Packers played close to one half of decent football in Denver on Sunday, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a first half of offensive failures. The Packers had four meaningful offensive possessions in the first half. The results were 3 punts on 39 yards of offense to start the game followed by a decent 11 play 47 yard drive that ended in Anders Carlson’s missed 45 yard field goal. Four drives totaling 86 yards with three penalties on the offensive line.
The defense played without Alexander, Stokes, and Savage for most of the game. The secondary backups cost the Packers as Jonathan Owens was called for a big penalty and Carrington Valentine was picked on repeatedly. But overall the defense battled, trying to keep the game close until the offense could start producing. The Packer offense came alive in the third quarter, attaining the lead at 17-16 in the fourth quarter, but Denver put together their only drive on the second half in response, settling for a field goal after a touchdown was wiped away.
Denver also lost a defensive secondary starter when Kareem Jackson put down a viscous hit on Luke Musgrave who held on for an impressive catch. But Denver’s replacement made the game winning play when he picked off Jordan Love late in the 4th quarter. A pass into double coverage that should never have been thrown. An unfortunate late game recurring nightmare for Packer fans and their young quarterback.
This Packer team shows spurts of NFL caliber performances that can win games, but with those highs comes long stretches of frustratingly unproductive offense. Zach Tom should be commended for stepping in and playing well for an injured Josh Meyers. Could that change be made permanent? Clearly for fans of the Green and Gold, something has to change.
Tom M 3 days ago
That’s right, “Gute’s gotta plan.”
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Still Gomer?
Don’t you watch these games?
What’s next Scooter, the problems on offense is because Love refuses to run MLF’s game plan?
Rodgers is still to blame?
How about roster building, or should we just wait till Gute’s 7th draft, or 10th draft…to witness his ‘magic’
If Gute wants to impress me, draft a 3rd round pick that can actually play football.
Even his second round picks don’t look all that impressive sans Jenkins.
The only ‘plan’ Gute had come true, was that he fleeced Murphy out of an extension.
Ensuring he’ll get guaranteed millions, as he’s walked out the door.
Just like Ted did…difference is, at least Ted built a proven SB roster, at least he won something.
I knew this day would come.
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Can you hear it?
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It’s coming…
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FIRE GUTE lol
After the Vikes just beat the 49ers on Monday Night Football methinks the line is changing on the Packer game. I can’t imagine GB being favored going into next week. That home field advantage is no advantage. Hasn’t been for a while.
Some clueless yahoo responds to a regular from down the hall ….
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October 23, 2023 at 12:46 am
“The Packers have a fourth-year quarterback and whether they exercise their option to keep him……” – Anonymous
That has already been answered. The Packers opted not to offer Love the 5th year option, instead, giving him a one year deal at a 7.2 million dollar discount (pay cut) over the 5th year option.
And he took it!! 😮
Telling you what the Packers already thought of him.
So…where are we at with Christian Watson?
Are we in his 2nd year leap?
Are we wondering why the Packers traded up the 53rd, and 59th pick of the 2022 draft to nab Watson?
Watson is fast, no question about it, and he will make plays occasionally like the wide open 77 yarder against broken coverage.
This season he has 8 grabs for 143 yards.
Take away the 77 and……you get the picture.
Where are we going here?
I don’t give a flying fuch how talented someone is.
Production…not excuses.
What did we trade up for…more excuses?
Last season, weren’t Watson and Doubs our rookie Pro Bowlers?
Our #1 and #2 receivers among the kool aid drinkers?
What are they….right now, a 3rd, 4th? 5th??
Our best receiver is 62nd in passing yards caught.
Our two Pro Bowl receivers from last season have a combined 301 yards
What T F are we doing?????
SHOOT….I almost forget!!!!
Gute has a plan!!
What’s the plan, take a season off to develop players during the regular season?
Because that’s EXACTLY what’s happening here.
Well, from what i’ve seen, a few prayers couldn’t hurt either.
Tell em Tommi.
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So….what do we have in this Watson gazelle?
Dare i say, a cheap mans MVS?
I thought Kevin King was frail, but holy sheet.
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Am i the only one who gets nervous when Gute trades up for a draft pick?
See Amari Rodgers, Jordan Love, etc.
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Vegas Sportsbook new over/under when the Packers have a top 20 passing offense?
2027.
They are currently 26th.
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We don’t need receivers……ain’t that right Tommi?
More moderation….J F C!!
