And finally, the Pack
No, I'm not overly excited about the back-to-back whopping they've delivered to one bad and one supposedly good team.Yes, every week Favre and the offence has looked better. I said at the beginning of the season that they looked out of synch, and it is now obvious that they were. Five touchdowns in five possessions is hard to do even in practice, much less against a real opponent. I liked the way they played, the way they adjusted, the way they obviously prepared, and the way they executed.
The O-Line is the under reported story here. Despite the team struggling this season, they have given up only 2 sacks! And one of those sacks came late yesterday. That Seattle defense is good. They tackle well and pursue well, but the Packers kept them off-balance all game with misdirection and hard-nosed running. Tom Rossley called a great game. Yes, the hated Tom Rossley gets praise from the president of the "Fire Rossley" fan club. Brett Favre is Treasurer of that club, by the way.
Defensively, they still struggle to stop the run. They can only get pressure by blitzing, which is fine as long as the d-backs play tight coverage, which is something they should be doing anyway. Still, there were too many wide open receivers in that game because the line is unable to create pressure and the d-backs are sitting in zones. Better to be aggressive when the talent isn't there to play them straight-up.
Favre is looking more and more like the old Favre, ...and for that we are all grateful. Everyone on that team stepped up yesterday, ...there were no real failures except for some of the run defense, ...but let's let them enjoy this, ...they've got a tiger to tame next week.
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