The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Cowboys vs Packers

Aaron gives out the Good, the Bad and the Ugly from the Green Bay Packers Week 10 overtime with over the Dallas Cowboys.

 

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mbpacker's picture

November 13, 2022 at 09:30 pm

The Good- A win. team didn't quit- showed resolve, Watson, the running game( Jones & Dillon running hard), and play action, Ford & Nixon, D made stops when they had to, 12 making better passes, Alexander, Walker improving, and $ Mason, O line held up pretty well.
The Bad- Still some poor tackling and getting run on some, Penalties and turnovers killing drives, Get too cute at times - just run the ball.
The ugly- Amari of course and the coaching decisions to still have him back there muffing or fumbling balls.

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Littlejim51's picture

November 13, 2022 at 09:50 pm

The Good: Aaron Rodgers under center, the run game with Aaron Jones and AJ and 2 pics by RUDY and #9 and Savage in the slot
The Bad: Amari Rodgers
The Ugly: poor management of final 2 minutes almost gave the game away

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ImaPayne's picture

November 13, 2022 at 10:41 pm

Please add good: Stokes not playing. Pass d is much better without him.
Like King, we should dump this guy he is too stupid to play pro ball

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rstain99's picture

November 14, 2022 at 05:36 am

The good: Rudy Ford, Rudy ,Rudy, Rudy ok enough running game both backs tough guys
The bad: Amari Rodgers just awful sorry you had your chance where does he go, waivers?
The ugly: MLF - Aaron Rodgers dynamic, who is coaching and who is playing? Aaron you are such a diva 40 million dollar jerk. MLF time for the lower extremities to drop you look to AR every time for his approval its way over the top. You make the rules he follows the rules. nice win but my god time to re-think direction you are headed. nice game controlling Micah Parsons any sacks? Tough one Thursday run game defense will be challenged.

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DragonSilk's picture

November 14, 2022 at 10:55 am

If Amari takes the field next game to return a punt the next Ugly will be whatever is going on in LaFleur's head.

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MooPack's picture

November 13, 2022 at 09:49 pm

Per Rob Demovsky - Christian Watson is the first Packers rookie with 100 yards receiving and three TD catches in a game since James Lofton (1978), per @ESPNStatsInfo.

That's pretty Lofty company. I had him going as a first round pick for the Packers. Glad they moved up in the 2nd to get him. Maybe this was his coming out and will be more than worth the move. Let's hope he can keep more consistent and healthy in the weeks ahead and prove it.

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Starrbrite's picture

November 13, 2022 at 11:16 pm

Rock and Roll Watson—North Dakota State!

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Philarod's picture

November 14, 2022 at 05:59 am

Not only lofty company, but Lofton company!

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Littlejim51's picture

November 13, 2022 at 10:02 pm

The Good : Having Rodgers take snaps consistently under center, watching Rodgers thumb get better with each TD pass to Watson and his block on a Jones run
RUDY’s 2 pics good line blocking and not hearing number 11 number of Dallas called for tackles
The Bad: Amari I can’t believe I dropped it again” Rodgers
Ugly: if the packers return to hero ball after this consistent pass and run attack and our defense switching it up

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packerbackerjim's picture

November 14, 2022 at 07:58 am

I was concerned early on that the thumb was going to affect his grip forcing him to be inaccurate. Fortunately, his grip returned and he looked as good as ever.

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splitpea1's picture

November 13, 2022 at 10:06 pm

The Good: Add Aaron Jones, who gets extra credit for that nifty spin move. Rodgers: I don't care about the disagreement--although he missed an open Toure once, he played very well.

The Bad: Not enough time to savor this win because of the dreaded upcoming Thursday Night Football.

More Good: I don't recall any serious injuries.

The Ugly: There's always some, but I don't care because we finally snapped this #$@!% losing streak.

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pacman's picture

November 13, 2022 at 10:14 pm

You definitely nailed the Good, Bad and Ugly on the nose.
This was the offense we were supposed to have after losing Adams but keeping MVS. What a pleasure to a Packer WR create distance from the defenders.

But let's add:
Ugliest - management (whoever? all?) for sticking with Amari at returns.
and finally - Puzzled - do I want them to win a few games only to not make it to the SB anyway? It feels good to see a well balanced game from such a depleted group. But there were still many coaching lapses (your Bad call); things like have JA play 10 yards off in the 4th during a blitz to give them an easy 1st down (or did JA mess up?); opponent receivers still seem to be getting wide open through our zone. If they do make a decent run of it now, that's just going to make the decisions harder after this season.

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Packer_Fan's picture

November 13, 2022 at 10:15 pm

Lots of good because of the win. But, here it is. Good for running the ball, even in stacked defenses. Good for Ford starting as safety and using Savage as slot cover. This should be the starting lineup for the balance of the year. Finally!! Good to replace Rodgers with Nixon for punt returner. No more with Rodger returning anything. This game was the most emotional and fiesty this whole year. About time.

