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Historically, he has been poor at man coverage (even in his ProBowl years). Most of his coverage metrics this year put him right in line with Nixon and Valentine (but above Hobbs). Where I hope he can bring a spark would be on interceptions. Would love to see the Playoffs start with a Williams-Diggs pick 6!

TX times two plus Miami up in GB. Hopefully they are both late in the season. 😉 And Tampa in December....

This is the rubber match squared. Packers and Bears split both of their meetings this year and have split both of the previous times the two have meet in the playoffs. I'm not sure how many of you remember the 1941 game where the Bears beat the Packers, but I'm sure quite a few of you remember the 2010 win by the Packers that ultimately led to our 4th SB victory. The Packers team that comes into this game will be oddly different than the one that met the Bears just a couple of weeks ago. The Packers have made 30 player transactions since that game. Thankfully, Love was not one of those transactions and looks to be healthy coming into the playoffs. The bigger changes would be to DT where Jordan Riley (DL) and Quinton Bohanna (released) are replaced by Jonathan Ford (waiver from the Bears) and Stackhouse (depth chart). Given the poor play of the DT against the Bears, that might not be much of a factor. Losing Hobbs (DL) and Hadden (DL) while gaining Trevon Diggs (waiver from Cowboys) should really be an improvement based on metrics at least. Getting Oliver off the PUP provided an interesting wrinkle against the Vikings as he produced 4 pressures in his debut against the starting Viking OL. Losing FitzPatrick hurts our blocking and TE depth, but he wasn't much of an impact player in either regard. It means more Whyle (maybe a good thing?) and an opportunity for Drake Dabney off the PS. Losing Savion Williams, Welch, and Anderson all impact Special Teams more than anything else. JKJ looks up to the task of replacing Williams on ST and as a backup WR.

Sorrell and Oliver gave some glimmers of hope from this pre-season game. JKJ showed a little wiggle out there, and it will be interesting to see what he can develop into next year. Maybe next year's PR/KR + Bo Melton (the WR version) replacement? Tune is hard to judge much, except for his legs. He needs more blitz recognition/ability to change protections, but he was playing at a huge disadvantage with minimal starters against a Viking D that basically didn't care about anything deep. Monk seemed to be ok out there at center after Q1. There were so many overloaded blitzes, it was a bit hard to distinguish the OL mistakes from Tune's.

Agreed. Morgan looked fine. Tune clearly needs work on blitz pick-ups... especially against Flores. Here is hoping for a Flores HC job next year!

But what is the upside in Kuminga vs Kuzma? They look relatively even in stat contributions. Rumors are talking about Michael Porter Jr... that would get some attention.

I mean, we've been going that way anyway, right?

Ok, it matters because it is the Vikings - and especially since I live in MN (don't judge!). And surprisingly, the Vikings would have a winning record if they win this game. But is it at all realistic to simply hope for an injury-free game? Or at least just one player out for a season-ending injury instead of multiple?? The last couple of games have been more than brutal.

As others have said, I think Willis gets a shorter deal to be a starter - either to de-risk starting a rookie or for a team that is left out of the top rookie QBs. I think he ends up peaking as a great backup QB, but I don't doubt someone will give him a chance. It does seem like Williams and Bullard are outplaying him this year. He hasn't been bad, but hardly game-changing either. LVN has outplayed Gary nearly every game since he returned. Gary turned into a pumpkin without Parsons. Not sure I really want Enagbare back either; certainly not at starter money.

We knew that the worst part of trading Parsons was depth at DT: Wooden 4th Round Brooks 6th Round Brinson 6th Round Riley 7th Round Bohanna 6th Round Stackhouse UDFA Wooden has been pleasantly good. The rest... not so much. Brinson has some future potential, but looks every bit of a rookie 6th-rounder right now. Brooks is ok on pass rush, but hasn't really improved since a rookie.

Wills > Murray

Brooks actually gets a lot of offensive snaps, just not many carries. He is more of a FB to block for the RB or pass protection. He is solid, but it would be nice to have someone that is more upside. More of a lightning to Jacob's thunder.

Wyatt is under contract for next year. He got the rookie 5th year contract (unlike Q Walker). R Walker, Enagbare, and Doubs are the type of players you walk away from for the typical second contract. Quay Walker I'm torn on... Certainly worth the second contract, but not a Urlacher type that you build a defense around either. Plus, Cooper and Hopper are ascending replacements. The OL may have solidified, but that doesn't mean Rhyan is explicitly the reason. I don't think his performance has been much different than Jenkins at C. The whole line had a string of health and consistency, but that doesn't mean Rhyan is much more than a Myers contract at C. I'm sure the Packers will restructure the contract, but I don't see a "huge" paycut either. Jacobs does have an every-other year trend going, so next year is "up"! As for all of his 3 yd TDs, please refer back to the prior 15 years of Packer RBs and see how many of them were able to make a 3yd TD? Adams had a billion 3yd TD catches because we didn't have a reliable RB to get it in.

