Weeks 3 & 4: What happened to the Packers from Week 1?

In the immortal words of Charlie Brown - AARGH!  What has happened to the Packers?  You can complain all you want about injuries, but this Cheesehead isn't buying into it.  The Packers were completely embarrassed in Week 3, allowing 5 MONSTER TD's from Peyton Manning in the 1st HALF!!!!!  It was, by far, the worse defensive output I've ever seen in football.  Things settled down in the 2nd half, but GB really had no business winning that game. 

Week 4 was a more controlled defense, but the Packers were lucky to only lose by 7.  Giving up 180 yards rushing to SPARE Tiki Barber?  I guarantee Tiki will not have another game like that this season.

Another problem - Mr. 27 - Michael Hawthorne looked completely lost out there - giving up pass after pass after pass.  His lack of coverage on Shockey's game-winning TD was wrong, elementary wrong.  It's 3rd & Goal on the 3, Man to Man, MH on Shockey.  MH decides to play the receiver and not the ball?!?!?!?!  Ball sails right over his helmet - easy TD.   I'm not a specialist in the secondary, but even I know that if it's 3rd and Goal, you play the ball!

Trading McKenzie was the smartest thing this team did so far, but it won't change anything this season. 

One positive note in week 4 - KUDOS to my fellow Packer Fans - lucky enough to attend the games.  Here was the scenario - Late into the 4th quarter of the game - Favre was out with a concussion, Peterson underthrowing his receivers by 10 yards, there was no hope in sight.  However, from TV, it appeared that NOBODY left until the game was over with.  Everyone remained in the seats with no hope in sight.  Just proves that Packer fans are the best fans in the world!  Say all you want to about the 14-7 score (i.e. they were still in it), but really - did anyone think that they would have tied it up after the past 3 week's performances?

Here's to hoping for most positive Packer posts & some notches in the Win column in the future!

Go Pack Go!

- Scott

2 Comments

  • Come on, Tiki is a good player. I suspect he's going to have a great season. I love the packers too, but dont you think Favre is always placed on such a high pedestal?



    Come on, jump on the SeaHawks bandwagon! :)



  • Hey itchi - I have to give Tiki credit. Yesterday's game against the Cowboys was a direct mirror of the Packer game. The Giants are one of this year's biggest suprises, and so is Tiki! It's early, but he's starting to put up some very good numbers this year.



    And I thought I knew Fantasy Football!!!!

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