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<blockquote data-quote="ExpatPacker" data-source="post: 571868" data-attributes="member: 5535"><p>Here's why I am not ready to dismiss McGinn's take, in which he ventriloquizes through an unknown source:</p><p></p><p>- Since the Super Bowl the Packers have been trending down. They put it all together at the end of 2010, their 2011 season was incredible, but the first signs of trouble came with the KC game and they got embarrassed by the Giants in the playoffs; 2012 they went 11-5 and got stomped by SF; last year they barely made out partly due to AR's injury and probably shouldn't have made it with an 8-7-1 record thanks to Detroit's implosion. </p><p></p><p>- Part of the reason for the down trend is the draft. TT's Draft and Develop strategy has not been successful, or at least successful enough. 3 1st round draft picks--Sherrod, Perry, and D. Jones--have not developed into impact players. 2nd rounders like Worthy are history. Yes, there have been some successes, and Dix seems to be the real deal, but the level of talent gained from the draft has not replaced the talent lost, and TT has been notoriously unwilling to dip into FA until this year with Peppers. </p><p></p><p>- Other teams have gotten better. The Bears, Lions, and Vikings are better. We spent 2-3 years stomping them. Not any more.</p><p></p><p>- Rodgers has in my opinion regressed. After the 2011 season I like many Packer fans thought the sky was the limit for him. His injury last year slowed him down, and this year he is way off: he is not confident, his tendency to hold onto the ball too long has become a bad habit, his accuracy isn't there, and he doesn't scramble like he used to, which was one of his main weapons. There could be plenty of reasons for this and I'll only speculate--the receiving corps isn't getting open, he's trying to do too much, he doesn't want to risk an injury on a scramble, but something is not right with Rodgers. He is no longer the trump card. Plenty of other QBs are playing better than him this season.</p><p></p><p>- The offensive play-calling seems stagnant. Whether it's ineffective players or a lack of innovativeness on MM's part, a failure to make adjustments in-game, or whether it's Rodgers and MM not being on the same page, I don't know, but MM fails to impress me at all with his offensive scheme and his game decisions. When was the last time MM out-coached anybody? I can't remember. End result: this offensive doesn't have the explosiveness it used to.</p><p></p><p>This year's 1-2 concerns me a lot more than the 1-2s of previous years to be quite honest. And if you watch tonight's MNF game, Chicago is going to be tough to beat. Cutler is off to one of his best years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ExpatPacker, post: 571868, member: 5535"] Here's why I am not ready to dismiss McGinn's take, in which he ventriloquizes through an unknown source: - Since the Super Bowl the Packers have been trending down. They put it all together at the end of 2010, their 2011 season was incredible, but the first signs of trouble came with the KC game and they got embarrassed by the Giants in the playoffs; 2012 they went 11-5 and got stomped by SF; last year they barely made out partly due to AR's injury and probably shouldn't have made it with an 8-7-1 record thanks to Detroit's implosion. - Part of the reason for the down trend is the draft. TT's Draft and Develop strategy has not been successful, or at least successful enough. 3 1st round draft picks--Sherrod, Perry, and D. Jones--have not developed into impact players. 2nd rounders like Worthy are history. Yes, there have been some successes, and Dix seems to be the real deal, but the level of talent gained from the draft has not replaced the talent lost, and TT has been notoriously unwilling to dip into FA until this year with Peppers. - Other teams have gotten better. The Bears, Lions, and Vikings are better. We spent 2-3 years stomping them. Not any more. - Rodgers has in my opinion regressed. After the 2011 season I like many Packer fans thought the sky was the limit for him. His injury last year slowed him down, and this year he is way off: he is not confident, his tendency to hold onto the ball too long has become a bad habit, his accuracy isn't there, and he doesn't scramble like he used to, which was one of his main weapons. There could be plenty of reasons for this and I'll only speculate--the receiving corps isn't getting open, he's trying to do too much, he doesn't want to risk an injury on a scramble, but something is not right with Rodgers. He is no longer the trump card. Plenty of other QBs are playing better than him this season. - The offensive play-calling seems stagnant. Whether it's ineffective players or a lack of innovativeness on MM's part, a failure to make adjustments in-game, or whether it's Rodgers and MM not being on the same page, I don't know, but MM fails to impress me at all with his offensive scheme and his game decisions. When was the last time MM out-coached anybody? I can't remember. End result: this offensive doesn't have the explosiveness it used to. This year's 1-2 concerns me a lot more than the 1-2s of previous years to be quite honest. And if you watch tonight's MNF game, Chicago is going to be tough to beat. Cutler is off to one of his best years. [/QUOTE]
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