Although Josh Jacobs had 26 carries on Sunday, I'm expecting the Packers to feed him the ball just as much on Thursday. Coming into the season, I didn't think Matt LaFleur would use Jacobs as a workhorse, but that's clearly what he's been doing all along. Jacobs is 4th in the league in rushing attempts. He seems to thrive on it. I wouldn't mind seeing Emmanuel Wilson get a few more carries per game, but I'm expecting a heavy dose of Josh Jacobs in every game from here on out.

If Romeo Doubs can't play on Thursday, I'm expecting Dontayvion Wicks to be the main beneficiary in terms of snaps and targets. I hope he is up to it. That 25-yard catch he made near the end of the game on Sunday could be a confidence builder. The key is that Jordan Love shouldn't force the ball to him, which he was doing too much earlier in the season. With Wicks being put on the back burner for a couple games, I'm hoping Love has broken that habit.

I fully admit I am an old man and the game is passing me by. I miss the days of a great halfback being the star of the team the way Billy Sims transformed the Lions and Earl Campbell revitalized the Oilers. (In those awesome powder blue uniforms!)
Nowadays it’s all shotgun, 3 wides vs nickel and throwing the ball 65% of the time. So to see 8 and the run game take over does my (congested) heart good!
Regarding 7: could it be the coaches somehow convinced him to go 100 mph“assignment errors” be damned? We all know he’s got great athleticals. Is it too late for him to remake himself and become a game wrecker from the middle of the D? There is always room for great players on our roster.
GPG!
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Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

The comment on Quay Walker trying to cover all options and succeeding against none struck me as epitomizing the Barry ethos of read and react. Could it be that what we see was the mental shackles of the prior approach finally coming off? That would be tremendous if true!

The last time I recall seeing that happen in a game and (starting) to transform a player from an athlete to a star was Nick Collins. Obviously, it was over games not a game, but it started with games where he was just in the right place more often with better positioning and earlier. That’s been a few years, so I’m holding on to my skepticism as yet, but let’s hope that’s what we are seeing.

Thanks, Al.

To all a very happy Thanksgiving. Just have to make it so everything is done before game time. Have to travel to the kids and grandkids this year so I hope the weather gets better. Always thought the kids should come home for holidays but, it's too much work for Mom to do every year so I bite the bullet.

GPG!

Totally share Al's observation about savouring the final quarter of a Packers game. It is funny how precarious a lead can be. When Watson dropped a sure TD at the end of the half and the 49ers looked like they could make it a 17-14 game, I had visions of last year's playoff game. Kudos to the team for keeping the gas pedal down.

I saw a team win with this game. The sum was indeed greater than the parts and players "did their job". Both the O and D-lines controlled their domains and that was the foundation for the victory. As a Packers fan, I am conditioned to think that QB heroics are an expected part of beating solid opponents. I saw a lot of coach and team execution on Sunday. This is a good sign for a young team looking for a playoff run. Go Packers

I cannot add anything to this article so I am just going to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and hopefully the Packers make it happier for all of the fans of the true America's Team.

One thing fans have forgotten apparently: their starting qb was on the bench, and an all-world reciever(Ayiak) hasn't played. Those two players would have changed the game much. While they targeted Kittle a few times why they didn't do more is a mystery, ditto McCaffery. Oh well, it's a big Packers win and boo-hoo for San Fran.

Onto Miami! Beware Packers fans. The Dolphins are surging with Tua back in the lineup. The defense will be tested mightily.

Usually after a Thursday game the team gets the weekend off, not so this time. The Packers play AGAIN a week from Thursday in the annual Amazon Prime ripoff game. I'll be listening on the radio. If I'm going to pay $139 dollars for a game, I'll buy a ticket and go. When I had Amazon Prime almost all the items I bought didn't fall into free shipping so that was the last time I bought it. Amazon would be smarter to just let fans buy a single game pass to see the game.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And GPG!

"The big question this week is, what happened to Quay Walker? In a really good way, though. "
I have liked Walker since he was drafted. But it was getting hard to defend his play a lot. But he definitely played really good game against the 49ers. Outside of dropping the easy interception, he played really well. He looked less hesitant to me. He just attacked. I don't know if he has been hesitant because he is thinking too much.

