Your points on D and ST are valid. I thought we essentially gave up on significant contributions from either in terms of field position in favor of safety/not breaking. On STs by the rejection of Hardman even after Doubs had to take over. No muffs, but few yards seemed to be the objective settled for. On D the retreat from aggression was similar in effect. Absent Parsons while healthy, it felt like a season where prior year contributors were not put in a position to make plays but to contain them primarily.

However. Your stats on the offense left me feeling that this should have come over as a searing indictment, not of players primarily but of the whole ethos and design. The offense you describe was not the product of offensive genius, but one of indiscipline and caution over ambition.

It sounds like the O of the be last year of Rodgers and the first 3 months of Love’s rookie year. That is not an O design or philosophy that is likely to do much more than make us look decent if not quite winners. It’s a recipe for not looking bad. Add in the results on both STs and D last year and the O you describe meshes perfectly.

This is a system and is called in a way through all phases designed to help a man with no real ideas cling to a job he’s too small for. In that at least least, LaFleur has bern stunningly successful. Unless he changes his approach and design markedly, don’t expect this team to perform to its potential. It’s designed to ensure we just won’t to bad.

You describe that quite powerfully but, yet again, avoid even facing the conclusion your metrics portray. Sometimes being wise and silent is worse than blind optimism because it involves knowing ignorance not misguided hope. The biggest retardant of the potential of this roster is LaFleur, and had been for more than half a decade. All breaks and no gas. Football of the faint hearted. Super Bowls aren’t won by playing it safe.

What I "felt" was after an enemy score we would always start at the 23 or less. Then if we did score the enemy would start at the 35 or better.
Poor kickoffs by Packer kickers and a lack of Packer kick return skills killed us.
These two items led directly to much of the statistical evidence Andy presented.
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