Sorry to say it but I believe this teams inability to get off the field on defense against third down destroys any chance we have in winning this football game. If the defense actually can get off the field we have a very good chance of winning the game, but somehow I just doubt it. It’s been the Achilles’ heel of the entire year and I don’t see it changing.

It’s like the X-files, I want to believe. It’s just not likely.

as soon as we see 2 down lineman and zone coverage, no

Is this really a question?
Um... No.

I anticipate to Jaire playing 45 yards off and Rasul being burned with no help over.

No.

The defense will probably play well this sunday because this system is geared towards limiting the big play. The problem is Barry approaches every game like theyre playing against Ty Hill and Jaylen Waddle.

If you cant tackle you cant get off the field. Especially shifty guys like Hill and Waddle - never mind Mostert. However - if they can sack Tua and still play the deep routes. But playing off Hill and he will juke all those guys from making tackles.

Perhaps this Christmas game will give us two gifts:

1) The end of year send off of Joe Berry
2) The offensive keys are turned over to Jordan Love for the last two games.

There is Hope.

Merry Christmas Packer fans! GPG!

It would be cool if #12 called an audible at the line "flipper" and then used a signal representing a dolphin waving with one fin. Then all O-line makes their best Flipper impersonation which ends up sounding part Flipper and part Curly from the three stooges!

Yes... brilliant! :)

Oh, we'll pack the middle, alright, if ya know what I mean *nudge*nudge*wink*wink.

A lot of people, many, many people are saying Jazzy Joe has been in touch with Dom Capers, and not only will the Packers roll out some craaaazy blitzes, but they'll unveil the Super Striker Psycho Package against the Dolphins. Rumor has it the Super Striker Psycho Package rushes one and drops 10 into coverage where four of the 10 follow one receiver, and the other six gesture at each other until a pass is completed. The defender within 15 yards of the pass catcher then runs parallel to him until the receiver either scores or comes within five yards of a first down. If the receiver is to be tackled, he must be allowed to fall forward within a yard of the first down. Any tackling attempts must involve jersey tugging and feeble grabbing above the waist. Do not, under any circumstances, grab the opponents legs.

Our lone rusher will channel his inner Alden Roche/Clarence Williams and battle to a stalemate at the LOS. He will also spy Tua, but will be inches from making a tackle if Tua decides to run for 35-40 yards.

We got this! We just need to have fun as a team and play with controlled chaos! Rumor has it (no rumor), if the Packers win...Coach LaF will dress up as Hermie the Dentist during the week at practice.

That's the way the Bumble bounces...

Okay, gotta make bank...or at least appear to ...

Yours truly,

P-Burp

Not to complain TOO much, but geez...the price of food and snacks have gone up! Just made it back from the Kwik-Trip...Pretzels expensive, generic mac-n-cheese expensive, soy milk expensive, prune juice expensive. The only item somewhat reasonable were the Deer Nutz....thank goodness there still under a Buck!

Andddd (don't worry, boss man is onto me), with every sack of Tua, the said sacker(s) should celebrate the sack with standing straight and tall, with pinky out...like they are sipping some delicious UK tea.

You know, " tea-ah for Tua"

mic drop...boss man has me by the ear, exiting me out of the bldg. I so want to replay the Jerry McGuire scene...but, well...almost Christmas and Santaz watching....

Can the offense keep up with Miami’s? I kinda doubt it, but we shall see.

There will be no packing the middle because it is only recently that the GBP learned that there is a middle of the field eligible for play. There is no way that Barry is going to look at tape from an opponents defense. I’m waiting to hear if the defense even watches tape together now that we learned that the TEAM offense all watched taped Independently because that fosters so much cohesion. Our secondary will be like Santa’s reindeer all looking at the butts of the Miami WRs as they fly downfield. Why oh why couldn’t this have been last weeks game when I needed oodles of Waddle fantasy points…?

The answer is absolutely not. It will take the Miami head coach a whole play and half to figure out what Joe Berry has come up with to adjust and then Joe Berry will take a whole offseason to counter this if he even can .

I'll tell you Joe Berry's plan play 15 yards off Waddle and Hill let them kill you over the middle all day and never bring any pressure . Then Lafluer post game will say we have to do a better job the end .

Joe Berry is absolutely the worst defensive coordinator in the last 10 years of football and Lafluer is absolutely the worst head coach in hiring personal around him in 20 years. But what the heck him and gute got big far extensions so whatever

This is the bottom line that has to change: we score 20.4 per game , but give up 22.5. Last season we scored 26.5 and gave up 21.8.

Jo is the dumbest d coach in football. He plays prevent d because the play book he got from Petunia is the one Petunia got from Capers.
Its was designed to play defense with lesser talented players who cant cover, tackle , or have the size and speed to compete with tall fast receivers. In addition we use linebackers to pass rush and not you top defensive linemen with size and speed because they fn costs to much.

Jo is the dumbest d coach in football. He plays prevent d because the play book he got from Petunia is the one Petunia got from Capers.
Its was designed to play defense with lesser talented players who cant cover, tackle , or have the size and speed to compete with tall fast receivers. In addition we use linebackers to pass rush and not you top defensive linemen with size and speed because they fn costs to much.

If nothing else, if we lose and we can all put hope aside and turn out thoughts towards how this team ended up where is was: jo Barry, play calling, use of run versus pass, o line mess, pass defense screwed up.
It was a total screw up from day one of training camp and a lot of people are to blame.
Lets hope lessons were learned and things get fixed. The Vikes are no longer the nemesis, its now the Bears and Lions too, two other teams vastly improved and ready to compete with youth and talent.
The Pack could be the bottom feeders next year if they refuse to accept things are broke and need fixin

It was disturbing to hear Aikman say, "MLF has told us he wants a more AGGRESIVE defense" and then you see the DB's line up so far back that the more appropriate word is SOFT as Charmin. The head coach gives the directives to the assistant coaches, MLF is the one responsible for the SOFT DEFENSE. Could you imagine an assistant coach disregarding a directive from Belichick - NO WAY. Belichick would tell MLF - "Do Your Job".

So does a new coordinator get hired, based on a good pedigree and potential, or is the coaching pool narrowed down because MLF wants a certain scheme run?

Miami has six games where they got 29 or more points, and 8 games where they scored 21 or fewer, so obviously these guys can get slowed down by average defenses. Some of those opponents have been defensive weaklings, like the Lions and Browns, but they've also done it against Buffalo and Baltimore, so you know they can score if you don't put a leash on them.

The Vikings, held these guys to 16. They've been held to 17 or less 6 times.

All that makes the equation work for me. Average, and even below average, defenses have held these guys to 21 or less, more than once. And if we can do what half of their opponents have done, limit them, then we have a real good shot at winning this game. If we let them get about 30 them we'll lose.

Merry Christmas to all. Cant say I would be happy to see this defense shredded today but Joe time is up and if it means no playoffs so be it.
Gutts time should be up too. Too bad the Lions losts and looked like fools yesterday or the Packers season may already be over.

We held them to 20, including a scoreless second half. On the road, in a game we absolutely had to win.