"Looking at the snap counts, I think the Packers were very smart in spreading the snaps around where possible (certain position groups) so as to allow for a quicker bounceback on a very short week."
While watching the game I didn't notice this. But seeing the snap counts after it definitely seemed like they were thinking ahead. I'm sure it helped that the 49ers were shorthanded. Either way, preserving the guys to play a longer stretch was definitely a smart move.

"Finally, have you ever seen a quieter game from Fred Warner? The one player on the 49ers defense that worried me did not look like the Fred Warner we know."
To me this was just a great job done by the play calling/game planning/play design & great OL play. The play calling was tremendous. You could tell the 49ers didn't know where the ball was going. Also the OL play was tremendous. Jacobs then finished off the runs with his ability break tackles and make players miss.
The farther we are getting into the season the better the OL and RB's are getting. They are working with each other much better.

Quay Walker has had some good games? OMG!! That's going to trigger some people, no doubt.

I hate the Thanksgiving game, and here's why:

For a long time, it was Detroit at home on Thanksgiving. It still is. It really constitutes a schedule advantage for two games, because you're at home on the short week and then you get 10 days to prepare for another. So, two games out of sixteen the Lions get a schedule advantage that no other team gets. That would be like a baseball team getting a break in 20 games, or an NBA team getting an 8 game advantage.

The Cowboys saw this immediately and horned their way into the Thanksgiving game so that they could enjoy this advantage too. And now, we have a triple header so that at least one other team....in this case, Green Bay.....gets to enjoy it.

IMO, if you want to have that Thanksgiving Day game every year, like the Lions and Cowboys, then you should have to play it on the road. You'd be at a disadvantage on the short week, but you'd have the advantage the following week with the extra time off.

Anyway, that's my annual Thanksgiving Day Game rant. As for this Thanksgiving, if you've ever wanted the Bears to win a game, this would be the one.

Fred Warner doesn't have his run-stopping partner Dre Greenlaw to share the load-he's the only one trying to stop the run because he's now paired with we-know-who-, De'Vondre Campbell.

I am also rooting for Quay's renaissance (I've been very critical)

Always look forward to Al's insight and fun pop culture references.

"I've written before that the main issue I saw from him was holding up his attack, playing it safe trying to cover all possibilities and ending up stopping none."

JerseyAl: That was perfect analysis of how the big, fast, strong, athletic Quay had been playing. I was thinking maybe it was the "green dot" making him "give" pre snap calls before focusing on his own assignment.

Maybe Hafley and Campanile have lightened his pre snap load...because Sunday we finally got to see just what a presence he can be on D.

Need him, Cooper and Wilson (and maybe Hopper sees some snaps) if Hafley again plays a lot of base.

If Alexander can go, will probably see the 3 safeties in the nickel to protect the middle where Tua loves to throw.

My slovenian friend send me an e-mail, telling me that some of you asked what happened to me and where I am. Thank you for your concern.

I'm here and I following our Packers, relying on CHTV, YouTube, and some other sources. While some games where dissaponting (lets say 3 of them), I enjoyed all 8 wins.

Why I did not posted comment for a long time? Well, I first read already posted comments. And I found out that after reading already posted ones I have nothing better or different to say. I'm giving thumbs up or down and that is.

Now, why then today, you'll might ask. Because I wanted to wish everyone here very very happy thanksgiving day tomorrow seasoned with another convincing victory of our beloved Packers. Althoughts I will watching game Friday morning (by my time) as the game will starts at 2 am (deep in the night) and I need to sleep. I also keep one sleepless night to SB this season to watch Packers victory vs any team which show up in SB late in February together with all of you.

Keep doing good job and once again - have a nice Thanksgiving for all US, especially for my Packers fans...

Great stuff, Al. Appreciate it all.

I loved seeing that Packers D consistently punching the ball out, or attempting to. Fantastic changes we're seeing under Hafley, and I'm looking forward to it all coming together to provide more positive momentum through the end of the season and throughout the playoffs.

Quay Walker and Lukas Van Ness getting off the schneid was great to see. MORE MORE MORE!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

GPG

Players who will step up:

-Quay
-Jacobs
-McKinney
-Nixon
-Love
-Williams
-Reed
-Cox?
-LVN?
-Bullard
-Jenkins,
-Tom
-Rashid W
-Heath?
-Wilson