Packers Huddle

musclestang wrote: ↑

17 Nov 2024 18:57

We didn’t play well on defense. It worries me that Jaire can’t stay on the field. It’s a trend. We need him. The other guys have too many vulnerabilities to miss him. We can’t help everyone.

go pak go wrote: ↑

17 Nov 2024 20:18

My largest reason I am down on this team is I have lost faith in our front defensive 7.

Quay Walker is a total liability and the front four DLine are just bad. Especially our edge guys.

Opposing offenses will be able to dink and dunk on us as we just get no push or pressure.

lake shark wrote: ↑

18 Nov 2024 01:09

Just watched the replay - what a game by Watson. That last catch was ridiculously good!

APB wrote: ↑

18 Nov 2024 06:22

Another observation: it's become apparent to me that Brett Favre would have been run out of town back in the day if this forum had existed. Some of the commentary on Love after yesterday's overall performance is clear evidence of that.

Prime Rodgers spoiled fandom criteria for some of you.

Yoop wrote: ↑

18 Nov 2024 05:57

just an observation, our DL seems tasked with contain foremost, which translates to not giving up the gap assignments, which allows OL to get a good grip/hold, which means there already behind the 8 ball attempting to rush the QB, when Hafley turns them lose we get pressures and sacks.

half our games have been against RPO style QB's, one of the best yesterday, what we are not getting is great support from second level lbers, it's been a &%$@ show, all year we've watched as they over commit to the wrong gaps, are blocked as they attempt to recover, and the result is a big gain because they were out of position to make a stop, as fans we blame the players, just maybe it's a coaching issue

CHICAGO – Rich Bisaccia issued the challenge earlier this week and Karl Brooks was bound and determined to meet it.

Leading up to Sunday's game against Chicago, the Packers' special teams coordinator saw a potential gap in the Bears' field goal protection on film and relayed that to Brooks and the rest of Green Bay's blocking unit.

It turned out to be a game-saving revelation. With the game on the line, Brooks charged, raised his left hand and got his middle finger on Cairo Santos' attempt at a game-winning 46-yard field goal to preserve a 20-19 Packers victory as time expired.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the second time the Packers blocked a field goal on the final play of a game. The other was nearly 85 years ago during a 7-6 win over the Cleveland Rams on Nov. 26, 1939.

"Rich challenged us to get a block, so I took it personally," said Brooks. "I wanted to go out there and get that block. I wanted to do that for Coach Rich."

It also was the first time since the 1970 merger the Packers blocked a field goal with under a minute remaining in the fourth quarter or later, per Elias.

An 11-year veteran, Santos had missed only one field goal and one extra point all season coming into Sunday, but the Packers saw some openings at the guard position in the field-goal protection.

Bisaccia made Brooks and fellow defensive lineman T.J. Slaton aware of that potential opportunity and challenged the two to seize it. Santos made two field goals, from 53 and 27 yards, and an extra point, but Green Bay kept grinding away at it.

Asked what was going through his mind when Santos lined up for the potential game-winner, defensive lineman Kenny Clark said simply: "That we were going to block it."

Why?

"We talked about T.J. or K.B. blocking the kick all week," Clark said. "They've got holes in their field goal protection and a couple of them they got close. So, we've been talking about that all week. It was a problem, so, Coach Rich has been telling them all week and we ended up getting one."

Cdragon wrote: ↑

18 Nov 2024 06:45

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