Green Bay Packers Thread

Brendan Bendar · 28-11-2025 07:04PM

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Ehhh…..bit harsh there maybe,. I'm would suggest….there is no doubt that the Packers are a formidable team.

They beat a very good Lions outfit yesterday in their own backyard and played solidly with and without the ball.

The only area I would have some concern for is the secondary.

cosatron · 28-11-2025 09:44PM

Great win last night. Love and parsons looked really good. This team has huge potential

Brendan Bendar · 01-12-2025 08:54AM

Taking on the Bears in Lambeau next Sunday will be huge.

I would be reasonably confident of a win given the way the LIONS were kept in check .

I would hope the D operate as well as vs the Lions and that the O play with the freedom they seemed to

have against the Lions too.

I would like to see Golden coming back and getting some game time also Reed.

The pass catchers were on fire against the Lions and more of the same would be great.

Ditto for the O-line with Tom-Morgan-Rhyan-Banks-Walker looking more solid than it has been for a while.

Go Packers

pedatron · 08-12-2025 12:58PM

That was a very important win last night. Watson has arrived and is now the big-time player we'd been hoping he'd be for the past few years. He needs to stay fit. There are plenty of other options around him as well, with Reed, Doubs, and hopefully Golden gets going as well.

Nixon drives me mad but stepped up when it mattered most at the end. Our D is still dynamite. They will keep us in most games. Parsons is immune to offensive holding calls it appears. Will will struggle to hang on to Jeff Hafley after this season I'd say.

That was and is a good Bears team. Have them again in 2 weeks in what could be a decider for the NFC North and maybe even a first-round bye if things go our way.

Brendan Bendar · 08-12-2025 01:44PM

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Yes it was, excellent complimentary football as they are so fond of saying.

Not unexpected as I had predicted, and at last we have a decent defence.

Now I have a nagging feeling we will not beat the Broncos, an uncommon opponent who seem to have the

goods on Green Bay teams.Hopefully I’m wrong.

cosatron · 15-12-2025 10:05AM

We just can't win in mile high, 1-7 is our record there. the result is the least of our problems, losing micah is terrible, he seems to be the heart of the defence and i really enjoy watching him play. Our playoff aspirations hinge on winning the north so next week's game is win or bust for me.

Brendan Bendar · 15-12-2025 10:31AM

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We were well and truly dissected by Bo Nix yesterday..no ifs or buts…. moved down the field in large chunks

whereas the Packers stumbled and stuttered mostly leaving long third downs to keep the drive alive.

We had several interception opportunities none of which we took.

Need to win out from here …..with the injuries after yesterday will be difficult.

theoneeyedman · 15-12-2025 10:55AM

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Nix is very good for a relatively inexperienced QB. Was very good in college too, but has transferred very well to the NFL.

Only watched 3/4 of last night, but yes, looked like they needed big plays to keep most drives going.

cosatron · 15-12-2025 11:04AM

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perosnally i think Nixon is a substandard corner and don't rate him. we have no lockdown corner at present and we let Nix escape the pocket too much. Tom going down injured didn't help the offence

pedatron · 15-12-2025 01:08PM

What a nightmare second half. Could not have gone much worse. My heart dropped when Parsons went down. You just knew straight away. Watson is genuinely cursed with injuries. O-line is beat up now as well. Hard to see them filling all the gaps. Hopefully make the playoffs but hard to see us making a run. Injury list is just too big!

Brendan Bendar · 15-12-2025 01:36PM

I didn’t see the game yet but listened to the audio last night and anyone familiar with Wayne Larravee and Larry McCarrons commentary will know you don’t want to hear them say “Wow” and “My goodness” and there was a lot of those last night.

The defence let us down. Reminded me of the old Mike Pettine crap of leaving the field open and the opposing QB untouched. Secondary was poor .. big improvement needed there especially corners.

Depending too much on individual players is bad .. where are Gary and Van Ness in pass rush… Where is Musgrave ,Fitzpatrick, and While as TEs. The receiver room is packed with WRs where are they when Watson goes down.

Ok the injuries were to key players but a well constructed team shouldn’t fall apart even when that happens.

Haf has questions to answer in defence as has la Fleur has on offence.

It’s not all over…. Let’s see how they respond….. they can beat the Bears but they can’t let the QB scamper around like a cat with the jumpies.

Brendan Bendar · 20-12-2025 06:47PM

Three things the Packers must do to get a win later tonight

Get to that little gnat Williams and cut him down
Catch the rock if /when it comes your way
Don’t be leaving big third downs every drive…especially down between the hashes . .to a TE.

Thank you.

Brendan Bendar · 21-12-2025 10:08AM

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Well well well surprise surprise…they let the little gnat out and look what happened………..

cosatron · 21-12-2025 10:39AM

In all fairness when love went off you would expect the worse but they hung in there and lost due to a fumbled kickoff and bad snap. Bears play hard and are a good team and wether you like it or not we need the bears to be good. Hopefully love will be back next week.

