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it does feel like they let off the gas in the 2nd half but it never felt like the game was in danger.  It was an odd feeling 2nd half for sure, my daughter called it a 'low energy game'.  I'd like to see better focus next week, and expect we will.  Dillon is the exact kind of RB that had given them fits though, so not too much of a surprise.

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4 minutes ago, Dopey said:

To anyone complaining, Aaron is their best player, if he wants to hand the ball off, by all means , let him. 

 

As well as the Packers ran, the Bills were happy to let them keep running down 17 and not let Rodgers try and throw them back into the game.

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This take is genuinely insane to me…the packers have some tough runners and there was no reason to get out of nickel coverage in the second half up three scores.  It’s really not a mystery what happened 

 

people are saying ‘if tonyan doesn’t get hit with that opi it’s a different game’ which is massively contradictory….yea of course giving up a long passing td would change the game that’s why we stayed in nickel coverage most of the game 😂. Our offense was poop the whole second half and we still won comfortably….if gb knew we’d have trouble on the offensive side the entire second half their gameplan on offense would’ve completely changed.  

 

 

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Can't deny disappointed in our tackling last night. We met the runner several times near the line LOS only to slide right off or get carried.  The bye week was evident on both sides for us. As usual Tremaine struggles in run support  vision. I'm sure we'll clean things up but it will be a concern going forward. 

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40 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

I thought that the game plan defensively was bizarre.  You're content letting GB run the ball down your throat, knowing that by doing so, you're letting them bleed clock, which in turn leads to fewer possessions for your offense?

 

…..and less possessions for GB—- we were up 2-3 scores—- 

 

what don’t you understand?

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Listen to Von Miller’s post-game presser. He clearly says they played for the pass and he couldn’t understand why they kept running. If they expected pass every play and got runs on nearly every play, yeah, that’s why GB got over 200 rushing yards. However, in the end it worked out.

 

I would say that the O looked good on the three consecutive scoring drives. Then they inexplicably coasted. It showed as incredibly (for this team) unfocused and lackluster play. Unfortunately, even good teams have a very difficult time turning it on once you’ve turned it off. The only cure for that is to keep the foot on the gas. However, in the end it worked out.

 

so, the moral of this story is… In the end, it worked out.

 

 

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Our run DEF was getting chewed up the entire game, it's not like the Packers went from ineffective running while the game was close to racking up yards in garbage time. 

 

Yea, ultimately the defense only allowed 17 points, but if those GB 4th and shorts had gone differently I think we'd be having a very different conversation. 

 

Jordan Phillips tackling technique was so fricking weird. He had multiple plays where he didn't try to tackle the ball carrier with his arms- he just threw his shoulder and body weight into the guy. I can't imagine a coach would ever teach that technique.... was he trying to injure the GB runners? Was Phillips other shoulder injured in some way ? I noticed he had one of his shoulders taped up

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5 minutes ago, NewEra said:

…..and less possessions for GB—- we were up 2-3 scores—- 

 

what don’t you understand?

this was the game plan from the get go.  Green Bay moved the ball on their first possession, and couldn't convert on 4th down (probably because they thew instead of run).  

 

Green Bay was hoping that we'd make mistakes on offense (which we did), and that they'd be able to take advantage of same (which they did, to an extent).  Clearly, they had little to no faith in their ability to move the ball through the air - I just found it odd that we let them play to their strengths.

 

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4 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Jordan Phillips tackling technique was so fricking weird. He had multiple plays where he didn't try to tackle the ball carrier with his arms- he just threw his shoulder and body weight into the guy. I can't imagine a coach would ever teach that technique.... was he trying to injure the GB runners? Was Phillips other shoulder injured in some way ? I noticed he had one of his shoulders taped up

 

Agreed that it was an odd technique but was also a big boy play.  It was asserting physical dominance.  I'd prefer he tackled in the more traditional fashion but part of me really enjoys watching him be the biggest strongest guy on the field

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14 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

this was the game plan from the get go.  Green Bay moved the ball on their first possession, and couldn't convert on 4th down (probably because they thew instead of run).  

