Game 9 - Packers @ Patriots - Sunday, Nov. 8th @ 3:25 PM

[HarryDoyle]

Maybe scrap the Kraft push

[Team Canada]

At some point I want to see a flea flicker off that Kraft sneak formation.

[LouisEly]

1 minute ago, Team Canada said:

At some point I want to see a flea flicker off that Kraft sneak formation.

Or have Kraft take a step back and go to his right, which was wide open

[craigharmann]

Soooooo........are we good, or are the Pats that bad? Or both? 

[Sixtolezcano]

10 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Maybe scrap the Kraft push

Maybe not run it up the gut on 3rd and 1. What is their percentage of success running the ball on 3rd and 1 this season?

[greeg35]

[homer]

The Kraft play would have worked twice without the penalties.

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Maybe not run it up the gut on 3rd and 1. What is their percentage of success running the ball on 3rd and 1 this season?

Now that Banks is out of the game I'd say it's pretty good today.

[HarryDoyle]

The Packers pass rush cannot be stopped.

[LouisEly]

Burton in at LG and Becton in at... LT?

[homer]

ah Hopper had a chest injury. that's right 

[Sixtolezcano]

Packers have 9 roughing the passer penalties this season. And the NFL halve the nerve to fine the Love’s with their blind ref costumes?

[homer]

Ralph Kiner padding his stats

[craigharmann]

45 points.....the most ever scored in Gillette Stadium by an opponent. That feels good. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Dangerous team if they can figure out how to get 3.5 rush yards.

[homer]

Not bad for an awful to average team.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

To be fair I think New England kinda sucks. But I don't see significant separation in the NFC.

SF has to be considered the best, then I'd probably have the Bears second.

I think the Vikings may very well end the season 4th in the North. How they do against Buffalo should say a lot. But then they are on the road back to back in SF and GB. Very realistic they are 6-4 by Thanksgiving.

Packers best bet is probably avoiding SF as long as possible but I don't think anybody after SF or CHI is definitively better. They could make it very interesting if Parsons is able to be effective this season.

[HarryDoyle]

 

[JosephC]

Just watched the highlights video.  It's pretty obvious that Christian Gonzalez recently got a big, fat new contract.  Considering how much the Packers were throwing at him early, it's probably pretty safe to say this wasn't the first really bad game he's had this year.

[HarveysWBs]

This was the team’s patented “this is a glimpse of our ceiling” game for this year. Watching Golden (and, credit where it’s due, LaFleur) dismantle Gonzalez who I have coveted for our defense without parallel, was so impressive. Love is an MVP candidate at the halfway mark. The defense is so dynamic, even without Parsons and Cooper. I think we’ll look back at the end of the year and think NE was pretty meh, but it’s still a signature road win and a statement game.

But we’ve been here before so, so many times. We know this script: the team seems to gel and will win 11 games but not quite the division. The fatal flaw that was apparent all year (offensive line) will be exposed in gruesome fashion late, and some mixture of horrible choke and injury luck will accompany a playoff exit. I can’t get excited yet. If Love stays hot and Parsons is himself by January, anything is possible, but only if this o-line can be merely subpar and the team can keep its nerve. I don’t have much confidence in that based on recent history.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just over here reminiscing about the laugh emojis when I said Watson is a top 10 WR when healthy. Looks like the Packers may have two of them.

[adambr2]

50 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Just over here reminiscing about the laugh emojis when I said Watson is a top 10 WR when healthy. Looks like the Packers may have two of them.

That contract is going to look like a steal. Especially when you compare it next to the similar contract of Alex Pierce. 

Golden, it’s high time we got early rookie contract production out of one of our 1st round picks. So you still have two more years after this one plus the 5th year option on him.

When a guy is elite despite a problematic drop problem, the sky is the limit. He’s an elite separator, 

[igor67]

This seems like the rare case where if we could get even mediocre run blocking and an OK RB the passing game forces things more open. I'm not sure what is out there, but I have no problem burning some 6th or 7th round picks to get some upgrades on the OL or running back. Parsons might well make that a championship level defense.

[JosephC]

I'm not big on PFF rankings, but worth noting that Christian Gonzalez went from #38 pre-Packers to #85 after getting blown up by Love/Golden/Watson.  11 catches, 192 yards allowed.

 

[CheezWizHed]

16 hours ago, JosephC said:

Just watched the highlights video.  It's pretty obvious that Christian Gonzalez recently got a big, fat new contract.  Considering how much the Packers were throwing at him early, it's probably pretty safe to say this wasn't the first really bad game he's had this year.

No, he has been solid all year.  Averaging under 30 yds/game against his coverage.  The Packers nearly equaled the yardage he's given up in the previous 8 games combined. I think Brady mentioned that when he is at the LOS disrupting the WRs, he is at his best.  When he plays off, he has more problems.  His DC had him playing off all game... Not sure if they just tried to avoid getting burnt by speed or what. Newsflash - it didn't work.