F U JP
Moderate that
Line was Minn -1.5 I’m running to the bank on that One. Queens will roll this Packer team by 14-21 pts
From down the hall…..
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Correction: Gutes young offense.
Just sayin
If a team enters the NFL season with this much youth and inexperience at offensive skill positions…
Then wt f are we to expect?
Or better yet, what did Gute expect?
Putting a roster together is his job.
Not MLF’s, not Love’s, it’s Murphy/Gutes job.
Before the season, Gute was asked his expectations this season.
His response was that the standard in Green Bay is always the same. (Super Bowl?)
Well, i laughed and thought to myself…you better start praying Gute.
Before this season i said the goal should be .500, or if you’re an idealist and dreamer, maybe making the playoffs.
Of course, no one wanted to hear that because i wasn’t ‘Carrying The G’.
This season on offense is nothing more than a 17 game training camp.
We have a moron viking fan pretending to be a Packer fan down the hall saying the Packers should tank the season, in hopes of drafting Caleb Williams.
BROKEN
Fire McCarthy!!
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Fire LeFleur!!
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Fire Ted!!
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Fire Gute
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Fire eeeeevvvvveeeerrryyyyooonnnneeee!!
Well at least Packer fans are getting a taste of what it’s like to be a Bears fan now.
Bad Management.
Bad Drafting.
Bad Coaching.
At least we know Justin Fields is going to become that franchise QB any day now. I promise.
Fire Capers!!!!
Tom M 11 months ago
Jordan Love, Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs. The next Aaron Rodgers, Jordy Nelson, Greg Jennings.
Proving yet again…you can’t fix stupid.
Good article on FanSided about BG’s many mistakes dealing with the current state of the Packers offense. Most knowledgeable fans already knew this. Maybe some of those that need assistance in understanding the current state of the Packers offense should read it.
https://lombardiave.com/posts/packers-decisions-brian-gutekunst-screwed-jordan-love-01hdj9h3pwgd
Good article, but as Arch stated it’s all stuff that is obvious to anyone that hasn’t been drinking kool-aid the past several years.
Arch…..
Those in need of assistance in understanding it, poses yet another problem.
You can try to help someone, but you can’t make them smart enough to understand it.
Most of those five points i’ve covered….
Here’s my problem with Freddie Boston’s #2 Gute F up….
2) “Not having a long-term plan at wide receiver”
Plan?….Since when did Gute have a plan, short or long term?
Drafting mid and late round receivers isn’t a plan.
Since when is signing Jimmy Graham, Watkins and Funches a plan?
Failed plan…maybe.
The only plan, was letting the wr room go into bankruptcy.
What’s troubling is, he did it on purpose.
Every draft and off season has evidence of that.
And we’ve only barely touched on the tight end gaffes.
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What else…..
“Packers vs. Broncos best NFL prop bets for Week 7 (It’s time for Jordan Love to shine)”
Anyone else remember somebody here saying the same thing?
What Love did do, was throw for 180…77 coming on broken coverage of a wide open Watson.
Threw 2 TD’s, and only 1 pick…for a passer rating of 90.
I get where some of you might not be real impressed with that, but based on his last 3 games, i’m calling it a win.
Good for you Jordan!! 🍻
Haters be hatin
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In yet more positive news……
Gute has a plan!! 👍
In Gutes defense….he has spent a lot of resources on his defensive roster.
In adjustment for the bye week, being a game behind, the Packers defense is getting everyone’s attention sitting at a projected 20th in the league.
Against mostly piss poor offenses….💯
I don’t know what to say anymore, all i can do is laugh.
Anyone want to go out for an 🍦 and discuss it?
Tommy?….would you like that?
Yup, good article and can’t disagree with a thing in it.
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But. The author assumes all upon Gute, which is mostly a fair thing to do. Murph is really in the picture as well in most of these moves since the restructure of the by laws. This has to change. This needs to revert back to where it was for Wolf and Thompson. Without letting a GM have total control over football operations, this is what you will have for as long as this structure exists.
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Murph is on short time so the BOD will do nothing with him. On the business end of the equation is the Titletown District, the sled hill, the overall bottom line and landing the 2025 NFL draft. You gonna fire that guy? Nope. You let him retire after that 2025 draft right on schedule.
