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The Green Bay Packers pressured Sam Darnold 14 times on Sunday, their second-lowest total of the season. Only against the Indianapolis Colts did they record fewer pressures.

According to Pro Football Focus, Devonte Wyatt and Kenny Clark lead the Packers with 9 total pressures each. Rashan Gary and Preston Smith follow with 6, while J.J. Enagbare, Karl Brooks, and T.J. Slaton each have 5. No other Packer has recorded more than five pressures this season.

Green Bay heads to Los Angeles to face the Rams next Sunday. With the Rams' offense decimated by injuries, the Packers have a prime opportunity to capitalize in all three phases of their defense.

The Rams enter Week 5 with the third-worst offensive line in pass-blocking efficiency, according to PFF. They've allowed 51 pressures on 144 pass-blocking snaps. Matthew Stafford is tied as the most sacked quarterback in the NFL.

Los Angeles has used 11 different offensive linemen so far this season. Warren McClendon Jr. has allowed nine pressures, three sacks, and four hits on Matthew Stafford, with a PFF pass-blocking grade of 31.2 on true pass sets. Beaux Limmer has given up eight pressures and six hurries on 126 pass-blocking snaps. Kevin Dotson has allowed seven pressures, five hurries, and two sacks on 153 pass-blocking snaps. Rob Havenstein is the Rams' highest-graded offensive lineman in pass blocking, but he still has a lower grade than Zach Tom, Elgton Jenkins, and Rasheed Walker.

For the third straight week, the Packers will face a bottom-ten offensive line in pass-blocking efficiency. They pressured Will Levis 20 times and sacked him eight times in Week 3. However, against the Vikings, Sam Darnold often had too much time to throw, and the Packers' defense was shredded in the first half.

The pass rush as a unit has yet to meet expectations. They are only four games into Jeff Hafley’s system, so some adjustment time was expected. However, it's concerning that key players like Rashan Gary and Kenny Clark, both earning top-tier salaries at their positions, have been underperforming.

Rashan Gary had zero pressures against both the Colts and Vikings. His pass rush win rate is just 3%, ranking 104th out of 110 edge rushers. To put it in perspective, Nick Bosa had more pressures in one game against the Patriots than Gary has managed in all four games this season. Furthermore, Kenny Clark is off to the worst start of his career in both overall defensive grade and pass rush grade.

Green Bay is nearly paying $50 million for Preston Smith and Rashan Gary combined. They also drafted Lukas Van Ness with the 13th overall pick in 2023. However, the best pass rush grade on the team belongs to Kingsley Enagbare.

Matt LaFleur revealed that the edges have been "sacrificed" on certain plays to contain and eliminate potential rushing lanes. However, with the current approach not fully working, the Packers will likely make some adjustments, which could lead to improvement in the pass rush soon.

The Rams' offensive line is not performing well, and with both Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua out due to injuries, it will be more challenging for Matthew Stafford to move the ball downfield. As a purely pocket passer, Stafford's mobility should not be a concern for the Packers. If Green Bay's pass rush plays disciplined football and is able to get early into a rhythm, Sean McVay's offense could face a long day on Sunday.

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The Packers Play Thirteen More Games for a Reason

GregMeinholz — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:30:00 +0000

What do you get when your team takes a tough loss to a divisional rival at home early in the season? You get members of the fan base doing their best Chicken Little impression outside the stadium believing the sky is falling. They think this is it, my team isn't going anywhere this year unless a drastic change is made immediately. They think it's over, this team can't get it done, and they look towards the distant future. The problem with this is, in the Packers' case at least this season, it's only week 5, there's a whole lot of ball left to be played.

Sunday's game surely stung. We got Jordan Love back from an injury that on the night it occurred in week 1, many thought there was a good chance that he was done for the season. But that wasn't the case. Instead, after Malik Willis managed to get us wins in the next two games, Jordan Love was set to return against a division rival. Mind you, a division rival that many were shocked had cruised out to a 3-0 start. It was supposed to be Jordan Love making a superhero's return to knock the Vikings back to reality. Instead, Love looked like he maybe wasn't quite as ready as thought and neither was the defense as Minnesota got off to a devastating lead and despite a Packers comeback attempt, the Packers fell to 2-2 while the Vikings continued their rise at 4-0. This loss was hard to swallow given who our opponent was, but it was hardly devastating.