Brendan Bendar · 21-12-2025 03:35PM

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Hopefully…but I wouldn’t be too upset with Malik

0-5 in the Redzone isn’t playoff form. Neither is a fumbled snap and a botched handling of a onside kick.

Packers ahead on all the relevant stats before ot.

If the Steelers win tonight it would be great.

Otherwise it’s win the last two and hope for help.

cosatron · 22-12-2025 12:25PM

it looks like 1 win and we are in the playoff and it will be either a trip to the eagles or the bears as the 7th seed, i cant see us winning the north as i doubt the bears lose the last 2 games. Whoever wins the nfc west will be the number 1 seed.

Brendan Bendar · 22-12-2025 03:16PM

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Thats what it looks like……..however a trip to Soldier Field would not phase the team I would suggest.

In our own hands though….had the Bears beaten on Saturday night …… beat themselves though….

cosatron · 22-12-2025 03:24PM

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interesting fact, the bears have won 5 games against teams where the no1 qb was either injured our knock out of the game.

Realt Dearg Sec · 23-12-2025 01:48AM

The backup played better than your starter.

Brendan Bendar · 23-12-2025 09:12AM

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I would have to say the Packers looked more potent with Malik at the controls.Certainly his better mobility made a difference.

Not withstanding the botched snap.

Doubt if we will be able to keep him as a backup next season.

WE played against two young QBs in the last two games, Nix and Williams and both seemed more 'confident' and 'looser' than

Jordan. Maybe the stats don't support it but that's how it seems to me.

cosatron · 23-12-2025 02:04PM

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i would still prefer to have love at the wheel in the fourth quarter than Willis.

Brendan Bendar · 26-12-2025 11:57AM

Yes however what we want is two victories

Brendan Bendar · 28-12-2025 12:34PM

Packers well tonked last night, unfortunately illness in the team, injuries to key players, both starting and back up QBs

Injured and already in the playoffs.

Not a good base to go from and against a team scrabbling for a play off place.

I’ll put it down to that……but…….as things stand now they have two weeks to get back to some semblance of a

Serious team…… they certainly are nowhere near that descriptor now.

theoneeyedman · 28-12-2025 04:28PM

That was embarrassing from a defensive point of view.

Henry on his day is very good, but he just waltzed through the defence of the Packers. On a couple of his TDs he was untouched, #2 I think especially, and one of thw later ones too.

They should have decided that whoever was going to beat them, it wouldn't be Henry, and stop him at all costs, see what the Ravens Plan B was. Instead, they just for bitch slapped away and walked into the ground.

I said a few months ago, this team would fall into the Playoffs, and the first functional team they play will beat them - that's what's gonna happen. A flawed team like this Packers team have no place in a playoff, it's a dumb system.

Brendan Bendar · 28-12-2025 08:35PM

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Basically you seem way too hard on them……yes they were extremely poor yesterday… piss poor

However injuries to vital players.. illnesses in the camp…. Already in the playoffs …one has to take that stuff into account.

I agree they are far from the finished work and given they cannot improve their seeding would expect another

lifeless performance against the Vikes next week.

theoneeyedman · 29-12-2025 12:23PM

Way too hard? They are mediocre at best, and not improving. It's been this way for a number of years now. While injuries have hit them this season and the last few weeks in particular, it sounds more like an excuse when you keep hearing it. They haven't been competitive for several years, lots of talented players (like Love) being sorta meh when the **** hits the fan and others like Gary falling off a cliff form wise. I don't know if it's MLF, or the individual coordinators jwo are to blame, but stuff like special teams and big play defence have been poor for a few years, and not improving.

The Packers are becoming more irrelevant every year, and that makes me a little sad.

BluePlanet · 29-12-2025 02:28PM

You're way too hard on them. They were beating the Bears at Soldier Field while playing a backup quarterback, until some crazy luck fell the Bears way in the final 2 minutes.

They were also beating the #1 AFC seeded Broncos until late in the game, after Parsons injury the defense collapsed.

Brendan Bendar · 29-12-2025 07:18PM

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The lad is too hard on them but there is also a lot of truth in what he has posted.

Being extremely hard hit with injuries is not an excuse its a fact, however that said whats left over certainly is mediocre

at this point.From the head coach down there seems to be no fire in the team, Lambeau is no longer a fortress, when the big plays need to be made they are not made, passes and interceptions are dropped. The O-line is different almost every week, the DL is gone missing one could say.

A lot of soul searching to be done when this campaign ends.

Brendan Bendar · 02-01-2026 12:32PM

Clayton Tune at the controls on Sunday apparently!

cosatron · 02-01-2026 05:22PM

looks like a good few starters will be rested on sunday. Diggs signed aswell. Hopefully a change of scenery may get the juices flowing. Hoping for the bears instead of the eagles in the wildcard.

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