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!
@"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.
Yep. I don't know why some fans want to bury their asses before the doctor declares them officially deceased. Lots of games to be played yet and the Viking's could end up getting the shitty end of the stick.
It’s not like I want it to happen but based on the schedules, the Packers are going to likely end up around .500, if not slightly above. They are not dead.
The Vikings need to take care of business with some tough games coming up to end the season.
Just to continue the enjoyment for a bit longer.
https://sports.yahoo.com/explaining-aaron-rodgers-fourth-down-150821812.html
4th and 2 and rodgers won't take the designed easy short pass for a 1st down. Instead it looks like he wants to trust his feet to break out of the pocket for a big play. Rodgers either misses on many short passes like the one short hopped just before he overthrew Adams who beat Hill to the endzone, or he wants to make the big dramatic play.
IMO Rodgers is the problem. MM isn't very good, but being continually criticized, overridden on the field and watching good plays not taken has to be very detrimental to a play caller. Calling plays is an art. Setting things up, having success even for small gains gives a rhythm. Had one OC tell me that when things are working, it makes it so easy and feels like everything will work. But if you get off schedule or disrupted, it can get where nothing will work. So I can't imagine running an offense while trying to coddle a petulant child and keep any sort of flow going.
To sum it up. Mike McCarthy 2019! Give him one more chance for the good of the North.
Personally, I enjoy watching Aaron treat McCarthy like a father figure. It's so wholesome it warms my heart.
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