Cheesehead
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Eric from Honolulu, HI
How do we recover and get better after the loss at SF?
It starts with correcting the mental mistakes, particularly on offense. LaFleur estimated there were as many Sunday night as the Packers have had all season.
Larry from Chippewa Falls, WI
If that is what you get with preparation from a two-week break, then the Packers need a bye month.
No offense, Larry, but this is a lazy take – and you weren’t the only one. You can pick practically anything from that game and express disappointment, but lamenting preparation coming off a bye week is ridiculous. The Packers lost handily but that wasn’t some tomato can they were playing. That was arguably the best team in football. Those are the breaks.
Jon from West Des Moines, IA
Shocked there weren't any questions/comments about Bryan Bulaga Monday morning. Maybe they just weren't posted. Obviously it was a frustrating game and we need to improve, no lack of concern there, but I for one am more worried about how serious 75's injury is.
LaFleur didn’t have an update on Bulaga Monday. If Bulaga can’t go against the Giants, LaFleur acknowledged Alex Light would be better with a full week of reps. LaFleur also left the door open to the possibility of the Packers moving guys around. Bulaga has been solid this year. Hopefully, it’s nothing too serious.
Kevin from Lake Forest, IL
So with a 16-game schedule, each team plays its division opponents twice (six games), all teams in one NFC division (four games), all teams in one AFC division (four games) and the teams in the other two conference divisions that had the same position in last year's standings (two games). With a 17-game schedule, how will the NFL schedule that 17th game? And is there any way to do it without providing any undue advantages or handicaps?
I think it could be done if you play division twice (six games), all teams in one NFC division (four games), and games against the seven teams that finished in the same spot as you last year regardless of conference. An argument could be made that’s fairer than arbitrarily playing one AFC division each year.
Lisa from Arlington Heights, IL
The next time I have a big accomplishment at work I’m going to punch someone in front of my boss. How do you think that would go? Catch the ball and go back to the huddle Adams.
Did Davante Adams punch someone in the face? Did I miss something?
Paul from Indio, CA
Unsportsmanlike conduct is committed multiple times every game by the Patriots’ defense when they rip at the ball long after the play has been blown dead and never a flag. Since when is introducing yourself to a member of the opposing defense found egregious?
That’s what I’m saying. I’ve seen more violent collisions at the water cooler when two people aren’t looking. If it’s a chippy game in the fourth quarter and both sidelines have been warned, that’s fine. But inside the first minute? Pump the brakes, Barney Fife. Save that routine for Check Point Chickie.
Sean from Springfield, OR
On one of the first offensive plays Davante Adams looked toward Rodgers and waved his arms and pointed. Do you guys know what he was trying to draw attention to?
If it’s the play I’m thinking of, I believe Adams was trying to signal for the blitz.
Jon from Minneapolis, MN
Obviously, there were many things that went wrong and need to be fixed/improved upon after last night. Pretty ugly all around. My questions is what is happening to JK Scott? He went from legitimately one of the best punters in the NFL last year to now struggling to look average.
I thought maybe colder weather had something to do with it but the conditions were ideal last night in Santa Clara. Scott felt he wore down last year, which was understandable given the draft process and longer season. This year, I don’t know. LaFleur acknowledged he’s struggling at the moment but the Packers have all the confidence in the world in their punter. His production is proven. He just needs to find his swing.
Brian from Sussex, WI
I believe MLF is already a good coach, exceeding first-year coach expectations, but also shows first-year learning curves. Do you think enough improvement can be made in the regular season for a coach to win it all in their first year, or is an offseason needed?
Improvement is constant. There’s much that LaFleur and his coaching staff can learn from Sunday to better themselves for the stretch run.
Paul from Minneapolis, MN
Getting consistently open downfield has been a standing issue for the offense all season. It seems Aaron Rodgers is tossing the ball away quite often, even if he has time to throw or after scrambling to make something happen. The Packers have "decent players" but beyond Davante Adams, does this team lack at least one other "game-changer" in the receiving corps?
I wouldn’t go that far. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Jimmy Graham, Jake Kumerow and Allen Lazard have all made big plays in key moments this year, but the Packers haven’t had a consistent enough secondary threat to Adams. That’s what’s missing.
Tyler from Phoenix, AZ
The Packers’ only legitimate WR is Davante Adams. We desperately needed to trade for at least one other WR who can create separation from the DB. I wanted us to trade for Sanu, whom the Patriots got, Sanders, who torched us on Sunday, or for A.J. Green who went nowhere. Now that the trade deadline is long past, is there anywhere the Packers can look to get a WR or are we stuck with A-Rod only being able to throw the ball to Adams or dump it off to a RB in a predictable offense?
Since when is one catch for 15 yards “torching” a team? Also, Green still hasn’t played and Sanu has 14 catches for 108 yards in three games with New England (and was held without a catch against Dallas Sunday). There’s no magic serum in Week 12. Get better and play better.
Michael from Montevideo, MN
Good morning. So the Packers seem to have problems covering the middle of the field. I kind of think the talent is just not there to cover these faster tight ends, or do you think it’s other things? It was hard to watch Kittle so wide open all night.
The talent is there but the execution hasn’t been. According to LaFleur, the Packers were in quarters coverage on Kittle’s 61-yard TD and it wasn’t Kevin King’s responsibility to play man on the Pro Bowl tight end. The problem was nobody plugged the middle of the field. Whether that’s a product of the safeties crossing or the linebackers not getting depth, I’m uncertain about.