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So with Murph safe into 25 will there be much change in GM or coaching? Not really. Murph isn’t canning Gute and MLF was his guy. Really, what good would it do if he did and who would really want the job coming in knowing that the boss is out in 25 and you might have to go through this all over again with a new admin? You wanna take a GM or HC job knowing you might just be “summer help” for one year? Shaking up the team is not part of Murph’s elegant exit plan. His people are safe as long as he is here. Murph is leaving his hot mess for the next guy.
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Just as GB drafted Jordan Love in 2020 to ultimately replace Aaron Rodgers the BOD should make a similar move. Hire Murph’s replacement soon (very soon), re-do the by laws back to something similar of the past model (which worked), give that person a title like – VP of football operations, and let them be the heavy. Hey, we’re just doing what’s best for the future of the Packers (heard that one before). This would be a board decision, not a Murph decision. What’s he going to do about it, leave early, get stompy feet, cry in the media? The new football operations head could then evaluate whether it is worth keeping Gute, MLF, or any number of people and it would be their decision as it would be their team going into the future. Attracting a better quality of GM or coach would likely be the benefit with something that looks like an actual continuation plan. Murph can then go back his silo until 25 where he belongs.
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Hey, I can dream.
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In the many mentions of the subject of Gute’s body or work I often read where he was given credit for doing the Rodgers trade. Excuse me but I think Rodgers actually did Gute the favor by requesting the trade and Gute went along with it. Yeah, there were details to flesh out but it wasn’t all on Gute getting it done. The player had to agree to it in this case just like that player had to agree to the big extension the team offered him just a year prior. I think sometimes people get confused as to who was responsible for what in these moves. The article did a pretty good job of making a case against the job that Gute has done. That being said I think he can thank his lucky stars he is the GM of the Packers and not a team with an actual owner expecting results.
Yes, I was going to say that. Murphy is as responsible or more than BG for what is happening.
I like your line of thinking Mitch, yes Murphy is just as responsible as Gute, maybe more so.
But the body of the BOD’s is it’s own problem.
The BOD’s has too many conflicts of interest to make decisions for the Green Bay Packers.
If (he does) Ted curried favor to some of these business (buddies) heads, those BOD’s are less likely to call anyone out, or maybe not likely at all.
The unaccountability continues.
When you are ‘in business’ with the team, that in itself is a conflict of interest.
There are far too many members on the Board.
Lets be honest, being on the BOD’s is a status symbol.
Seriously, does the team really need 45 members on the BOD’s….
C’MON!!
Yea…lets tank and let Gute draft another QB Tommi!!
Matter of fact, lets give Gute another 5 year extension…so he can see it through like with Jordan Love.
GREAT IDEA!!
Or ……Maybe the Packers need to clean house and stop this insanity and mismanagement…..
I mean, when is enough, enough?
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I know!!!!
Why don’t we let Tommi tell us how successful, Murphy, Gute and MLF are without Rodgers……AGAIN!!
Go ahead Tommi…give the readers here some more epic STUPID content.
We’ve lost three games by a total of 7 points. Of course you idiots want to fire everyone. You know nothing about football. You can’t even identify the problem. What we need is consistency at QB. If we can’t get that from Jordan Love, then the Packers replace him. Problem solved. He still has time to turn this around. I’ve said over and over, this season is about Jordan Love. We need to know if he’s the answer. We already knew Aaron Rodgers wasn’t the answer. No matter where he played.
If Jordan Love can’t figure this out, we man up, take it on the chin, take our top ten draft pick, and draft a blue chip QB prospect. In the meantime, you girls cry like the little bitches you are.
Ok but ….
Why don’t we let Tommi tell us how successful, Murphy, Gute and MLF are without Rodgers……AGAIN!!
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Tom M 11 months ago
Jordan Love, Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs. The next Aaron Rodgers, Jordy Nelson, Greg Jennings.
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Rodgers,Nelson, Jennings…^LOL^
PF4L 3 days ago
The Packers have been outscored 63-6 in the first half of the last four games.
The last time that happened…..1988
Proving yet again…you can’t fix stupid.
Own it…Nancy.
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Tom M 4 days ago
But midterms are in and Love is failing. Even if he plays lights out in the second half. You can’t play football in the NFL like this. Time to start scouting college QB’s.
Tom M 3 hours ago
We’ve lost three games by a total of 7 points. Of course you idiots want to fire everyone. You know nothing about football.
^Stats are for losers^
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Fake it till you make it Tommi….
