One of those games where you just don't know how to react. Happy they won, frustrated by how they played for the bulk of it. SF clearly wanted it more, and a dumb Beathard INT (on a Hundley-esque duck) was about the only thing that seemed to save this defense.

Time to get some sleep...

Frankly, it feels a little empty. Did we get lucky with the 49ers not executing at the end? Did the defense really take a step in the clutch? Why could we move the ball so well at the end but not during the middle of the game? McCarthy going for it on 4th down instead of the FG, that could have been a disaster move. We have to rally hard to beat the 49ers?? Lotta questions, but, hell, a win is a win.

This team is currently a combo of old/unathletic/hurt/not good anymore. (The Remnants of the 2014 Packers) And young/talented/athletic as hell and stupid. In equal measure.

Right now, it's not a playoff team. They got lucky as hell to win a game they absolutely deserved to lose, and unless something changes during the bye, they're going to be exposed during their next 5 games.

I maintain what I said earlier: MM deserves to finish the season, but he'd better finish it in the divisional round or later, or he needs to be finished.

PS: ARod was not good for 3 quarters tonight. Then he was ridiculous. Again. Glad we won, but tired of the rollercoaster.

(sigh.....) They won. That's good enough for me. SF threw a lot of unscouted looks tonight, Packers did adjust second half. Man they went after Brice hard. Got to go back and watch on the all 22, so much unseen on TV coverage. GO BREWERS!

Defense was atrocious tonight, perhaps we miss Mo Wilkerson more than we thought we did? Definitely missing Alexander and Breeland, Tramon doesn't have it in the tank against young speedsters, though he seemed to play well against Garcon mostly. I thought King for one had a really great game, they stayed away from him almost all night like he was a no. 1 corner. Brice is terrible, there is no way Josh Jones cant be just as good, I have hopes for adjustments in personnel during the bye week. Aaron played poorly tonight again for the most part like Bearmeat commented, he isn't seeing the field like he usually does and he missed some wide open receivers in the red zone multiple times. He has to get that together or the offense is screwed, that and his happy feet pocket antics.

Agree with your synopsis, Aaron. Thank you..

Keys to the comeback:

1) D stops the 49ers TWICE at the end with key interception by King. Exactly what we drafted him for....running with speed guys and defending tall receivers.
2) Sherman's hold on Adams when Rodgers was sacked.
3) Rodgers to Adams...again....and again....
4) Rodgers scramblng for 20+
5) St. Brown with a Jordy-like catch to put us into field goal position.

Guys we won. Seriously can we just enjoy a win regardless of how it comes about? We can complain tomorrow, but right now lets marvel at Aaron Rodgers' magic because theres at least 28 other teams that would kill to have him.

I have no words other than the one's that most here abhor even though true. I will say this...I said I'd gladly lose my money bet if the Packers showed any forward improvement but I wouldn't hold my breath. I didn't hold my breath and I'll be cashing in a nice win with the 9.5 points I bet on last Monday.
This team would have been down 28 points easily vs the Rams tonight by half time.
Patrick Swayze says. again...." You ain't see bad yet but it's coming." Only this time it will be against the Rams and the Pats...a two for.
Demand more and please...leave the kool-aid in the packet..don't drink any more.
: )

This team will continue to regress as long as Mashed Potatoe Mike is running the ship.Rodgers prime years have already been squandered and with an incompetent coaching staff that is beyond reproach it won't get any better.

Going to work on getting the pad level up right Mike ?

Go Pack

I'm too old for this shit.

Not playing Aaron Jones is reason enough to fire McCarthy

Funny,same old problems,D, special teams and MM, but all the players MM has to almost be forced to play we're the ones that stood out, Jones ,ESB, and MVS. I'll savor the win and the last minute or so, along with Kings interception and Clark's play,but I'm not expecting this team to go far. Too much to fix.

At this point, just glad they won and was entertained. Not expecting much from this point on. Way too much expected of this team based on the lack of talent at key position groups. You just can't dress a pig.... It should be an entertaining 8-7-1 season. Go Pack Go!

tick...tock...