This. I can't see Campbell "laying down" for anyone... especially his old OC. Not that I think there is bad blood between the two, but Campbell is the type of coach to go for it on 4th down in a preseason game while he is up 40-3.

Your pessimism never ceases to amaze me. It is true that Jacobs has had a down year, but has still scored 14 TDs. That would be tied for 4th in the NFL. He needs 74 yards to break 1000 this year, which could easily be in reach despite his knee issues (he had 36 yards last week in limited carries - double that and he has 72 yards in two games). But you go ahead and complain about fringe stats like not having enough long runs. Given that he is far closer to being one of our key offensive players than some also-ran, he will be back next year; Perhaps on a tweaked contract, but he isn't being paid an outlandish amount either (i.e. $3M more than 2025 - $11.5M total).

I will say that our team - aside from Parsons - seems to lack a killer instinct. I see Bears and Lions players all fighting for fumbles, stripping balls, etc... They seem to play with more "edge". While there is a "dirty/cheap shot" side of that attitude that I'd rather not see, the Packers do seem to lack the ability to just step on a team and put them away. So many of our losses should've been easy wins where we relaxed, went too conservative, or simply didn't look like we wanted to win that badly. Maybe it's just not having the best players on the field or instinctual players? Whatever it is, the team needs to find a bit more "ganas"!

It would be nice if we had another RB to allow Jacobs to rest, too. Two just isn't enough.

Kraft still feels "fresh". 😞😉 The problem with being two games left in the regular season, medium length injuries can be season ending. A four-game outage from Tom and Williams would include the first playoff game.

If you’ve followed along with the 2025 NFL season, you might know what team I’m about to focus on here. If the conversation is about the cumulative effect of injuries on a team this year, that starts with the 49ers. They already knew they were going to be missing Brandon Aiyuk for much of the season, and from that point have also sustained injuries to Nick Bosa, George Kittle, Fred Warner, Ben Bartch, Brock Purdy, and Ricky Pearsall, among others. However, the subsequent return of many of these players has caused them to be surpassed in the injury accumulation department. I don't think anyone debates that other teams have more/worse injuries. I highlighted the above line that is key in this discussion. We have been generally healthy most of this season (a few issues early that we worked through), but it is this late rash of IR and medium-term injuries that becomes very painful right before the playoffs. Wyatt and Parsons put a huge dent in our pass rush and DL depth (hurts the run D also). Kraft and Fitzpatrick make our TE depth a huge risk. Assuming Whyle comes back, we still have lost our best blocking TEs and potentially our best overall receiver (Kraft). Jenkins play was questionable before bowing out, but that still puts a worse player out there at C or G. Losing Tom (medium term) is losing our best OL, which makes shaky protection worse. Jacobs has clearly not been himself for a while, but since he isn't on IR, that won't impact the numbers you showed. Williams (medium term outage) has been playing our best safety all year. Thankfully, Watson recovered. I would've put money down last week that he broke his collar bone after exiting the game. The problem isn't so much the number of injuries, but the fact that we are getting hit with injuries to KEY players and coming at a time when they will impact the playoffs. Would you rather be the 49ers that are getting healthy or the Packers that are dropping like flies the last few weeks?

This play was clearly embarrassing... but overall I thought Morgan played well.

Time to call in Radar to patch up our MASH unit of players. And yet... somehow we are still in the playoffs. Could this be the game of the backup QB?

Yeah, the timing of this injury (and then the 2x extension of the timeline) really seems like there is a fire burning because there is plenty of smoke rising. I'm sure the trade rumors of us improving are the front office checking with GA to see if any improvements will make him happy. If that is the case, it is time to move on. Maybe I'm wearing a tinfoil hat, but something just isn't "right" with the situation.

My memories were that we did talk to him, but he followed in the footsteps of Rod Tidwell.

Tucker Kraft at TE? Jacobs at RB is at least in the discussion. Last year was better than this year, though. Walker vs Cooper - I'd take Walker this year. But I don't watch enough MLB to know the competition.

It must've been a reflex action... OW! I hurt myself! I must be out for 6 weeks. Oh, wait...that actually didn't hurt that bad. He has so many injuries maybe he didn't realize you can fall down without being injured. 😂