 

Green Bay was hoping that we'd make mistakes on offense (which we did), and that they'd be able to take advantage of same (which they did, to an extent).  Clearly, they had little to no faith in their ability to move the ball through the air - I just found it odd that we let them play to their strengths.

 

We had a 2 score lead in the first quarter. Their strength bleeds the.clock…..  that’s why I don’t find it odd.  They didn’t want to get beat deep.  
 

Aaron Jones also made something out of nothing on more than a couple occasions.  Dude is an animal

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23 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Our run DEF was getting chewed up the entire game, it's not like the Packers went from ineffective running while the game was close to racking up yards in garbage time. 

 

Yea, ultimately the defense only allowed 17 points, but if those GB 4th and shorts had gone differently I think we'd be having a very different conversation. 

 

Jordan Phillips tackling technique was so fricking weird. He had multiple plays where he didn't try to tackle the ball carrier with his arms- he just threw his shoulder and body weight into the guy. I can't imagine a coach would ever teach that technique.... was he trying to injure the GB runners? Was Phillips other shoulder injured in some way ? I noticed he had one of his shoulders taped up

If the 4th and shorts had gone differently lol on the obvious running downs we made all the plays we needed to and we’re just gonna completely discount that?  

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6 minutes ago, NewEra said:

We had a 2 score lead in the first quarter. Their strength bleeds the.clock…..  that’s why I don’t find it odd.  They didn’t want to get beat deep.  
 

Aaron Jones also made something out of nothing on more than a couple occasions.  Dude is an animal

 

There was a 3rd and 1 where he stiff armed a DT in the backfield and got like 8 yards.  He was on a mission.  

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28 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

this was the game plan from the get go.  Green Bay moved the ball on their first possession, and couldn't convert on 4th down (probably because they thew instead of run).  

 

Green Bay was hoping that we'd make mistakes on offense (which we did), and that they'd be able to take advantage of same (which they did, to an extent).  Clearly, they had little to no faith in their ability to move the ball through the air - I just found it odd that we let them play to their strengths.

 

Gb was hoping they’d catch us stacking the box to stop the run in the second half and it just didn’t happen.  Thank goodness fans don’t call the plays.  I’m not sure how much of it was on lafleur and how much was rodgers audibling into run plays but this was a mess of a game plan on their part.  Especially given that doubs made some clutch receptions every chance he got.  
 

they were down 3 scores and their first two possessions in the second half took over 11 minutes and netted 3 points.  Our offense had one of the worst halves I’ve seen in two years and we still crushed them 

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2 hours ago, Wayne Cubed said:

I’ve got to slightly disagree with this.

 

Frazier refused to bring a safety down into the box and refused to sub off Taron Johnson for a LB. The Pack did exactly what you are meant to do against the cover 2 shell, you run into it and dink/dunk your way down the field.  And that’s going to happen against that alignment. The issue is, can you sustain that many plays in a drive without committing an error.  And when the field compresses as you get towards the goal line can you punch it in for 7? The Pack couldn’t do it. 
 

That’s an effective defensive game plan. Sure, the rush numbers look high but does that matter if they aren’t converting any of those drives? You also have to say that had the offense not laid an egg in the 2nd half, this outcome would have been very different.

This.  To beat us with this game plan the opposition has to be perfect.  Score TDs in red zone. Turnovers.  Win fourth down.  Get a special teams play. Hold Bills offense to probably 24 or less.  
 

Sure, it was a little frustrating to watch Aaron Jones run wild.  But let’s not forget he is a really, really good back and all that GB accomplished last night by running as much as they did was to burn the clock while they were behind.  

7 minutes ago, NewEra said:

A true difference maker at the RB position

One of the best backs I’ve seen in person.  He played big boy football yesterday.  Our LBs are going to be sore today. 

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