Hokey Smokes ...Effort!?!?!
Yes, sports fans. Effort. The Packers second and third string players did something few if any Packer players have done since last December, ...play hard, tough, good football.But that was in the second half. The first half featured the opening of another can of dog shit.
The offensive line could barely stay vertical.
The defensive line, well they did everything wrong.
They went into half time with more penalties than points. And it was then that something happened.
For some reason, the players came out ready to play. They looked sharper, hungrier, and dare I say "determined". Pressure was applied, tackles were made, interceptions were nabbed, ...confidence rose.
Aaron Rodgers even got in on the act, looking more like Craig Nall circa 2004 than Tim Couch circa his whole career. I didn't think he had it in him, but he almost looked respectable out there. I'm now open to the suggestion that he could improve enough to be a good back-up.
Some other players looked good as well.
Namely, Joey Thomas, Mike Hawkins, and Nick Collins. Joey Thomas and Nick Collins will be starters this year. Hawkins has probably made the team as a backup.
Diminutive dink Ahmad Carroll once again lived up to everything I said about him the day after he was drafted. Namely, suck.
So, they finally woke up and played better football. The newspaper doesn't think much of that, but it seems significant to me. Even if they aren't very good, they still have a chance at a decent record as long as they play hard.
For the past four years they have repeatedly quit on themselves, only to rebound and save their season. This year I feared they would start the season in quit mode.
I still think it will be difficult for them to win more than eight games, if that many. I'll have my prediction up soon. But last week I was convinced that they would have fewer than seven wins.
Last night they looked more like a .500 club, which is a positive development considering what's gone on so far this year.
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