I've heard a lot of crazy talk in the last few days since the Packers' 31-29 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at home. One of my favorite comments is that Malik Willis should be starting over Jordan Love just simply based on that Love is now 0-2 as a starter and Willis is 2-0. This is simply emotions talking without considering the quality of the opponent each Quarterback faced in each game. I seem to remember that it was this time of year last year when the Packers ended up 3-6 at one point and some were throwing around the idea that the Packers will have a top-10, top-5 pick and that they should use it on a quarterback. But it was then that the Packers went on a 6-2 run in the final 8 games of the season earning themselves a playoff birth where they were considered one of the hottest teams in the playoffs before they fell to San Francisco in the Divisional round.

Case and point, there are a lot of ball games left. When at best you could finish 15-2 and at worst you could finish 2-15, your season is far from over. This team has experienced adversity before, and they won't back down from it.

Getting it done

Of course, if the Packers are going to have a surge like they did last season to make sure they don't fall by the wayside and that they do make the playoffs, they'll have to do several things to ensure they don't step on their own feet.

Limiting Penalties:

The Packers are currently fourth in the league for most penalties called against them with 34. They're tied for first in the league in offensive holding calls with 9. Most of those holding calls brought back big plays, and at least one wiped out a touchdown. We need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot by allowing the yellow laundry to fly. Our offensive line is actually off to a pretty good start. But we need to take away those penalties before we can consider them great.

Letting the offensive line pave the way:

Perhaps the most underrated part of the Packers' season so far is how well their offensive line is holding up. They've plowed the streets allowing Packers running backs to amass 698 yards on 130 carries, that's a 5.4-yards per carry average. They also have kept the Quarterbacks pretty clean only allowing six sacks in 4 games. Also, each offensive lineman ranks in the top 10 at their respective position when it comes to total pressures allowed with three in the top 5 according to PFF. This team's success could live and die with the efficiency of the offensive line, so it's important we continue to play-call to their strengths as well as the skill players.

Blitz/Pass Rush:

Despite ranking eighth in the league in sack totals, the Packers' pass rush has not been all that effective. We were told that in the first two games against mobile quarterbacks, the Packers were more focused on containing the QB than rushing. Which is understandable. However, the last two Quarterbacks have not been very mobile. Against Tennessee, the defense sacked Will Levis eight times, Sam Darnold though against Minnesota, only twice, and otherwise he seemed pretty cozy in the pocket most of the game. We were told Jeff Hafley is not shy about blitzing. Well, against a QB like Darnold who can be prone to mistakes if pressured, we did not try at all. Most of that was due to a lack of blitzing. If the chance arrives, the Packers need to take better care to blitz more and they should have their chance to start in week 5.

Kicking:

The Packers have now lost two games that could have been won if field goals attempted earlier in the game were successful. It appears Brayden Narveson isn't the answer the Packers thought he might be as he's now 9/13 on the season. At this point, I wouldn't care if the Packers offered a third-round pick and Brayden Narveson to Dallas for Brandon Aubrey or someone similar. To have a kicker that's only missed once and that was a 50+ yard attempt? Sounds heavenly to me, I'd pay the 3rd round comp. We know we won't get that lucky, but we have to find some solution to this problem before it hurts us yet again like it did last year in the playoffs with Anders Carlson.

Yes, last week's loss was rough, but this team still has the tools to make this a very successful season. The sky is far from falling and a few adjustments here and there and the Packers could be serious contenders in a few months.

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Packers Periscope: Minny Mistakes, Jammed the Rams and More

Tony_Wilson — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:45:00 +0000

The weather was too nice for a game like that on Sunday at Lambeau Field. With all the momentum of winning two games without Jordan Love, the Packers had no answers early for Sam Darnold, Aaron Jones and Justin Jefferson as they skated off to a 28-0 lead before fans could crack their first Miller Lite. The turnovers, the pass rush and just mistake-riddled effort is not what we had in mind.

But even with the brutal start, the Packers made it more than interesting, getting to within 6 points for the Vikings were essentially able to put it away late in the fourth. Plenty to shake our heads about, plenty to build up on with a trip to SoFi and the Rams in the hopper.

