Great:Nixon's return is special!

The good:
- A win is a win, even if it was ugly and our playoff hopes are still alive
- The running game, Dillon, Jones and even Taylor were hitting the hole with purpose
- Kenny Clark looked like a man reborn and was terrorizing the LOS
- Quay Walker was flying all over the field today and made some great plays
- The return game, my God what a breath of fresh air Nixon has been, if only the coaching staff could've figured out how to properly use their players earlier this season...
- Watson didn't have a huge day but man he is a baller and had some killer blocks to complement some nice catches today
- Welcome back Romeo Doubs! Solid game from him
- The 21 "half" stretch without an opening drive TD was finally snapped, I never thought that would've been an issue
- The pass rush showed up and Kingsley Enegbare had himself a game tonight

The bad:
- Both of those turnovers were atrocious. Lazard stopped mid run even though he would win that catch matchup 8/10 times and Aaron Jones had the game in his hands but coughed it up.
- The offensive line played well for the first quarter and did not hold up passed that. I still can't believe they got as much pressure on Rodgers with 3 guys at the end of the half as they did. Inexcusable
- I know the theme of this game was to run the ball, but the < 300 yard streak continues for Rodgers
- Tackling was suspect at best for most of the game. They had guys dead to rights a few times in the backfield and just couldn't bring them down
- Devondre Campbell and Rasul Douglas. The guys just doesn't seem to have it this year. Campbell misses 1/3 of the tackles that come his way and he always finds himself out of position. Douglas is constantly out of position and too often gets lost on the back end. Hopefully they weren't both just 1-hit-wonders

The ugly:
- The referees were blind as a bat on some very obvious calls and called penalties for really ticky-tack plays. It makes me wonder if they're just bad or if they are actually escaped lab experiments grown from the cells of Stevie Wonder. It's been terrible lately
- Run defense was putrid again
- Soft zone coverage will end this season. How many times do we have to see a barrier formed at the goal line from 10 yards out only to watch a short throw over the middle go uncontested into the waiting arms of a receiver for an easy TD. Same thing goes for 3rd and long. Begs the question, what are they wantching in that film room...
- More stupid penalties and shooting themselves in the foot. As soon as one great play happens, this team immediately finds a way to nullify it on the following play. Sack leading to second and long? Ensuing penalty resulting in a first down. Long kick return? Penalty bringing the ball back inside the 20. Turnover? 3 plays later there's another to give it right back to the other team. It's mind boggling.

Like I said, a win is a win. Even if it was ugly, our playoff hopes are still very much alive.

On to the next one!

Good: Two long drives in the cold.
Bad: Officials swallowing their whistle on the “fumble” by Jones. Contributed to the chippieness of the game.
Ugly: The Lateral. Ford’s unnecessary roughness waaaaay out of bounds.

The good is a win but the bad Joe Barry and his 2 down lineman and zone coverage like it was Joe Montana instead of Mayfield, just ugly .

The Good: The running game and Nixon on returns. It was exciting to watch someone who can bust one at any minute.

The Bad: The officiating. This crew is terrible. I could point out multiple mistakes but why bother it never changes.

The Ugly: The “lateral” by Douglas. So unnecessary and dangerous. Lucky Amos was alert.

Good: The haters get to watch #12 start the game in Miami next week.
Bad: Reading all the pissing and bitching from the haters that Love should be starting.
Ugly: Having a bunch of "couch potato" haters who obviously know very little about this game try to pick apart and complain about Rodgers performance. RDS is very sad isn't it?

The good: the showing from the young players. Doubs caught everything thrown at him and just has quickness and agility on a different level to the vets. Wyatt, Walker, Enagbare all showing that they belong. Nixon is our best returner in forever, probably since young Cobb. Hollins is looking like a good pick up. Dillon getting hard yards.

The bad: I almost feel sorry for the Rams. That was a team missing almost everyone who makes a difference on both sides of the ball. Rodgers was up and down again. He’s not himself in terms of accuracy.

The ugly: continuing reluctance to give rookies more playing time, the highly cautious offensive plan, a D in soft mode against an impotent offense and killing our own drives so often. Against that D, we came away having looked a scoring gift horse in the mouth and rejected it. The notion that barely beating two horrendous teams makes everything better. If anything the Rams were worse than the Bears due to attrition. They still played harder than we did too.

The Great: this draft. Yes, it’s way too early, but despite the obstacles put in the way of playing time for many, they already look better than their older alternatives. Rhyan and the untried Ford and Walker notwithstanding, this draft already looks far better than we had any right to hope for and there’s much room for further growth. There’s a great platform for a couple of years hence if this continues.

Good: Our O line with Tom and Nijman as anchors. Our Defense with Clark, Wyatt, Enagbare, Quay, Amos and Hollins playing well. A big win for a team that hasn't seen many, this season. Watson and Doubs on the field together. Dillon, Jones and Taylor as our RBs. NIXON!!! Crosby tying Brent Favor's record, and kicking well, is a plus.
Bad: Soft Defense on 3rd downs. The officiating will get someone hurt, by not blowing their whistles. The officiating, by blowing their whistles. What was that holding call on Campbell? He had his hand on the Rams' player's shoulder. Did not look like holding to me. Ford getting pushy out of bounds. A sure flag, every time. Lazard not running out the play, resulting in Rodgers getting intercepted. Stupid mistakes by a team that needs to win out, to advance.
Ugly: Rasul lateraling the freaking ball after intercepting it was STOOOOOPID! Injury to Dillon. I hope he tests negative for a concussion. We need him, In December!

The Good: OL, Jones, Dillon, Doubs, Watson. Rodgers, Clark, Walker, Engabare, P. Smith and Nixon. Finally an actual return game for the STs.

The Bad: Lazard, Nijman, Ford penalty.

The Ugly: Douglas lateral. