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Rating the Packers vs. the Eagles


Mark Hoffman



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  1. Hawk!
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  2. Neal and Perry are playing with no instincts. Neal looked like Walden yesterday on the read-option. Should start Latimore instead of Jones. Matthews was worthless with one hand and a liability - that was obvious after the first couple of series - so why continue to play him? What can you say about Jennings/Burnett/House/Tramon? They stunk it up. They did not look ready to play. Who is the leader on the D? Hawk is the only steady one. On offense, get Bostick involved. Bench Newhouse. And they have to use Starks more as a speed guy to keep the D off balance. Can't just pound the rock with Lacy.
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  3. Maybe their lack of performance is due to the fact that they can't see. Might help if they wear their hair in ponytails while playing like other girls do.
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  4. Hard to win with so many injuries.

    It's much harder to watch the Pack without Rodgers behind center. I think we can all agree (Bob, are ya listening) he's a Michael Jordan type player, in his prime. Pete Myers ain't the same player. Diff team without him around.

    Clay Matthews is Scottie Pippen...with a club on his hand.

    If the Oline doesn't get healthy, the team will have problems w the weak opponents coming up on the schedule. They need a strong running game, and game management from the QB (no TOs). I give Tolz a pass...the guy hasn't taken many snaps, just showed up. Thought he played as well as could be expected.

    Sounds like Wallace is done if they are looking at Skeletor?
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  5. (Tolzien) I thought he played an outstanding football game. No offense does it the same. Footwork that this young man asked to do is different. It cost him on the first interception. He was running plays he hadn't run yet. Really??? Running plays he hadn't run yet? What coach does that? I've said all along MM is not a "full game" play-caller, (not that he can't call a few good plays). But really? Is that putting players in best position to win?
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  6. Also are they going to beat up Lacy each game until he's next one "out for season". MM keeps saying how he wants to "monitor" the snaps Lacy gets. Now how about doing something about it? (as J.Starks and J.Franklin sit on the bench collecting dust.) I'm NOT a hater. I just dislike seeing the obvious stuff missed by the coaches, and their same weak excuses during the news conferences. (And don't even get me started on Capers) :o(
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  7. Very poor coaching, especially on the defensive side. I know the coaches aren't the ones out of position, missing tackles and dropping interceptions - BUT, they don't play Hyde hardly at all (and he can actually tackle), they play Jones even though Lattimore is far better, they put CM3 in there to zero affect, play Perry when he was not ready, and sit Wilson and have a gimpy Pickett playing instead. Bad choices. I could go on and on about Capers ineptitude - 3rd and long will always be 3 fat guys rushing the QB... MM talks about accountability, but that is all he does - talk. This off-season there needs to be some major changes. Capers, Tramon, McMillan, Jennings, Newhouse, Quarless and Crosby all need to be shown the door. I also cannot see paying Raji huge $ since he seems to take plays and entire games off.
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  8. Culter out for another three weeks, high ankle injury.

    The division is up for grabs. 9-7 could end up winning it this yr.

    Can the Packers pull off a miracle against the Lions? Can they win any of the games before Rodgers (allegedly) returns in 3 more weeks?

    I'm guessing Hayward and Perry are out for the year.
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  9. if we're handing out excuses i guess we say pickett and jolly injuries hurt late in the game. cm3 was a big liability but didn't have much choice but to play him with other injuries. burnett, raji and jones play is hard to explain though. whatevs. this D is bad and has been bad for a long time. 3 games against hapless foes gave us false comfort.
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  10. Watching Clay Matthews seemed like a comedy stunt. Was he going to brain someone with his club? Was it green so it might be hidden among the trees? Was it a hanging distraction designed to create laughter when many fans were crying over TT's failure to sign an adequate backup QB? Who seriously thought Matthews could play with one hand? It was a joke--and a bad one.

    Perhaps the most revealing play of how the game would go came when two veteran defensive backs, Williams and Burnett both tried for an interception inside the five yard line when either one could have easily knocked the ball down. What were they thinking--I need the stat? I will catch this inside the five and return it 50 yards? We've seen this before (2012 Seattle game) where Capers' defenders go for the stat at the expense of sanity and come up empty. KNOCK THE BALL DOWN!

    Perry has shown nothing to warrant his first round status. It's been two years. It's over. The only person who thinks he could still turn into a player is his mother. And she could be jiving too.
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