And with that, let's put the Purple Problems in the rear view until December and raise up the Periscope to look at the past, present and future of the Packers and Rams.

The Past

The Packers and Rams have met a surprisingly (at least to me) 99 times, with the first coming in 1937, a 35-10 Packers win over the then-Cleveland Rams. Recently, the Packers have dominated, winning nine of the last 10, with the last coming last season, a "meh" affair between Jordan Love and Brett Rypien at Lambeau Field.

Of the 99 wins, only three came in the playoffs. First, in 1967 in the Western Conference Championship, a 28-7 Packers pummeling, 2002, a 45-17 St. Louis Rams win, in which Brett Favre threw a billion picks against the Greatest Show on Turf team, and this week's look-back.

The third, and only other, playoff match-up between the Packers and Rams took place on January 16, 2021, during the COVID lockdown season. After fans were allowed back in stadiums in a limited fashion, the Jared Goff Rams visited Green Bay in a game the Packers needed to host the NFC Championship the next week (yeah, not gonna talk about that one).

The Packers got the scoring started on a Mason Crosby field goal, which was quickly matched by a Matt Gay kick for a 3-3 score after the first.

The second would get some more offense, though, when Aaron Rodgers connected with Davante Adams from a yard out, then Rodgers took one in himself from the 1 to make it 16-3. LA would come back with a Van Jefferson touchown, and Crosby drilled one more kick to make it 19-10 at the break.

After an Aaron Jones goal line touchdown extended the lead early in the third, Ram's back Cam Akers was able to match and close the gap at 25-18 going into the final quarter.

A defensive struggle most of the quarter, the Packers were able to put the nail in the coffin on a gorgeous play action touchdown from Rodgers to Allen Lazard from 58 yards out to seal the 32-18 win.

The Present

The Rams currently have one of their expected starting lineup available on the offensive line, tackle Rob Havenstein. They're absolutely ravaged along the front, and it showed in a lackluster performance in their loss to the Bears. Furthermore, stud receivers Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp will both be out this week. The straits are beyond dire for this team.

Matt Stafford is still Matt Stafford, though. Capable of commanding the game, take hits and moving the ball. He's one of the league's toughest, so pressuring him is the key. Stafford took 6 hits and 3 sacks from the Bears, so matching that sort of output will go a long way.

Defensively, the days of Jalen Ramsey and Aaron Donald are gone. Young players and journeymen across the board spell a major opportunity for Jordan Love to get back into his groove and keep that second half effort in last week's game going.

The Packers, though, will be short-handed as well. With Christian Watson and Devonte Wyatt most likely out, they'll be missing their big play threat and most consistent pass-rushing interior lineman.

While this game certainly looks winnable on paper, it's still one of the league's better quarterbacks at home (more on that in a moment). They Packers will need to limit penalties and mistakes to win this game.

The Future

3:25 Lombardi time, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California. The environment in SoFi is hardly a home field for the Rams, seemingly swarmed with opposing fans every week. I recall their last trip to LA, against the Chargers in a soccer stadium in 2019, was essentially a home game. I certainly expect that sort of advantage this week. Heck, maybe even forcing the home team into a silent count.

I expect this Packers team to come out much feistier and cleaner than the team who came out flat against Minnesota. This team just cannot get out of its own way, and needs to buck that trend if they're going to compete for the division.

I anticipate that occurring this week and getting to 3-2. Running the ball, tackling and limiting penalties will be the key.

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PackerAaron — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:47:56 +0000

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Confessions of a Polluted Mindset - No Laundering Needed

JerseyAl — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:45:00 +0000

My source inside the Vikings organization tell me the Vikings saved some money this week by not needing to have Sam Darnold's jersey laundered. Look, I watched a lot of Sam Darnold when he played for the Jets. I liked him coming out of college and would always tell my Giants fans friends that he would be a better quarterback than Daniel Jones. He has a strong and accurate arm when he can comfortably step into throws, When he's under pressure is when it all falls apart and the interceptions and fumbles happen. The fact that the Packers could not make him even slightly uncomfortable in the pocket in the first half was like handing them 28 points, and that's just what they did.

