Suckiest Bunch of Sucks That Ever Sucked (updated)
I know it seems impossible, but it's beginning to look like I was not pessimistic enough about this team.Let's count the good things, because to try and catalog even 1% of the dried-up dog shit that was laid out on Lambeau Field tonight would be futile. I haven't the bandwidth.
1. Ummmm. Let's see, ...hmmm. Hmph.
2. Ok, well ...Uh.
3. Heh. *sigh*
4. KGB got one sack.
5. Nick Collins was in position on a few plays.
6. When they blitzed they actually seemed to generate something resembling pressure.
Oh, I know. There was one good thing. Joey Thomas appeared to be in position on all the plays that I saw he was involved in. I can see why he moved ahead of the diminutive dink Ahmad Carrol (thanks Shermbutt).
Everyone else sucked.
This team is on a slow boat to oblivion. They will hit rock bottom sometime this year (hopefully they hit it and don't continue sinking into next season), the only question is "when". When will the players quit on Shermbutt (or have they already)? When will Favre toss up his hands (or has he already)?
Think about it. This was the last meaningful pre-season game of the year. This is where players fight for their lives trying to make the team. Did you see any of that last night? Did you see anyone out there playing like their NFL dream was on the line?
No, you didn't see that. And that's very odd. Very disturbing.
Even Bill Maas, who carries 3 shades of pig-lipstick with him to every broadcast, said the last two performances were "alarming" and cause for serious concern.
The players aren't responding, no one is buying into it. In fact, they appear to be "losing" players (mentally, that is) every game. As Maas pointed out repeatedly, the Packers were getting destroyed by the basics. They failed to execute very simple basic techniques.
The special teams play, the penalties, the rash of missed assignments, the turnovers ...these are things that really awful organizations do. This is the Cleveland Browns or the Bengals, not the Packers. This is a team that is not ready to play, not motivated to play, and do not have their head in the game ...in the PRE-SEASON!
They are collapsing even before the regular season starts! Even bad teams go into the season with hope and energy, only to see it crushed in weeks 1-5 (see Lions, Detroit). We will be going into the season with more questions than when the pre-season started.
Consider this, ...we've gotten worse. Each. Week. Of the PRE-SEASON!
You could ask, "How did it get to this point?"
Or you could just read the last 3 years of Packer posts on this website.
This has been coming for a long time. It was avoidable.
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