A you dont know the packers. 1. Kraft was not even playing when they drafted him. He was like three on the depth chart. Why? He was picked after the other two and you have to go by how Gutt drafts to understand who plays and who doesnt. These coaches cater to Gutt who signs their paychecks.
2. Hobbs played because Gutt went and got him even though Valentine is better, Valentine sits.
3. Mcmanis is our pick and if he can even stand the other guy sits because this was Gutts pick so he plays.
Its the way of the Packers. Not the best players play all the time.

McManus is the starter and best kicker. Havrisik did great filling in, but he has bounced around with 6 teams in 3 years. Trust in the coaches who see these guys every day in practice. You can't keep two kickers on the active roster so Hav will go to the practice squad and get plucked or possibly a trade for a late draft pick.

The headline said it all.

"...the result was a better match of our strength to their weaknesses."

And that is a primary duty of the coaching staff. Being 5-1-1 tells me the staff has been doing a solid job on matchups. But still I feel the O has left likely points off the board and the speedy D having a few lingering lapses giving points too easily.

The halftime adjustments were excellent and fun to watch on the field. On both sides of the ball.

The Packers are a very talented team. Staying healthy and attacking opponents weakness can make them very difficult to beat. Shoot, they have been very difficult to beat in all 7 games so far.

Coaches need to approach every opponent with a specific, custom game plan. I recall Hafley mentioning this at his intro presser last year saying every opponent game plan will be different to attack weaknesses and put your guys in the best positions to make the plays.

LaFleur has a bad habit that has taken the juice out of the Packer games. He calls plays that are simply wrong; take for instance the 3 third down plays that poured cold water on the offense. A 56 yard FG with a kicker just getting out of rehab (Is he crazy?). That was number 1. Next, a second and 10 run play that gained exactly 1 yard, then 3rd and 9 (how crazy is he?) Lastly, another 3rd and long topped off with a running play. Let's just understand LaFleur has done this stuff in every game. The worst was playoff game 2, last season, after beating the Cowboys with passing, he starts off the 49er game with run play after another...where was Love? Dead cold without a pass under his belt.

What packers are you talking about? The GREEN BAY verson is run first and always has been. I beleive this is to run the clock and keep our crappy pass defense off the field longer.
Last night Jacobs wasnt doing anything so they were forced to abandon the run and start passing which I like. It changed the game.

The O is trending back to being a finesse, pass oriented offense.

I admit I expected the offense to become a physical ground pounding group created by Jacobs and the OL of Walker, Banks, Jenkins, MorganRhyan, Tom. Nope.

Pass blocking has been far better than run blocking so the 5 are concentrating on defending Love.

They are going to need a potent run game, especially when facing a top pass defense. Balance is important for the playoffs one and done tournament. NFL defenses adjust to opponent tendencies and being predictable makes scoring more difficult.

I can see more short, quick passes to earn YAC replacing some runs to act as ball control for first downs. Love looks really good on passes to the flat and quick hits in the middle.

That’s what it’s been, with the possible exception of late 2023, since Rodgers left, but is it what we are really so much better or needs to be something we use tactically. We did in the second half, so we can, so why is it a fixture not an option to maximize tactical advantage? Is yesterday a sign that Love and the offense have outgrown such rigidity when it pits us against opponents’ strengths?

So far, yes. Weakness on the interior of the O line, failure to move people out of the way. That's not what we expected either. I don't think we'll get very far in the playoffs like that, but still have exactly half the season to fix it. Including 5 divisional games, the Eagles, and by week 18 the Ravens might again be hard to beat. Denver is also playing well. That's at least 8 out of 10 games that look like they might be tough on paper.

Well said Leatherhead. Wilson looked faster to the hole and through it than Jacobs did. Maybe Jacobs is not quite 100% ? I don’t know. Also in the first half the Steelers brought in extra O lineman and ran behind them to the tune of 8 yards per carry. Luckily for the Packers the Steelers abandoned that in the second half.

Re: Matt Golden. Not sure why the #2 WR in the entire NFL in 'true separation' doesn't get more targets. Exemplified when the replay of Love's first (or maybe second) incompletion after 20 straight completions...where Love basically grounded the pass near the right sideline...showed Golden wide open crossing into the middle from the left side for an easy walk-in touchdown. GB took a FG on the drive instead. Just odd that Golden's not focused on more...

Good thoughts on Nixon, LH. I was wondering, as his night got rougher, if he had somehow entered his enemy year yesterday. Other than that poor Steeler that blew his knee, I don't think anyone had a tougher night than Keisean.

Dragon, which calendar are the years you reference based upon? That sure looked like enemy year woe to my untrained eye.

Golden was WIDE OPEN for a touchdown that was a throw away by JL.....He's a smaller dude compared to the other Wr's....maybe a red / orange road worker vest to get Loves eyes in the right area when he sees nothing...cause he's open more often than not..

Two of those failed possessions in the first half ended with dropped passes on third down, by targets who have been very reliable this season. Fortunately that didn't cost us the game. Catch those two and make the two missed FGs and MLF's bad playcalling would suddenly look pretty good ...

Sitting first in both the division and conference, by half a game, seems about right after this game. I'm still not certain they can handle the Lions with how dominant they were last game ...

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The sun asks him for permission before it tries to rise in the morning

I'm thinking we need a DT and a CB more than we need those two. Add in one of our kickers and maybe Gutey can improve this team further? While I love them both I think this would improve the team.

Thanks Snap—I’m from NoDak and live in SoDak.

LeFluer aint the rocket scientist many thought he was. Worse he is so dam predictable. Ball gets to the 20 and its lets run it and run it again and if that dont work we will do a screen pass but were not going to try and pass into the end zone. I have no idea why either.

I think several things contribute to it. The interior of our O line doesn't move people out of the way. Establishing the pass forces opponents into a lighter box, allowing better opportunity to run the ball and from there we can keep opponents guessing. I'd like to see a strategy change that exploits this. I can also hope that a couple key linemen regaining strength after injury will help.

On defense I was glad to see them play CV and was pleasantly surprised to see Nate Hobbs benched. I don't know if that's the solution for the year, but I think it helped last night. Rotating Hobbs and Bullard at the slot might be a good idea? Or maybe just keep Bull out there if he continues playing so well. He's been great against the run but bad in coverage sometimes, but if his coverage stays good?

Playing for 60 minutes in one game would really help, too. Add these elements together and I'm still not sure if that's enough to fix the inconsistency issue, but it'd have to help?

YAC attack from the Pack!

To me, The addition of Watson is the biggest boost for Kraft. Not only his blocking, but more importantly he opens up the middle of the field for the big plays to happen there.

Ops I did it again. Rodger’s

The Denver airport had Omaha! Omaha! Omaha! on the departures signs after Peyton Manning won the SB, lol.

Instead of green 19 maybe JL10 can say Dakota 27 in his cadence?

X was our leading tackler! Hafley must have made some adjustments ...

Ed Policy appraising the NFL landscape: half way point of the season: NFC Conference: #1: Green Bay Packers

I’m sure he’s livid

Certainly we do NOT "need a CB more than an O lineman," but I'm thinking if we traded Wicks and Heath for a DT and a CB that could make this team better this year. Plus they won't keep both kickers on the 53 man roster, and can't stash either on the PS so add that to trade with. Tariq Woolen is an interesting CB ...