Game 14: Bears @ Packers - Sunday, December 15th, Noon

[adambr2]

The Aaron Rodgers led offenses of 2010-14 used to make everything look so easy. The ones we have today make everything look so damn difficult.

 

Well, uh, not that time.

[brewcrewdue80]

Typical HAHA defense. late getting there.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Wow, Martinez coming in and making a stop in the backfield...

[PinaMadness]

Where has this run D been all year?

[young guns]

Ervin back out there but I would say he didnt look to comfortable.

[nodakfan17]

Regarding the punt return and penalty that benefited the Packers:

 

I thought the returner gets a 2-hard halo to make a catch? Patterson was within a single yard of Williams when he caught the punt. Also, FOX had a really crummy camera angle on that play. I don’t know why they insist on filming behind the returner in their live shots. I hope Ervin is OK.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I think IIRC they did away with the 2 yard halo. They just can't touch the returner before he touches the ball. I may be wrong on that.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Yes. The halo rule was removed in 2003.

[adambr2]

Rodgers didn't look very happy with Tonyan, but that didn't look like a very good decision. Not crazy about punting on 4th and 4 at that spot of the field either and Scott didn't really make it pay off.

[OldHeidelberg]

C'mon Rodgers take the first down, that's a huge play, stuff like that is why we suck on 3rd down

[nodakfan17]

Yes. The halo rule was removed in 2003.

Thanks. Williams probably has a concussion ... that doesn’t seem like such a bad rule (especially considering the league’s safety push). 2003 was probably in the middle of the ‘jacked up’ era.

[young guns]

Regarding the punt return and penalty that benefited the Packers:

 

I thought the returner gets a 2-hard halo to make a catch? Patterson was within a single yard of Williams when he caught the punt. Also, FOX had a really crummy camera angle on that play. I don’t know why they insist on filming behind the returner in their live shots. I hope Ervin is OK.

I feel like it was one of those the hit was so violent the refs felt there had to be a flag type call.

[young guns]

Ervin looked comfortable there!

[young guns]

Not a fan of this clock management here.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Garbage clock management and a penalty that kills the clock. Awesome.

[young guns]

At this point I would try a hailmary that takes 9 seconds.

[young guns]

We started the third down with 2 timeouts, not that it mattered but we should have still had one to call a timeout if that 4th down was completed?

[PinaMadness]

Uh, you throw to the middle of the field with 4 seconds left and no time outs?

[adambr2]

Absolutely pitiful clock management by MLF and Rodgers. You're sitting at the 36 with 2 timeouts and a minute plus, you run a dumb dive run, manage to piss away 45 seconds of clock before the 3rd down snap and go backwards.

 

WAKE UP. It's like asking for miracles to get this offense to cash in on anything.

[homer]

That was horrible play calling and clock management.

[OldHeidelberg]

What a dumb ending to that half, how is it grounding when the guy has a hold of his arm? Adams was out there and that it didn't get to the LOS was because his arm was held. Stupid of Rodgers to let it get to that point anyway. Same old crap, 3 times we got inside the 50 with no points. hopefully we can gut out a win again.

[homer]

What a dumb ending to that half, how is it grounding when the guy has a hold of his arm? Adams was out there and that it didn't get to the LOS was because his arm was held. Stupid of Rodgers to let it get to that point anyway. Same old crap, 3 times we got inside the 50 with no points. hopefully we can gut out a win again.

 

Why wouldn't it be grounding if he has hold of his arm?

[nate82]

What a dumb ending to that half, how is it grounding when the guy has a hold of his arm? Adams was out there and that it didn't get to the LOS was because his arm was held. Stupid of Rodgers to let it get to that point anyway. Same old crap, 3 times we got inside the 50 with no points. hopefully we can gut out a win again.

 

It doesn't matter if a player has the QB's arm or not the ball has to reach the line of scrimmage or it is grounding.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I remember his first couple years Davante Adams was a drop machine and not a great route runner, but dude was obviously physically gifted. I'm not comparing MVS to Adams directly, but he's obviously physically gifted.

 

This receiving corps aside from Adams is crap. I still kinda hold out hope that MVS takes his physical tools and turns into something more than what he is, because we really need some help on offense.

[homer]

I think Lazard is pretty good. I also think Rodgers relies way too much on Adams. That 4th down play (non TD play) he had Lazard open but stared down Adams the whole time.