This game sucked. Started OK, but a bad turn after the two interceptions. This game is on Rodgers and Lafleur. Rodgers in my opinion forced two passes to Adams. On the pick six, there was a free crosser that was open. And the second was a quick slant that if went awry would give the Bucs a chance to intercept. I saw check downs that were open and Rodgers passed them over and started to scramble. And the drive after they were down 14-10, Rodgers threw late on the wheel route to Jones which ended up incomplete and then overthrew Lewis when he was wide open. What happened after that is that the defense gave up and so did the offense. Poor play calling in the third quarter. Probably the plan was to get Adams involved early, but I think the Packers play so much better when they are not focusing on Adams. And I saw little or no movement of the Bucs defense when motion was used. They had a base defense and it worked.

This game was a rerun of the two San Francisco games last year. Rodgers needs to get his head on straight and Lafleur needs to plan better.

Every QB has a bad day. Even Bart Starr. So What if Rodgers wasn't great. The obvious was the OL. They didn't earn their money. They were among the NFL best. "Yet, we didn't see the stonewall! " OUR aging, frail QB, must have. I'm just happy Rodgers got out of this game injury Free. But what should be the main concern of ever packer fan is this Defense. Personal accolades just aren't enough. This DL needed somebody else besides Clarke. It never got it. And while they play better with King in there. Why didn't BG fix the problem when he had the chance. They gave Pettine a short rope this year. Yet we see the same mistakes Capers did. This Defense is not just Pettines problem. It's everyones. They knew the problem when they drafted Clarke. Win the Trench. You would think that year after year of last in the league, change would happen.

I still find it interesting that last year after their bye they lost 37-8 against the 49ers. This year they lost 38-10 after the bye. Was it that the players coming out of the bye were not focused enough on what they had to do? Both the 49ers and Bucs have good defenses. That is definitely a part of it that needs to be added into the equation.

This game the game changed on Rodgers interceptions. The first was simply a great play by the CB. Supposedly he saw something on film that tipped him off. Now its the Packers coaches jobs to figure out what they saw so they can correct that. The second, Adams has to catch that. It hit him right in the hands. I put more blame on him then I do on Rodgers for that Interception.
After that everything was off.

The 1 player that the offense missed more then they can admit is Ervin. They really missed the deception in the offense. The Jet sweep has really added a punch to the offense. It creates some false steps by the ILB's. The few times they had Jones go in motion from side to side it created big running lanes up the middle. It allowed the OL to get to the ILB's.
If we would meet up with the Bucs again, I hope we have our full arsenal of players available. I hope we have Ervin and Lazard. Hopefully EQ will be better by then. Maybe by then we would have a Kamal Martin and/or Kirksey.

Honestly sometimes after a loss like this can be a good thing for the team. Last year after they lost to the 49ers they won 5 straight. Hopefully we see some fire come Sunday

Albeit not a long history, Mlf coached team hasn’t lost two in a row and I don’t believe it will happen this week. They need a good week of practice so players are confident going to Houston.

Preston, where are you? We need you to step up big time. I thought his lack of pressures were due to him dropping into coverage more often, but according to PFF thru 5 games it has been the same amount. I wonder if he is playing injured. Adams had some good plays on the DL, hoping he continues that trend. Lack of pre snap motion was puzzling. It will be interesting to see how they run the O this week.

Haven’t had a decent defense in years. Pettine is following in the footsteps of Capers in allowing teams to set team records against the Pack. I’d guess the Packers have helped half the teams in the league set points scored records, rushing records, passing records. And like Pettine, Gute is also following in his predecessors footsteps, by drafting defensive busts in early rounds or not drafting good defensive players at all when given the opportunity. Gary at #12?... a project who is still a project. How good would Patrick Queen and Brian Burns look on this team right now? Those were the consensus picks by experts and fans but the Pack thought otherwise. Add in T.J. Watt, another consensus pick. Yes we got King. Right now Pittsburg and the Pack have to decide whether to resign them. Think Pittsburg is debating the decision like the Pack is. Watt is an All-Pro. King replaceable. Huge drafting mistakes compounded by poor defensive coaching is why this D is a joke year after year.

"The Packers came to Tampa as one of the best, if not the best team in football."

Yes, they certainly looked the part right up to the moment they had to play a big boy team. Three of the previous 4 were lesser than anyone suspected and one was missing a WR that would have likely changed the game and the outcome.

The Packers are still in a good position to win double-digit games and perhaps even repeat last seasons total, but the downside is that this season also looks as though it will end in the same manner, losing to a 'real' big boy team in the postseason, which will again undoubtedly have many squawking about the success of the team that didn't play in the last game.

The season is still young and hope springs eternal, though overly stretched beyond reality here by some, the possibility that this team can become a 'real' big boy team themselves isn't far from a 'reality' but a couple of future match ups may make the case one way or another for this season, as next season will be, at this moment, like starting over because of salary cap.

I think that two things were key to the loss. One, the loss of Lazard as the #2 WR. He blocks in the run game well and can be counted on when Adams is covered well. Two, the offensive line had been winning with single blockers previously and relied on it too much against the pressure that a good defense can bring. As others have noted Aaron locks on to Adams too much because he doesn’t have the same trust in the others. And other defenses have studied our scheme and, when they have the speed at LB, can outfox our scheme with pressure.

This is still a Mike McCarthy/Dom Capers 10-6,11-5, 9-7, 12-4 almost entirely because they have A. Rodgers. The defense has 3 players instead of 11. This team, like the last 10 seasons is built to win just enough games to say it'll be better next year when "so and so" takes a second year jump, or "what's his name" finally gets it. I'm already looking forward until next year when we get a near the bottom of each round draft pick who is a project. This defense really can't hold its own. This is the problem for 90% of NFL teams. At this point the Pack is stuck with the current roster, talent level, and coaching. This team can't beat a good defense. Hope I'm wrong.