Bad. How can you let Alexander play off ten yards when you are all out blitzing Prescott and it turns into a pitch and catch? Barry should not be the coordinator. I believe the defense could be much better than it is.

Ugly. What happened with 30 seconds left with the last play call on 4th and 1. Glad Rodgers yelled on LaFluer. Rodgers and LaFluer both need chips on their shoulders to win out. They both gotta be on edge.

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ImaPayne's picture

November 13, 2022 at 10:37 pm

YOur right about Alexander playing off. Whats the point of that. Your giving up completions and staying on the field. this team still has a awful time getting three and outs

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ImaPayne's picture

November 13, 2022 at 10:33 pm

Good: Team hanging in there and giving it to Dallas, coming back and winning. They could have folded up the tent at 28-14.
The O line gave Rodgers pretty dam good protection most of the game, they made a difference and played with authority

Bad: Savage is too slow to cover the slot. He was always a yard in trail and making a tackle after the catch not knocking the ball down.
Amari Rodgers. He cannot play receiver or return guy. Just accept he was a bad pick and cant be resurrected and put him on practice squad or something.
Ugly: McCarthy throwing his headset two feet into the ground. Okay it was more funny then ugly.

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Starrbrite's picture

November 13, 2022 at 11:18 pm

Savage was killing us—bad as watching Rogers field punts.

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Minniman's picture

November 14, 2022 at 04:14 am

I was going to post something similar about Savage - he’s constantly caught out of position….. and doesn’t take his pick chances when they are presented (well done Rudy Ford).

An Achilles heel of this Packers secondary is that when playing zone they don’t pass off assignments well. Sure, there were injury replacements in this game, but it’s been a problem all year. This team is very susceptible to drag routes.

On a side note, good to see that MM run teams are still clueless on how to use TE’s. Per my above comment, teams with good TE’s terrorize the Packers.

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Grandfathered's picture

November 14, 2022 at 07:35 am

Savage is fast enough. He has 4.32 speed, but no experience in the slot. I think the Pack should keep him and let him develop at that position.

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Coldworld's picture

November 14, 2022 at 08:43 am

I don’t think Savage was bad. He did some good things and some not so good. Certainly an experiment I think we should run with.

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Since'61's picture

November 13, 2022 at 11:01 pm

The Good: Aaron Rodgers, Chris Watson, Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon, OL play, P.Smith, Alexander, Ford, and Nixon.

The Bad: Amari Rodger again and the coaches for continuing to put him on the field.

The Ugly: Two minute drill pair to the end of regulation.

Bring in the Titans. Thanks, Since '61

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Starrbrite's picture

November 13, 2022 at 11:20 pm

Amari Rogers and Savage—-Geesh!!

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Kevin Carpenter's picture

November 13, 2022 at 11:44 pm

The good:
- I love doing these so much more after a win.
- The offense in general, Rodgers was relatively sharp with a 146.7 rating and 82.2 QBR (both season high) Watson was a matchup nightmare, Jones was simply electric as always, Dillon was hammering, the line was blocking well and kept Rodgers clean for most of the day, Parsons was virtually a non-factor and they finally broke the 3-touchdown wall! Shame it took them 10 weeks but I'm not complaining about winning.
- Rudy Ford. What can I say about his play tonight, sheesh.
- Got a solid amount of pressure on the QB and there were some nice passes defensed.
- McDuffie was flying all over the field. He's stepped in nicely for Campbell, all things considered.
- Mike McCarthy throwing his clipboard was priceless.
- The Packers snapped a 190-something game winning streak that the Cowboys had running, being the first team in NFL history to beat them after they had a 14+ point lead in the 4th quarter. So much for not being clutch, eh Rodgers? (Sarcasm, directed at the haters)
- A welcome surprise, after seeing this being labeled the "Game of the week" and most expecting a blowout. What a game this turned out to be.

The bad:
- Run defense, to no one's surprise. Lots of big holes opened up.
- I didn't get to see this game live, but I had the privilege of watching the previous 6. At least they won.

The ugly:
- Amari Rodgers. After 7 fumbles on punt returns, it's amazing the coaching staff hasn't figured out he's not the answer. He has cost the Packers at least 3 games with his horrendous decision making on punt returns. It's time to get him out of there and if we see him back there next week, we know the coaching staff doesn't care whatsoever about winning games because this is pathetic to watch at this point.
- What is it about the draw play that perplexes this defense so much? When I see 2nd and 36, I'm fully expecting a HB draw that gains 20+ yards against our defense and Pollard was absolutely running wild on his draws. It's been this way for years, they need to get it figured out.
- Fumbles. This team is cursed with them this year and the turnover fever continues. I think they've had one game this season with less than 2 turnovers and I can't remember a single game they had 0.
- Another horrendous game plan for covering the opposing #1. Far too many times Lamb was left uncovered or left for the safeties, Savage specifically, to pick him up. He is not good enough in coverage to stick with receivers like that. We should've learned this after week 1.
- What was that final drive for GB in regulation? I'm hoping someone has an answer because I'm still at a loss trying to figure it out.
- The offense and defense did their parts but the special teams failed miserably again with a missed FG, another turnover and poor return coverage. It's amazing how all 3 phases of the team cannot function as a singular unit.
- They're gonna have to figure out a way to keep that momentum on a short week.

