The Packers Are Broken and It's Time to Make Major Changes
The Packers' season is over. It's done. The only thing left is the insertion of the fork.
Minnesota beat Green Bay 24-17 on Sunday night, but it wasn't that close. The Vikingstoyed with their NFL rivals to the east all night, the way a cat herds a mouse into a corner before the inevitable end.
The Packers are 4-6-1. They'd need to win all of their remaining five games to even have a chance at the postseason, and so far, they've shown nothing to indicate they can even come close to doing that. NBC estimated the chances of Green Bay making the playoffs stand at 3 percent after the loss. So, you're telling me there's a chance?
Not really.
The offense is stagnant and slow. The Cleveland Browns are more offensively dangerous. Entering the fourth quarter of a game that would become the Packers' eighth straight road loss, one of the best quarterbacks of all time, Aaron Rodgers, was 12-of-21 for 116 yards. He finished with 198 passing yards. Those are Nathan Peterman-type numbers.
An offense that has always been fun and dramatic because of Rodgers has become predictable and almost embarrassing. Mike McCarthy is either too stubborn or too clueless to decode this mess.
During NBC's pregame show, Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy and former Pro Bowl safety Rodney Harrison absolutely shredded the Packers.
"I just see, offensively, a lack of creativity," Harrison said. "As a defensive player, nobody is afraid. I wouldn't be afraid of this offense. They don't make you think, they don't make you adjust, and the only thing really exotic about their offense is Aaron Rodgers running around, scrambling and making incredible throws down the field."
Added Dungy: "I'm going to go one step above that to the front office. They have not replaced their passing game—their receivers—with star players. They have Rodgers; he's one of the three best players in the league. When we had Peyton Manning, we stocked it up, always. Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, Joseph Addai, Brandon Stokley—make sure you get him stars. They only have one big-time player and that's Davante Adams."
All of this leads to one inescapable conclusion: The Packers are broken.
This franchise needs wholesale changes. It needs a new head coach, new players, a new everything.
Everything should be on the table except a handful of players, including Rodgers and Adams, obviously, maybe Aaron Jones and a few offensive linemen, too, as well as some of the young defensive talent.
But everything else? Put it on the curb for recycling day.
Rodgers shouldn't be immune from scrutiny either. He's not the reason they're losing, but there's no question that as much as the team looks off-kilter so, too, does Rodgers. He's missed throws he always makes and, at times, looks simply discombobulated.
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Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
You think this will be 96 again?
Probably not...I hope the Packer Org continues to F it up until it's too late to reap the rewards of a HOF QB.
I actually read on a Packers site that the poster felt the game was lost because of Minnesota home cooking when it came to the officiating ??????
@"Purple Haze" said: I actually read on a Packers site that the poster felt the game was lost because of Minnesota home cooking when it came to the officiating ??????
Well, to be fair, the refs did call 4 penalties on the Packers for 20 yards and only 6 on the Vikings for 55 yards. The Packers' fans are accustomed to a much bigger disparity than that. They were expecting maybe 1 penalty on GB for 5 yards - where Rodgers tries to draw the Vikings off-sides on 4th and 5; and 15 penalties on the Vikings for about 200 yards. So he does have a point.
@"dadevike" said:@"Purple Haze" said: I actually read on a Packers site that the poster felt the game was lost because of Minnesota home cooking when it came to the officiating ??????Well, to be fair, the refs did call 4 penalties on the Packers for 20 yards and only 6 on the Vikings for 55 yards. The Packers' fans are accustomed to a much bigger disparity than that. They were expecting maybe 1 penalty on GB for 5 yards - where Rodgers tries to draw the Vikings off-sides on 4th and 5; and 15 penalties on the Vikings for about 200 yards. So he does have a point.
The Packers OLine holding that was not called all night was so blatant and obvious Stevie Wonder would have strained his rotator cuff with all of the flags he would have thrown.
@"Purple Haze" said: I actually read on a Packers site that the poster felt the game was lost because of Minnesota home cooking when it came to the officiating ??????bwaahhhaaa. Saw during one point late in the game that he packers had 0 penalties while the Vikings had 5 for 50. It wasn't until the punt gunner ran out of bounds and then was first to touch the ball that they had a CALLED penalty. There were plenty of uncalled ones, but we know how the league wants the packers to succeed.
I will repeat my assessment that Rodgers is a big part of the issue. He loves the big play, the dramatic home run and rarely settles for the short throws. And when he does, he has missed on quite a few of those. The 2nd and 1 he put in the dirt and then the would have been TD to Adams that he overthrew.