Two observations. The young coach of frisco isnt very good. Their last two drives were wasted. He was unprepared to run out the clock and manage the game.
Why throw for 25 and an interception when a short 8 yard pass would have put the team in field goal range, Lucky for the pack he wasnt very good tonight,
Second, Rodgers can thank his stars their best safety got hurt at the halfway point and number 26 had to come in. It was a feast. Not so much Rodgers and Adams being good but more so number 26 being lost.
Next five games will not be so easy. This team is not going to the playoffs.

Packers offense came out with some different looks and had a very good start. Then.... the 49's adjusted. And for the next 3 quarters the Packers couldn't respond. Late 4th quarter heroics were nice, but why can't Philbin/MM make in game adjustments?

The defense was just putrid. Yes a couple of late game stops, but 3 1/2 quarters of awful.

The O-Line stunk too. Really quick pressure on Rodgers on maybe 20 of his drop backs.

Winning is of course better than losing but it is hard to see a way for this squad to be anything more than a .500 team.

It was nice to win. 3,2,1 bye week go and get better.

I think I'm going to have a scotch or two then go to bed.

Rodgers effort Stunk. 3rd down efficiency Stunk. How can a guy hit MVS and refuse to go to him as the game goes on. Adams sold a lot of jerseys. That a BOY! Graham held on. But let's look inside Rodgers Head. Adams open? Throw it away. Graham open? Throw it away. Grahams open I can throw it. Adams open? throw it away. Seriously this guy was not gutsy. He wasn't a warrior. He's only looking for Adams and Graham. The warrior was Martinez! I wish we could clone him. He was the MVP of this game. He made play after play, to keep the packers in it. Crosby saved his job tonight. I wish I had confidence in A-Rod. Seems he wants Cobb and Allison more. To bad I thought the rookies answered some questions this game. The problem is still Arron.

The defense was astonishingly bad through most of the game. On pass plays it appeared there were no defenders in the area most of the time. Easy pitch and catches all over the field for SF. No pass rush, coverage was bad, yet the run D might have been worse.

Except for the FG's the ST's sucked too. Crosby kicking short set up the Niners past the 25 time and again. Just kick it out of the end-zone - if he can. No return game on punt or KO's. Penalties on nearly every kick return we have. In fact, we actually had a holding penalty on a kick Ty Montgomery downed in the end-zone.

Despite this they win thanks to a spectacular display of clutch QBing by a noticeably hobbled ARod late in the fourth and great route running from D Adams.

They win a game they should have lost, but lets face it - the rest of the season looks very dour after this one.

I’m just happy we won. Win by 1 or win by 100 a win is a win. It all looks the same in the standings. We will improve with breeland, Cobb, Alexander, Allison, and possibly kumerow (when he’s off IR) coming back. I see a lot of positives from this game.

1. Rodgers is so amazing. We don’t deserve him.

2. Mvs looked good once again.

3. Jimmy Graham has arrived.

4. Kevin King looked great.

5. Kenny Clark and Blake Martinez were monsters.

6. Ty Montgomery showed some life.

At least it was a better fan experience than the one Bear fans endured yesterday.

Morison was a Captain tonight and he got us two special teams penalties tonight

I’m keeping this one in perspective. The Packers were missing their #2 and #3 receivers, and managed to get some invaluable reps for three rookie receivers who have developed surprisingly quickly. That depth will be awesome later in the season, and should set them up for a great sophomore season.

Defense was feeling the loss of Wilkerson, but we already knew that run defense was going to suffer, and it did. Credit SF with good offensive line blocking and decisive runs. We were also down our starting CB and minus our newly acquired Pro-Bowl caliber CB, and still hung in there. Let’s hope Pettine can solve the Brice problem soon though. He makes this secondary look worse than it is. Seeing King getting back to his pre-injury form is very reassuring. I like our young trio of CB’s a lot. Hope we get Alexander back for the Rams.

