Game 16: Packers @ Vikings - Sunday, Dec. 29th 3:25 PM

[yourout]

2 minutes ago, OldHeidelberg said:

Love's awful showing is most concerning to me at the moment. Let's see if he can get it together.

Curious to know where everyone thinks love ranks as far as all the other starting QBs in the league right now. 

If you could draft from all the current starting QBs what order would you pick them in?

[adambr2]

2 minutes ago, OldHeidelberg said:

Love's awful showing is most concerning to me at the moment. Let's see if he can get it together.

He has not been good, but it’s been a multitude of things as it always is in these big games. Drops, mental mistakes, bad decisions, no pass rush.

The lack of pass rush is probably my biggest concern as it’s not something that one guy can just come out and fix next week.

[adambr2]

Yes Matt, now let’s try to establish the run down 17.

[Recovering Chicagoan]

2 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Yeah, I gotta be honest. I was fine with losing this game and borderline preferred it as long as it was like the Lions 2.0 game, but this absolute wet fart has me thinking this is more of a top 10 team than a top 3 team. They've just done this too often against top contenders, it can't be excused away. It's who they are. 

I agree.

[adambr2]

Another big game in which Matt Lafleur had his team completely unprepared to play, just a trademark of his tenure. But everyone loves him because they can rout the bad teams and everyone is happy on those days.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 minute ago, yourout said:

Curious to know where everyone thinks love ranks as far as all the other starting QBs in the league right now. 

If you could draft from all the current starting QBs what order would you pick them in?

I'd still rather have Love on a team than Darnold and there are several likewise who've had better seasons but I'd still take Love. 

In no particular order, Mahomes, Burrow, Allen are guys are definitely a different level, probably Hurts with what he does on the ground too. After that it gets really subjective, maybe a name or two I forgot. 

[OldHeidelberg]

LOL Valentine losing that fumble would have topped this awful performance off.

[Strike4]

I went into the season thinking as the youngest team in the league the Packers best case scenario was  realistically a wild card spot and that’s how it’s worked out.  I think last years playoff run artificially inflated expectations but I don’t think the youngest team in the league has ever won the Super Bowl so it never seem realistic for that to change.

 

That said, there are clear areas that need improvement via growth/draft/free agency before this team is a playoff contender 
 

 

[HarryDoyle]

I predict a three and out for the Vikings.

[adambr2]

That swing before halftime where the line judge potentially took points from us and then later gifted the Vikings 3 points looks pretty large right now now.

[Sixtolezcano]

14 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

If we weren't going to come out and blow the doors off in this one I think I'd rather just have a more fun game in Philly that absolutely nobody expects us to win. Put old yeller down quickly or surprise everyone with a huge win. 

You’ve got to be kidding. There is no way that the Packers can possibly beat the Eagles.. Barkley might run for > 150 yards on this defense. I know most here have their Packer goggles on but the Packers are at best the 7th ranked team in this conference. Love has a lot of maturing to do before he is even considered near the top half of QBs in the NFL. Darnold is much superior to him and it doesn’t seem very close.

[Recovering Chicagoan]

A few more interceptions-turned-into-touchdowns and we'll be in good shape.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

I predict a three and out for the Vik

Sorry, I can't get this top quote out of here for some reason.  

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

You’ve got to be kidding. There is no way that the Packers can possibly beat the Eagles.. Barkley might run for > 150 yards on this defense. I know most here have their Packer goggles on but the Packers are at best the 7th ranked team in this conference. Love has a lot of maturing to do before he is even considered near the top half of QBs in the NFL. Darnold is much superior to him and it doesn’t seem very close.

Did you even read the post?

[Sixtolezcano]

1 minute ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

 

Did you even read the post?

Yes I did. You were talking about Philly and then referred to them as “old yeller”.

[Strike4]

Cooper is once again the bright spot of the defense today

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Sorry, I can't get this top quote out of here for some reason.  

Did you even read the post?

No he didn't. He just lives to be perpetually pessimistic.

[adambr2]

That is so classic Packers defense. Do something positive, potentially swing momentum, then show everybody “nothing to see here” on the following drive.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Yes I did. You were talking about Philly and then referred to them as “old yeller”.

Try again.  I said just play Philly and have them put old yeller down or surprise everyone with a win. I also said it's a game absolutely no one will expect them to win. Old Yeller meaning Green Bay. 

If we aren't good enough to go anywhere I couldn't care less about (maybe) beating Tampa or whatever in the Wild Card. Just give me the best team first. 

[adambr2]

I know it’s not all scheme but Hafley did a really, really poor job today.

[wOOgiE22]

Just overmatched in every phase today.  Worst performance of the season so far. 

[Sixtolezcano]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

No he didn't. He just lives to be perpetually pessimistic.

You are the most pessimistic poster (poser) on this board.

[LouisEly]

I thought that Minnesota wasn't supposed to be good.

[HarveysWBs]

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Yes I did. You were talking about Philly and then referred to them as “old yeller”.

Or maybe, because we’re all Packers fans here, our dog “old yeller” would be the Packers, not the Eagles. Just a thought.

[Sixtolezcano]

1 minute ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Try again.  I said just play Philly and have them put old yeller down or surprise everyone with a win. I also said it's a game absolutely no one will expect them to win. Old Yeller meaning Green Bay. 

If we aren't good enough to go anywhere I couldn't care less about (maybe) beating Tampa or whatever in the Wild Card. Just give me the best team first. 

Perfectly clear.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 minute ago, wOOgiE22 said:

Just overmatched in every phase today.  Worst performance of the season so far. 

Minnesota dominated them twice much more severely than Detroit did.