgers able to audible into in a singleback setup, and he's proving a phenomenal dump off option underneath with Cobb, Nelson and co getting deep down the field. That TD catch/run of his was a thing of beauty - it was like something you usually the Steelers traditionally run, the vision from Lacy was quality but more noticeably the blocking was exceptional. If there is one criticism of our offense it is that at times it lacks physicality and aggression - we saw a tonne of it on that play, and it's something extra for teams to worry about going forward.
6. DuJuan Harris - love this guy, always happy to see him get carries (even if it loses me a bet I had on Lacy to get 69+ rushing yards, bah!). He isn't reliable to be a 20 carry type but he's a good small, slippery back who runs with a lot of power for his size - reminds me of Ahmad Bradshaw in how he plays. He's a good guy to bring in against tired defences
7. I wanted to see some of Jeff Janis.
8. Rodgers is a retard... he only managed 6 TDs in 7 possession during the first half. Unacceptable, he'll never be one of the best at that rate. 0 -
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I am quite the fan of Ha Ha, i really hope one day there is something like this of him
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