I live in San Francisco, and these 49ers are not as bad as you think they are, or their record shows. Richard Sherman is still the real deal, and this Packers offense figured out how to neutralize him. They have arguably the best deep threat in the league, and surprise, they also have a backup with enough arm to keep him a threat. It helps that the Packers edge rush is middling, but in the second half they managed to keep him from setting his feet when we clearly was winding up to go deep.

Was this a Packers clinic? No, but it had its moments. Holy hell what an amazing last minute of the game. The Packers offense has been weak in the 3rd quarter for most seasons since 2012. Unless you’ve just started following the Pack in the past two years, or have repressed those memories of frustration, you aren’t surprised by this—disappointed, sure, but not surprised.

The Packers are starting slow, like many other seasons. It’s a team still finding its identity, and that’s okay. They’re still in good enough shape within the division, and there’s lots of play ahead. Rodgers summed it up perfectly in the post game ESPN interview: this is a team that’s about to find out what it’s made of. I, for one, am content to enjoy the ride and see where it goes. Hopefully, we make it to week 17.

Get Rodgers the same shrink that Crosby spoke to during the week.

What happened to the Rodgers that would carve up a blitzing team? He's holding on to the ball too long and this win will only reinforce that.

I feel like it's the old Lynn Dickey days - if we put together a few good games, we might make it to the playoffs and then you never know!

Aaron Rodgers saved the baby from a burning building.
MM should sign his paycheck over to him.

yes, much resemblance of the Cardiac Pack...

WTF best describes this season so far. I mustva said it a 100 times this game.

Enjoy this win because with this upcoming schedule, there might be some dark times ahead.

18 called runs in 70 offensive plays (25.7%). Aaron Jones had 8 carries for a 5.1 yard average and Williams had 6 for a 4.8 yard average. Monty had 4 rushes for 12, but one looked a lot like a pass (it was a 20 yard lateral) that went to 2 yards and a TD.

We were ahead for a time and never more than one score down. That's just GB football now.

That D is desperate.... desperate.... for even average safety play. Jones clearly is making mental errors during the week, but how much worse could he be than the current crop??

HHCD is a mystery... Passive, out of position, but seems to be making one key play each game...

*great INT by Kevin King- getting his head around, quickly locating the ball, then maintaining the catch
*cant believe Brown’s late hit, one week after the taunting play
*Jones works, then we go away from him (one drop should not keep him on the bench-not saying it won’t, just saying it shouldn’t)
*rodgers needs to escape the pocket or get rid of the ball. 6-7 mississippi is no good and he’s been doing it all year
*4th and goal and you throw the fade? to a rookie? Not sure if that’s mccarthy’s call or Rodgers, but I hate it all. Both the play call and the target.
*mccarthy’s worst game as coach of the packers
*for all the ugly, packers are leading the north and should be 4-2
*as maddening as tonight was, it was also fun as hell. Enjoy it.

There is something wrong with Rodgers outside of his knee.

I'm glad we won tonight and yes, Rodgers made it thrilling at the end.. but Rodgers put a lot of terrible throws out there on the field. Throws over WRs (even to Graham, a 6'7" target). Throws behind WRs when there was ample room to lead them (Adams for a TD catch at the back of the endzone- could have been disasterous). Short throws to open WRs deep (MVS catch would have been a touchdown if caught in stride, but he damn near had to stop and wait for the ball to get to him).

Starting to wonder if the collar bone has hampered Rodgers long term based on the mediocre to poor throws he's been putting on film all too regularly.. but then he plays out of his mind and makes stellar throws in short bursts during crunch time.

What gives?

Good experience for the young receivers , still too many incomplete passes , I think I read somewhere that Breeland has safety experience this might be the plan , after the bye week the Packers are relatively healthy and should have all their receivers back , I would like another big body for the D line rotation . Packers will play up to the competition I think we will be surprised.

Why is it that our defenders are always so slow and can’t run down any run sweeps? It is like this EVERY year. Every time another team runs a sweep, all you see is green grass and no Packer defenders near the runner. So frustrating that we remain the slowest team in the league x 100.

