Cheesehead
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- Mar 19, 2019
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Martin from New York, NY
Looking at the snap counts from this past Sunday, why is Danny Vitale's count getting lower and lower each week? Noticed it ever since the Giants game. With the colder weather and some of the defensive lines that we have gone up against as of late I would think we would want that extra push/muscle to establish the run early and often. Thanks.
I think a lot of it has to do with Robert Tonyan and Jace Sternberger getting healthy and the Packers using more packages with multiple tight ends.
Mike from St. Louis Park, MN
Did our offense just pack it in for the fourth quarter? Was it conservative play-calling? They are going to need to keep their foot on the throttle from here on out.
Too many negative-yardage plays and not enough execution. I don’t care what quarter it is, that’ll get you every time. The Packers have to clean it up.
Gene from Columbus, GA
I'm convinced having a healthy slate of starters for the first 15 weeks is a major reason this team is back in the playoffs. Allowing for some element of chance, is there any merit to different training and conditioning approaches implemented by Coach LaFleur and staff leading to a healthier team?
I don’t want to go into the details now – because it would require me to be somewhat speculative – but I think there’s something to be said for that. I’m sure that topic will be explored once the season is over.
Michael from Berrien Springs, MI
The announcers kept talking about "no Packers first-year coach" having this many wins or making the playoffs. I'm sure it's still early, but do you feel this puts LaFleur in the conversation for Coach of the Year despite how the postseason goes?
If LaFleur isn’t the conversation for that award, there’s no reason to even have it. You don’t win 11 games (and counting) by accident.
Ryan from Colfax, WI
So if it isn't a lasso, what is it?
The coordinators will talk later this week. I’m sure it’ll be the first question Nathaniel Hackett is asked. Yeet.
Dan from Wausau, WI
I read an article commenting how smart it was of Tramon Williams to fall on the ball at the 1 on the last play to prevent a Bears playing from picking it up and diving into the end zone. I understand that was ruled a fumble? If so, am I right that the only Bears player that could have recovered it and advanced it is the guy who fumbled it? If anyone else recovered it, it would have been dead at the point of recovery, which was the 1-yard line and game over. I was confused by the article.
It’s true the only player who could have recovered the forward fumble was the perpetrator (Jesper Horsted). At the same time, it was a heads-up play by Tramon because it removed all doubt. It’s no different than Allen Lazard jumping on a Rodgers incompletion earlier in the game just in case the officials ruled it to be a fumble.
Richard from Menasha, WI
I can't wait for the “Path to the Playoffs” later this week. If the Packers win their final two games, are they assured of at least the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye?
That’s correct. A win Monday night in Minnesota would clinch the NFC North. A win over Minnesota and Detroit would guarantee the Packers the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye.
Aaron from Brooklyn, NY
We've had a lot of close games this season. In the past, I've been a nervous wreck when the Bears get the ball down eight with two minutes to play. That hasn't been happening this year. The fact that this team has found so many different ways to win has made it so that I always feel like we're fine.
With how many close, heartbreaking losses the Packers have had over the years, I find it quite odd how difficult it is for many fans to find the beauty in these wins.
Zach from Stevens Point, WI
When the Packers play on MNF how do they spend the "extra day”? More film, an additional practice/walkthrough or is it just an extra day off and work starts on Wednesday?
They’ll push everything back a day, and use Tuesday and Wednesday as lift days and let guys get their bodies back before returning to practice on Thursday. The Packers will need the extra rest with the quick turnaround on the road in Detroit.
Ryan from Colfax, WI
The booth review for potential defensive PI at the end of the game is somewhat baffling to me that it was even looked at considering the way PI has meted out with challenges this year. It seems there may be an unwritten rule that the potential infraction be not able to be overcome due to the time it happened in the game.
That sure was something, wasn’t it? After an entire year of watching challenge after challenge upheld, now we’re going to waste five minutes of my life reviewing an uncatchable ball? OK.
Justin from Sonora, CA
Good morning Wes. You mentioned in your game notes that Dean Lowry had his first career interception. Am I wrong or did he not have a pick-six a few seasons ago? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
You’re talking about Lowry’s 62-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown against Tampa Bay two years ago. It was ruled a fumble because Jameis Winston threw the ball backwards.
Blaine from Fennimore, WI
Wes, it’s “Star Wars” week. Since we have a Monday night game, are you going to get a chance to see the movie?
That’s up in the air at this point with the Packers likely practicing on Saturday. My wife is a HUGE fan of the series, though. I’m sure I’ll wind up seeing it sooner than later.
Michael from New Caney, TX
I disagree with you on the playoff form in the NFL. NBA doesn’t care if you win your division. If you have a worse record then the other teams you’re not hosting a playoff game. It needs to be seeded by record. Keep the divisions if ya must, but seed the teams by record. Even if a team has a better record than a division winner and doesn’t make the playoffs, fine, but still seed the teams in the playoffs by record.
I wouldn’t make a habit out of using the NBA as a utopian example of scheduling and playoff seeding.