As for the other quarterback in this game, Jordan Love was erratic, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone considering the rust & not 100% knee he played the game on. Love did start to find his way in the second half - not coincidentally when the Packers started going uptempo. There were still some mistakes (he could have easily had two more interceptions on those long throws to the end zone), mostly related to trying to do too much, where patience would have served him better, but I can forgive all of that. Overall, from the mistakes to the frantic late game drives and comeback attempt, Love perfectly demonstrated why he is much more like Brett Favre than Aaron Rodgers (as a person, he's not like either, and that's probably a good thing). And right on cue, this tidbit from ESPN Stats: Jordan Love is the first Packers player to throw four TDs and three INTs in a game since, you guessed it, Brett Favre in 1999.

The challenges and reviews were so one-sided yesterday, they challenge flag should have been purple. Note, I'm not complaining about the decisions, they were mostly justifiable - the one exception in my eyes was the catch by Wicks where he had his hand under the ball when it touched the ground. That's supposed to be a legal catch, but it wasn't called that way.

Coming into the game, I would have bet the house that against this particular team, if the Packers had the option, they would choose to take the ball first. It seemed like a no-brainer to me that you would want to try to get up on the Vikings and make them do something they haven't had to do this year - play from behind. Matt LaFleur disagreed with me. I have no idea why.

Place kickers around the NFL are doing amazing things - it could be the "Golden Age" of field goal kicking - everywhere except in Green Bay, of course. Narveson is the only kicker in the league that has missed a field goal under 40 yards. Seeing Packers castoff Greg Joseph go five for five for the Giants this Sunday was just rubbing salt in our wounds. Austin Siebert, who was available when the Packers claimed Narveson, is currently 10 for 10 on field goals and 9 for nine on extra points in three games for the Commanders. That's like dumping an entire salt mine on our wounds.

Meanwhile, Daniel Whelan had two punts in the game that traveled over 70 yards in the air. Having to punt is not necessarily a bad thing for the Packers - field position is often a big factor in winning games.

There were some clueless moments during the TV broadcast of this game. One was when LaFleur had his hissy fit. The broadcast team went on and on for minutes, showing multiple replays of Romeo Doubs falling short of the goal line as if that was what LaFleur was mad about.The second was the announcer yelling TOUCHDOWN after Melton recovered the muffed punt. I mean, you do this for a living and you don't know it can't be advanced? Really?

If you are going to compliment the defense on anything (hard to do after a horrendous first half), it would be that they held the Vikings to a field goal in the second half and managed to force three punts, including getting stops on two third and ones and a fourth and one. That is not something we're used to seeing from a Packers defense.

Despite the penalties, inaccurate passing, drops, interceptions, fumbles, missed field goals, and minimal pass rush, the Packers came THIS CLOSE to completing an incredible comeback. I don't know about you, but that gives me some comfort that the talent is there on this team and they can make a Super Bowl run if they can just learn to stop beating themselves.

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Pack-A-Day Podcast - Episode 2260 - Jayden Reed is a STAR!!!

AndyHerman — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000

On today's show, Andy & Paul discuss Jayden Reed's rise as a star within the Packers' offense, and take a look at the playmaking potential of Javon Bullard. Plus a look at what changes they would make going into Week 5. Don't miss it!

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Love's Career Day Spoiled by Costly Interceptions

Mitch McLaughlin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Sunday’s game from Jordan Love seemed like a typical up-and-down performance for a quarterback making just his 23rd career NFL start. It was also his first start coming off a major injury. His rustiness in the first half wasn’t too surprising.

In 16 years as the Packers starting quarterback Brett Favre never missed a game from an injury and in 15 years, Aaron Rodgers missed games three times from injury (2010 - concussion, 2013 and 2017 - broken collarbone).

First the good, Love had a career day in passing yards and touchdown passes. It was Love’s third career 300-yard passing day, finishing with 389 yards. It was the most passing yards in a game for the Packers since Rodgers eclipsed 400 yards twice in 2019. Love also had his first career four touchdown pass day.

Jordan Love has only played two games.

Yet he is only 1 of 9 QBs in the NFL to have 15 or more passes of 20+ yards.

He is slinging it.

— Jacob Morley (@JacobMorley) October 1, 2024

He matched both Rodgers and Favre with three touchdown passes in the 4th quarter of a game. Rodgers had three 4th quarter touchdown passes in his epic comeback against the Bears in 2018 and Favre also did this in 2003 against the Chargers. Both Rodgers and Favre were victorious in their comeback attempts.

