Packerfury
Cheesehead
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I know these forums are running rampant with trade rumors and how we need a running game SOOOO bad, but our running game had very little to do with us losing guys. What is the advantage of a running game? Well, it keeps defenses in pass only defense mode, ya, but did that really hurt Rodgers at all? But, you know what else playing the pass does? It opens up the short pass. Did you see how far off the safeties and corners were? And Rodgers picked on that all night. So many short passes all over the field is essesntially the same as having a running game. The short pass sets up the pass as well as a running game does.
And Rodgers capitalized on what the defense gave him and had the best game of the year so far. He completed over 75% of his passes and eclipsed 300 yards. And I don't wanna hear someone point out the pick. That doesn't really count as a minus. He just threw it up in the air and prayed.
"But, but that still doesn't solve the fact that when you run you control the clock!" Oh, contrar my friends. We controled the clock for 11 minutes longer than the bears did.
Point is, the fact that we threw so much had very little to do with us losing. We just had too many penalties, and of course, the fumble James Jones will have nightmares about. It is not our running game that needs to be fixed. We just need a better right tackle who can protect rodgers without trying to tackle and hold a guy, and not so many penalties. And we would have killed that team.
And Rodgers capitalized on what the defense gave him and had the best game of the year so far. He completed over 75% of his passes and eclipsed 300 yards. And I don't wanna hear someone point out the pick. That doesn't really count as a minus. He just threw it up in the air and prayed.
"But, but that still doesn't solve the fact that when you run you control the clock!" Oh, contrar my friends. We controled the clock for 11 minutes longer than the bears did.
Point is, the fact that we threw so much had very little to do with us losing. We just had too many penalties, and of course, the fumble James Jones will have nightmares about. It is not our running game that needs to be fixed. We just need a better right tackle who can protect rodgers without trying to tackle and hold a guy, and not so many penalties. And we would have killed that team.