Teams Green Bay Packers - The Frozen Tundra

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2nd youngest team to make playoffs just a bit older then last years.

Need a CB and trade Ja, OL need another who can play Guard and Tackle also need a center. Hopefully Morgan can play better next year I get he was hurt even before he went on IR but didn't play great.

Love him but Kenny Clark did nothing all year. Play cut or he will be cut.
WR room isn't good. Reed had a bad case of 2nd year blues. 2nd biggest need in FA/Draft
RB not sure we need any moved. Dillion will be gone after being on IR all year. Wilson showed some nice things and Lloyd didn't play all year with injuries.
Wouldn't say no to an extra edge but more FA then draft need

Coaching we need to call more smart plays. And need to stop the dumb turnovers or needless after the play penalties.

Not far off from being a really good team. Just need some new pieces and stop playing dumb football

Agree with a whole lot of this. Obviously OL depth was a huge factor today.

reed was a huge dissapointment this year after last year, first half of the season more involved than the last half also. Seemed to get in his own head with fumbles/drops.. and your spot on with Kenny clark.

Wouldn’t mind an edge rusher that just gets to the qb. Our pass rush bit hit or miss. But overall I think the defense actually made some good steps.

Maybe having a bit of a regression year also sharpens up the coaching staff and even love at qb after all believing their own hype after our ending last year.

 

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I know you’ve harped on it multiple times Aussiedude.. stupid penalties, and silly mistakes constantly putting us in shit situations, time management issues. And I think up until close to the pointy end of this season we were seen and believed to be the team ‘no one wanted to face’. Dangerous on the ground, can air it out, defense sneaky.. Proved to be a false narrative when it comes to the elite sides where those mental errors can’t be overcome

 

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I might be bias but I think we had some bad luck last year and were hopeful Love would play at the MVP level he did the end of last season. But the while O had a down year from people returning other then Kraft, Doubs or Rhyan.
Jenkins had a nightmare season by his standards, Morgan never got healthy, Myers is Myers and that's why I'm fine to move on and draft a new C rather then pay him. Some times the OL looked good other weeks they couldn't block anything. Symptomatology of the whole Offense just inconsistent.

Defense kept is in a few games but pass rush is non existent most of the time, sure they will get pressures at times but don't finish. Early season they were good but peaked in the Titans game.

Cooper, William and Bullard are 3 good players. Cooper is going to be a star. So looks like we finally hit on some picks on D.

Another thing that bugged me all year. Once again MLF with his "I need to do better with calling plays" but never does. Other the 1 last week the endaroubd with Reed was removed from the playbook, I get teams saw it at times. But don't remove adjust and use the motion and throw against it. Motion as a whole was basic late in the season. No cheat motion or try and draw the defense to one side and throw against it or throw into the motion as a screen.
And too many Aaron Rodgers type deep shots with nothing under called this season. Sure keep them but build reads under and call more quick plays like when Willis was in the game. All year the OL struggled and the WRs had drops so why throw 7 and 9 step drops deep into coverage that's not there or get sacked because the OL didn't hold up.
Love alos needed to run more. We all know he isn't a runner but can still pick up yds when needed on year plays. He had one today but are all season when they were open. Don't wait for the deep ball to open from man coverage when there is a lane to run

ST mistakes are getting bigger again, not sure paying the big $ to Bisaccia is working when we still have holds or dumb returns. Yeah Nixon you were a all pro returners 2 years ago but you get greedy and return too many kicks you shouldn't now and hurt us with fumbles or because we get called for a hold. Same with Reed on punt returns getting hit a few times when he should call for a fair catch.

 

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I know you’ve harped on it multiple times Aussiedude.. stupid penalties, and silly mistakes constantly putting us in shit situations, time management issues. And I think up until close to the pointy end of this season we were seen and believed to be the team ‘no one wanted to face’. Dangerous on the ground, can air it out, defense sneaky.. Proved to be a false narrative when it comes to the elite sides where those mental errors can’t be overcome

I thought we could get healthy and some players find form. But as December went on I gave up because it wasn't happening.

It's like we are allergic to playing complementary football. If the O is playing well the D can't stop anything. Or vice versa. Or a bad penalty killing a drive on O or extending a drive on D, if not a ST mistake

At our best we are really good but just can't play at our best in all 3 phases for more then a week or so. And that's one of the most frustrating things.