For Love and the Packers, their comeback was too little, too late. Missed field goals and turnovers did in the offense, despite scoring 29 points for the second in a loss this season.

For the season, Love has completed 49 of 88 passes (just 55.6 %) for 649 yards with six touchdown passes, but also four interceptions. Last season, Love threw just three interceptions total from the Chargers game through the 49ers playoff game.

Now the bad, despite having a career day, one concerning trend that popped up again Sunday was Love’s questionable decision making in the 4th quarter while trailing. In 2023, this was the case in four different Packers losses.

Pressure prevented Jordan Love from throwing to Christian Watson sooner on the game-sealing interception. Love is initially looking to Watson’s side of the field but drops his eyes to evade a sack. pic.twitter.com/k2Bx8L5Nk5

— Brandon Carwile (@PackerScribe) October 11, 2023

17-13 loss to the Raiders, two 4th quarter interceptions

19-17 loss to the Broncos, 4th quarter interception

23-19 loss to the Steelers, two 4th quarter interceptions

24-21 loss to the 49ers, 4th quarter interception

In Sunday’s game, the Packers had the ball trailing 31-22, and Love threw essentially a 50/50 ball to Dontayvion Wicks on first down. That interception, combined with Tucker Kraft’s subsequent fumble on Green Bay’s next possession, cost the Packers a legitimate chance at coming back from a once 28-0 deficit.

Jordan Love throws up a prayer ball against the all out blitz and the Vikings get the INT to seal the game pic.twitter.com/DEx2HLDWpj

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As a young quarterback, maybe it’s just part of the learning for Love. But in these critical moments, as was evident last January, questionable decisions can cost the team its season. For the Packers to get to the place it wants to get to, the 4th quarter of close games will need improvement from Love in this area.

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Packers Vs. Vikings - 3 Plays That Make You Go Hmmm

JerseyAl — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:57:06 +0000

After re-watching the Packers game, here are three plays that made me go hmmm, for various reasons. In general, I try to focus on a theme, the less obvious, or things I didn't notice watching live. These are not likely to be "highlight" plays.

Packers two-point conversion

Before Matt LaFleur came to town, the Packers success on two point conversions ranked somewhere from middle of the pack to bottom third in the NFL. Since his arrival, their success rate has ranked them in the top 10 to top 15. The play below is a great example why. The design is beautiful and execution precise. The Packers three receivers to the left of the formation run routes that spread the secondary wide apart and leave a giant empty hole in the end zone. Kraft runs into that space on a delayed release and it's like playing catch on the sideline. This play doesn't work however, if Josh Jacobs doesn't do his job in pass protection, picking up the Vikings' linebacker on a blitz.

Bullard blitz

I'm not sure if this was intended to be a run blitz or not, but that's how it ended up. Bullard doesn't show blitz until just before the snap and the Vikings OL doesn't even see him until he's in the backfield. He then runs down Aaron Jones from behind for a loss. I picked this play because it signified the start of Hafley deciding to bring more than four rushers. The very next play, Quay Walker came on a blitz and sacked Sam Darnold. Hafley was hesitant to do this unless really necessary due to the absence of Alexander and Valentine. Bringing the extra player takes away the double-team on Jefferson and forces Ballentine and Nixon into some.one-on-one coverage. When the pressure gets there, as it did on the two plays mentioned here and later on the Nixon strip-sack, it's great. When it doesn't, which happened later in the game, it resulted in big plays to Jefferson and Nailor on crossing routes. It a "live by the sword, die by the sword" scenario which we probably would have seen more of if Alexander and Valentine was playing.

Playing it safe

As I've mentioned in this space before, I'm not a huge fan of Eric Stokes' game and this play is a good example. I like to say that Stokes is "always in the vicinty" but rarely making plays on the ball. Here he is obviously playing outside leverage - but why is he sidestepping and staying so shallow and far away from the receiver? There is no one running a route in the flat he might have to worry about. It's likely that he's anticipating inside help from a linebacker or safety, but when one receiver blows by, Quay walker stays with him deep. That may have been a mistake, as the Packers had Bullard and Ballentine deep, but back to my original point. You can play outside leverage and stay a lot closer to the receiver. At the very least, when the receiver makes his cut, do something more than jog after him. Then perhaps you may have a chance to accomplish more that just watch him make a catch and touch him as down. This kind of passive play just aggravates me to no end.