All-in-all, it was a great game and we can only hope that GB makes a run starting with this as a good momentum builder. It's been a long time since I was excited about the upcoming week, but the time has finally come.

Will the Packers go on a run and come out with a positive record? Will they prove this game was a 1-hit wonder and revert to their disastrous ways? We'll find out soon enough.

On to the next one!

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croatpackfan's picture

November 14, 2022 at 07:55 am

Just for you - "Will the Packers go on a run and come out with a positive record? Will they prove this game was a 1-hit wonder and revert to their disastrous ways?"

You'll have to wait just few days...

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PAPackerbacker's picture

November 14, 2022 at 05:14 am

The good - Over 200 yards rushing!! Christian Watson, Aaron Jones, AJ Dillon, Allen Lazard, Sammy Watkins. Rodgers throwing 3 TD's instead of 3 interceptions. Rudy Ford, Jaire Alexander, Isaiah McDuffie. The OL. A great team win.

The bad - The run defense, always the run defense. Turnovers and penalties killing drives. Bad play calling on both sides of the ball, especially on defense.

The ugly - Amari Rodgers fumbles again!! And management for continuing to use him on kick returns. Come on man, get rid of this guy.

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joaohmacedo's picture

November 14, 2022 at 05:45 am

Good - winning a game! That feels great!
Also... Watson, Aaron Jones, Rudy Ford.
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Bad - Pass Rush, Amari Rodgers.
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Ugly - Me. (Ugly, but happy). Go Pack Go!

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Philarod's picture

November 14, 2022 at 06:10 am

Nagler and pretty much everyone nailed it.

Good: Watson (could've had 4 TDs , though -- hopefully, he'll stay healthy and improve), Jones, Dillon, Aaron Rodgers, Ford, Nixon, O-line (for the most part),

Bad: As mentioned, the overly cautious/pessimistic "two-hour" drill before end of regulation.

Ugly: Amari could have...easily...cost us the game. What's there left to say?!

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PackfanNY's picture

November 14, 2022 at 08:30 am

The Good: Obviously, Christian Watson. He gives us a healthy, helping of “hopium”. Something to look at during the rest of the season. He missed so much time already but he needs real playing time to develop.

The Bad: Rodgers screaming at the Head Coach. Not a good look. He has an issue do it in the locker room. Rodgers doesn’t want Coaches doing that to him. He shouldn’t do it to them.

The Ugly: Amari Rodgers. Enough said already.

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Bure9620's picture

November 14, 2022 at 09:19 am

We ran the ball on 63% of the plays. The highest ever with Rodgers as QB. It is almost as if this team is build to run the football.....maybe do that...

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Ferrari-Driver's picture

November 14, 2022 at 09:45 am

The Good: I really like the comments by Packer fans and fully agree with them

The Bad: Aaron Nagler's podcast. Why? I read so much faster than I listen and much prefer to read about the team I love than to listen to a podcast.

The Ugly: Amari Rodgers doesn't leave us much wiggle room to list anything else. I'm just happy that yet another special teams error turned out not to be critical.

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THESZOTMAN1's picture

November 14, 2022 at 09:59 am

The Good: Watching a good old-fashioned roller-coaster Packer game, ending in W.
The Bad: Going flat on the last Dallas drive of the 1st half and then on into the 3rd quarter before the great comeback.
The Ugly: Gotta be Amari Rogers. The same old same old. Fumble gave Boys 7 points. Could have cost us the game. I know it's draconian and waste of a draft choice, but Roger's has gotta go.
The Szotman

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stockholder's picture

November 14, 2022 at 11:14 am

Good- RODGERS, Watson ,Ford
Bad - Amari Rodgers. What a momentum killer.
Ugly - The exchange between Rodgers and LeFluer
Love- Rodgers and LeFluer after the exchange
LOL- MM- Throwing his headphones

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tobinrote's picture

November 14, 2022 at 12:18 pm

good: Ford, Jones, O-line
bad: Walker trying to stop a run, Amari Rodgers
ugly: clock management at end of regulation

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asmith1969's picture

November 15, 2022 at 11:49 am

Good-Ford. Sometimes just a chance or break is all you need regardless of draft position or school. The kid also has the “it” factor. To hell with the much overrated RAS scores.
Bad-Crosby. His leg strength and kickoff distance has waned considerably. Time for a change next season.
Ugly-Amari. His confidence is shot along with him most likely being hyped by Dabo Sweeney at Clemson. Move the phuck on from him and cut your losses. Oh…GPG! 👍👊🏈

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