He is going all Cam Newton. Loves being the hero, so he holds the ball longer than Cordarelle Patterson and takes too many sacks. And his mechanics suck so he is missing the easy ones.
@"greediron" said:Funny how the official can notice a player running out of bounds on a punt and being the first to touch the ball, but does not see a kicker being run into on a FG.@"Purple Haze" said: I actually read on a Packers site that the poster felt the game was lost because of Minnesota home cooking when it came to the officiating ?????? bwaahhhaaa. Saw during one point late in the game that he packers had 0 penalties while the Vikings had 5 for 50. It wasn't until the punt gunner ran out of bounds and then was first to touch the ball that they had a CALLED penalty. There were plenty of uncalled ones, but we know how the league wants the packers to succeed.
And just for the record, I support the status quo in GB. I think wholesale changes would be detrimental to the stability of that region.
Dang. Before the season I kept saying that the media was overrating the Packers. Now, it seems they might be underrating them. They've got a pretty easy remaining schedule. Cards, Falcons and Lions at home. Jets and Bears on the road. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they make things interesting in the wild card race.
0-8? on the road? I would say their D is struggling and their O is dependent on huge plays. Not a recipe for winning games on the road. I hope they beat the bears, but that is unlikely right now.
@"greediron" said: And just for the record, I support the status quo in GB. I think wholesale changes would be detrimental to the stability of that region.
absolutley!!!!
As bad as the Packers have become and I wish they would remain that way for years, we now have competition from the Bears. It didn't take them too long to turn that franchise around.
I just hope the Packers don't make changes and turn around quickly. Of coarse the difference is that they invested all their money in one player and now will have to live with that until he retires.
@"ThunderGod" said: As bad as the Packers have become and I wish they would remain that way for years, we now have competition from the Bears. It didn't take them too long to turn that franchise around. I just hope the Packers don't make changes and turn around quickly. Of coarse the difference is that they invested all their money in one player and now will have to live with that until he retires.
Define "too long". Seems like the bears have been mediocre to crappy for a long time. Yes, divisional games are always tough, but they haven't been a threat for quite some time.
@"MaroonBells" said: Dang. Before the season I kept saying that the media was overrating the Packers. Now, it seems they might be underrating them. They've got a pretty easy remaining schedule. Cards, Falcons and Lions at home. Jets and Bears on the road. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they make things interesting in the wild card race.
The Vikings could easily lost the next two and the packers win their next two. That would suck.
Seems like in two years they have turned it around. Of coarse part of their success comes from the decline of the Packers and even Detroit fading into the cellar again.
Someone said the Bears are this years Eagles and maybe they are right. Each year another team rises up above the rest and becomes the new power (for a little while). Then they return to the herd and some other team jumps out. Very few teams stay at or near the top for awhile.
@"greediron" said:I will repeat my assessment that Rodgers is a big part of the issue. He loves the big play, the dramatic home run and rarely settles for the short throws. And when he does, he has missed on quite a few of those. The 2nd and 1 he put in the dirt and then the would have been TD to Adams that he overthrew. He is going all Cam Newton. Loves being the hero, so he holds the ball longer than Cordarelle Patterson and takes too many sacks. And his mechanics suck so he is missing the easy ones.
Any chance he is actually trying to get McCarthy fired?
@"Purplewhizz" said:@"MaroonBells" said: Dang. Before the season I kept saying that the media was overrating the Packers. Now, it seems they might be underrating them. They've got a pretty easy remaining schedule. Cards, Falcons and Lions at home. Jets and Bears on the road. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they make things interesting in the wild card race.The Vikings could easily lost the next two and the packers win their next two. That would suck.
Thought the same, just didn't want to type it...
@"Purplewhizz" said:@"MaroonBells" said: Dang. Before the season I kept saying that the media was overrating the Packers. Now, it seems they might be underrating them. They've got a pretty easy remaining schedule. Cards, Falcons and Lions at home. Jets and Bears on the road. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they make things interesting in the wild card race.The Vikings could easily lost the next two and the packers win their next two. That would suck.
It's posts like this that makes me wish we had another option.Do I hit the like button? Then does it mean I like this idea...no way
Do I dislike? I mean I don't like this idea but I agree it's a possibility.
Insightful fit best.
I would prefer an, OH GOD I HOPE NOT button.
James Jones, former Packer WR, said yesterday on XM that he doesn't think McCarthy should be fired......I agee, I say give him a lifetime contract!!!!
McCarthy has had a HOF QB his entire run in GB, first with Farve and then Rodgers. He has one super bowl........How many did Belicheck have in that same 13 year span? All these national pundunts want to say Brady and Rodgers are similar....except for the super bowl wins.
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