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PackerAaron — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:52:27 +0000

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Around the NFC North" 2024 Week 4

Mike Price — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Not a great week! At least we had some glimpses of positivity and I don't have to write about a 30-point Packers loss.

Vikings

The Vikings held on to win against the Pack, 31-29 (there were two missed field goals for the Packers).

Game Notes

This was a weird one. The Vikings got out to a 28-0 lead thanks to some bad turnovers and missed opportunities from the Packers and then had an insane punt muff lead to a touchdown right before the half that started an avalanche of Packers points. Unfortunately, they did just enough in the second half to get the win.
Sam Darnold played well enough. He was 20/28 for 275 yards with three TDs and a pick. I will say that the Packers were able to confuse him a little in the second half with sim pressures and he didn't look as good when his first read was taken away. There were a few more passes that should've been intercepted. I'm still not convinced that he's the guy if this team is supposedly going to go deep in the playoffs.
Aaron Jones got most of the carries against his former team, ending with 22 for 93 yards. Ty Chandler had just three.
The haters will say that the Packers offense didn't play well until the Vikings were playing "prevent" defense. As if Brian Flores would ever do that. I think the Packers, again showed that there are holes in this defense. Even when the offense wasn't playing well it was because of miscues and poor execution not really because the Vikings defense was ultra smothering.
Andrew Van Ginkel was quieter than usual with four tackles but no other stats.

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Bears

The Bears beat the Rams 24-18.

Game Notes

Caleb Williams had an efficient game after he and the leaders on the team met with OC Shane Waldron to tell him to get with the picture this week. Williams was 17/23 for 153 yards and a TD. Not a lot of production but no picks.
Fresh off a week of insults (about six month from me) and reports that second year back Roschon Johnson could get the majority of carries, De'Andre Swift had 16 carries for 93 yards and a TD - by far his best performance on the Bears. Definitely a good sign for Josh Jacobs next week against this Rams defense.
Speaking of Swift, he had 72 receiving yards as well - topping the total of the best three-man wide receiver corps in the NFL.
The defense kept up its streak of not allowing 20 points in a game though it's worth noting that the Rams are about as beat up as possible and still managed 322 yards, which was 60 more than the Bears did.
The huge bright spot for the Bears D was Jaquan Brisker, who was all over the place recording 12 tackles, a sack, two TFLs, and a pick. It was a breakout game for Brisker who has been up and down over his career but has had plenty of good flashes.
TJ Edwards had 9 tackles and Jack Sanborn didn't record a stat.

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Lions

The Lions beats the Seahawks 42-29.

Game Notes

This win wasn't without some controversy and luck the Lions took the lead at 42-27 after a horrific OPI call on a fourth down try by the Seahawks and the only reason the Seahawks didn't have 28 was because they did the analytics go for two down 14 thing and didn't get it. Then DK Metcalf got tackled in the end zone and it wasn't called. Refs are the worst.
The Seahawks had one of the league's best defenses before this game. The Lions focused on crossing routes and YAC and Goff executed that plan well enough to complete all 18 of his passes for 296 yards - 210 of those coming after the catch.
Almost everyone got in on the fun with Jameson Williams, Sam LaPorta, the Sun God, Tim Patrick, David Montgomery and even Goff himself having big catches in the game. It was the first game where this many of the Lions' weapons performed well. And the only one not to get a catch - Jahmyr Gibbs led the team in rushing with 78 yards and two TDs on 14 carries.
The improved defense sort of fell apart against a team that had been league average prior to this match-up. The Lions defense is based on stopping the run and hoping the refs don't call PI and once they couldn't stop the run here and the refs were calling PI the Seahawks were able to move up and down the field at will. Geno Smith piled up 395 pass yards and Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet combined for 118 rush yards. The Seahawks had 516 total yards compared to the Lions' 390.

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Cory's Corner: The Problem Is Still A Problem

CoryJennerjohn — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:07:47 +0000

The problem surfaced on Jan. 20, 2024.