NEVER GIVE UP!! 🤣
Denver, Atlanta, Las Vegas aren’t exactly Murderers row, all bottom feeders, so were below that now
I am not necessarily absolving Love of blame. But his WR have had route gaffes several times each game. QB school on YouTube has great breakdowns. Not to mention the OL is worse than last year, the running game being terrible, and untimely penalties by the OL when they even do get the wheels of the offense catching on some gravel on the mud. There have been so many times where they have had false starts on 3rd and short, turning the play into 3rd and long. It’s not a good way to live in the NFL. I can’t remember where I saw this, but the Packers have like the 4th highest %age of runs on 1st down in the league, and one of the highest 2nd and long rates. So, idk, maybe throw it more on 1st down since your running game is a flaming bag of dog poo, and you want to see as much of Love as possible anyway? What can it even hurt at this point?
“We’ve lost three games by a total of 7 points. Of course you idiots want to fire everyone.” – Nancy
Yes, because Scooter is telling us he isn’t giving up…(cough).
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Tom M 6 days ago
If Jordan Love can’t get off to a quick start tomorrow, then there has to be some discussion in the building about tanking the remainder of the season. In order to position yourself to draft a blue chip QB prospect.
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FLIP FLOP
He sure lives up to that nickname, doesn’t he? Fits like a glove.
That is a good one 😎
How about this one…..?
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/bc4b7ece-a3e7-4924-a932-cf0af11760ca
I was gonna say that I liked it until I remembered that dolphins are actually smart and that doesn’t fit. Cheap rubber footwear that you can buy at the dollar store… now that sounds par for the course.
Not all of them are smart…
Tommy was the Dolphin at Sea World who acted like he was the best dolphin that they ever saw, but they couldn’t train him to do tricks because he was too stupid.
But i get your point, so i’ll stick with Flip Flop so nobody gets confused.
KC, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Minn x2, Rams thats 11 Ls right there. Nothing to look fwd too, except the FIRINGS at seasons end.
They’ll be no firings at season end. There’s two ways this goes down. Jordan Love plays his way into the future or he doesn’t. If he makes a run at it, then no one gets fired. And if he doesn’t, no one gets fired either. Because if we had Aaron Rodgers we’d still be in the same situation with Tim Boyle or Kurt Benkert at QB. Rodgers is old and was a season ending injury waiting to happen. And it did.
Brian Gutekunst will get one more chance to get the QB right. Which means Matt LaFleur will be back as well. I’d bet Kevin’s food stamps on it….
“There’s two ways this goes down. Jordan Love plays his way into the future or he doesn’t.”
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Hahahahahaha, wow. How long did it take you to think that one up? I bet you can’t wait to come back in here and tell everyone “I told you so” after that comment. Tomstradomus, aka Flip Flop, the wisest sage of them all. Mention every possible outcome and then no matter what happens brag about how you called it!
“Brian Gutekunst will get one more chance to get the QB right.”
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Unless he plans on drafting one in 2025 I think the new president will have a say in whether Gutekunst sticks around to draft another QB or not. If they do so in 24′, bailing on Love after one year while providing him with a “historically inexperienced” receiving core is more of a scapegoat than it is a solution to anything.
“They’ll be no firings at season end.” – Flip Flop
Yes, Loudmouth Soup knows the future, that is why he’s sooo accurate on his predictions…..lol
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Yea Cheese, the “I told ya so” moments are classic (like after the Bear and Falcon game with Love)….lmao
Who can forget this nugget……
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Tom M 4 weeks ago
That’s the type of game where legends are made.
Love overcame adversity and got it done. Just like the great ones.
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The great ones!?!? Good one Tommi!! (LOL)
In related…..Fast Forward
(Now, Tommi wants the Packers to tank the season and draft a blue chip QB!!!)
Love has the 34th worst pass completion % of all QB’s who played 4 games or more.
Love ranks 30th amongst those same QB’s in passer rating.
Rodgers is lucky he skipped town, so he didn’t get beat out and benched….by Love….ain’t that right Loudmouth?….lol
Princess makes over 100 various predictions over time, then comes back and puffs out his chest over the 2 he guessed right.
The wise old sage one!!
SKOL!!
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“Brian Gutekunst will get one more chance to get the QB right.” – Loudmouth soup
Because making a mess out of a team once….just isn’t enough.
Seriously?….again?
You’re a f……….ing asssswhole JP
(Now, Tommi wants the Packers to tank the season and draft a blue chip QB!!!)
What Tommi, you didn’t watch the 4th quarter of last season’s Eagles game?