The SF punter had a very good game. Reggie Gilbert is back to looking like a practice squad/ training camp prodigy. At least Nick Perry is athletic enough to tip a pass once in awhile.

The defensive has a very difficult time getting off their blocks. Martinez, Clark, and Daniels were solid as usual. Martinez is what we had hoped for from many before him, too bad he doesn't get much help from the dodo's around him.

Rodgers looks better statistically than his game play shows 60% of the time. This team shut out the Bills, how did that happen? This team is consistently inconsistent.

More and more this team resembles the NY football Giants.

Why isn't Montavious Adams playing?

I don't care what happened during the game the end result was the most important part.

With 3 minutes left down by 7, how many people predicted us to win by the end of the game?

Great finish to a sloppy game!

But either way the only thing that matters is the end result!

I am just going to enjoy the WIN for the next two weeks and................

GO BREWERS!!!

This team is basically unwatchable......porous defense and the O waiting for the real A-Rod to show up. Good to get a W as that sure beats an L but really the team should be 2 - 4.

Should be results
Bears. L
ViQueens. W
Redskins. L
Bills. W
Lions. L
49ers. L

So 3-2-1 is a bit misleading......

Sorry for an initial negative post but man o man these guys are hard to watch.....hoping Alexander and Bre get back on the field soon and I have lost all hope that Aaron Jones will get an equitable opportunity to tote the rock......

It seems we are sliding from mediocre to bad.....I've never been a Fire McCarthy guy but when you lose control of the team, when it is undisciplined and your QB only plays great for stretches, then....we need to re think what the hell we are doing. And what we are doing won't allow us to compete with the big boys.

Ever since 2011 this teams defense has been bad! I don't see a big improvement over the Capers era! Managements poor performance in the draft has cost the Packers. Poor decisions on the few players that they have signed in free agency have pushed the Packers down even further. Time for a change! Murphy and big Mike need to Go!

Gut reactions:

Another poor 1st half effort by the defense. They made CJ Bethard (Who?) look like the second coming of Johnny U in the first half.
Where is the pass rush?
Aaron Jones does not get enough carries again.
Defense made some stops when it mattered the most in the 4th qtr.
OL was very shaky
Aaron Rodgers played great again on one leg.
Our trio of rookie WRs looked good and made some nice plays to contribute to the win.
Welcome back Mason Crosby.
Good time for the bye week. Enjoy. Thanks, Since '61

8) Stop making excuses for Rodgers. Everybody on that team is making mistakes, including him.

8) We chose to get rid of Jordy and bring in Graham three rookie WRS. Allison and Cobb out so Rodgers is throwing to lots of guys he doesn't have a lot of game-time with, or even practice. We don't get to complain about things that happened because of our choices.

8) The defense kind of infuriates me, but they do make stops when the game is on the line. SF had 24 at the half and finished with 30. The defense repeatedly gave us a chance to come back. That's something we rarely saw the last several years.

8) Other than the Rams.....which still look pretty beatable to me.....I don't see any NFC team that I'd say is better than us right now. New Orleans is 4-1 but their defense couldn't stop a fat lady from getting an extra piece of cake.

8) The rocks that are being thrown at Brice by some of the fans......he's out there because nobody else is better. Not Jones, not anybody else. He's UDFA covering a guy 1-1 way downfield.....why are people surprised when that ends badly for us at times.

8) If I were running the show......I'd put Tramon back at safety with Dix, and I'd play King, Alexander, and Jackson underneath in the nickel.

8) ALL the Packer OLBs did a poor job setting a hard edge. IF we don't do better against the Rams, Gurley is going to have a big day. I'm not going to bag on Matthews, but just rewatch the game and focus on him every play. If you think he had a better game than Fackrell or Gilbert, think again. And Perry, with three pass deflections, was our best defender agains the pass last night.

"Nothing about this team feels good after that win." Damn, that's your first reaction after that win? I was so happy and thrilled! Packer fans (and media) are depressing. That's a great win in my book. I love this team's fight!