Anders Carlson’s 41-yard field goal in Santa Clara in the NFC Divisional Playoffs was wide left.

It’s been eight months and that problem hasn’t been fixed. Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst brought in plenty of competition for training camp and ultimately settled on a rookie kicker with a very strong leg.

Brayden Narveson has missed four field goals in four games — five if you count the missed field goal that was taken off the board due to a defensive penalty in Tennessee.

What’s worse is that he’s 3-for-6 from 40-49 yards. Can Packers coach Matt LaFleur rely on him from that distance? If he’s staring at a fourth-and-4 or a 46-yard field goal, what is he going to choose?

First of all, let me say that the Packers didn’t lose to the Vikings 31-29 because of Narveson. Obviously, his six points would’ve helped, but the Packers only hurried Sam Darnold seven times and made him awfully comfortable. It also took a half for Jordan Love to step into his throws. The entire first half, he was throwing low or wide to his receivers and that was mainly because of his footwork.

But now Gutekunst can see that the problem hasn’t been taken care of. Is he willing to admit that he made a mistake and go after 34-year-old Randy Bullock, who is a career 83.4 percent kicker. He was also 8-for-11 in 2022 and 2023 from 40-49 yards.

I know that Mason Crosby is 40 and obviously doesn’t have the same leg that he used to, but at least he’s historically been consistent when the weather gets nasty. Lambeau Field felt like a July day in South Florida on Sunday. I saw more people baking in the hot sun on a Chamber of Commerce day.

What’s scary is, if Narveson is going to miss two kicks on a day like that, what is he going to do when it’s 10 degrees in December with 25 mph wind gusts?

The Packers just need consistency. I know that LaFleur was giving Narveson a vote of confidence, but how many players inside the locker room feel overly confident when No. 44 steps on the field?

Narveson hasn’t been called on to make a game-winning kick in the waning moments of a game yet. Is that something that LaFleur wants to see?

Because if LaFleur is changing his coaching style and his approach based on the kicker’s lack of production, then Narveson has to go.

This season is still young and Narveson can still turn things around. The question is, how long are the Packers willing to wait?

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Pack-A-Day Podcast - Episode 2259 - The Packers Should be 4-0

AndyHerman — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000

On today's show, Justis and Andy take a closer look at the Packers' loss to the Minnesota Vikings and why they both believe the Packers should be 4-0. Check it out!

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Game-Changing Play of the Week: You Pick a Missed Opportunity

TimBackes — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Much like the week one loss against the Eagles, Sunday's loss against the Vikings wasn't so much the story of a turning point as it was a number of missed opportunities.

For the purposes of this article, I had a hard time picking just one play that turned the game in the Vikings' favor. Really, there are four.

Here they are:

Two missed field goals: Brayden Narveson's missed 37-yard and 48-yard field goals ended up being more than the difference on the scoreboard. There's no guarantees that the game plays out the same way if he makes one or both of those field goals, but it at least is an issue that must be mentioned. At this point, there's no reason to feel any confidence any time Narveson steps on to the field, and the Packers need to be combing over all available kickers to find some competition to bring in. Narveson has missed kicks in every game so far, and the problem appears to be getting worse rather than better.
A dropped Dontayvion Wicks touchdown: Dontayvion Wicks had an absolutely awful day for most of the game until two late touchdowns helped pull the Packers back into it. What's wild is that, had Wicks caught all the balls that hit him in the hands, he would have had the best game of his NFL career. But a fourth-down endzone shot by Jordan Love that could have brought the Packers within a score with much more time on the clock bounced right off of Wicks' hands. Love didn't see Wicks breaking open until late, so he wasn't able to lead him, but he still threw up a perfectly catchable ball that hit Wicks right between the numbers. It's a pass Wicks needs to catch every single time. It's a completely different game if he makes that play.
A dropped Isaiah McDuffie interception: While it's hard to consider a play that happened on the first drive of the game to be game-changing, one has to wonder how this game would have played out differently if McDuffie held on to that awkward Darnold out pass that hit him in the hands. The Packers would not have given up a first-drive touchdown and would have been in prime position to take an early lead. The Vikings have rarely had to play from behind this season, so right off the bat it would have been a different type of ball game.

A frustrating day at the office, to be sure.

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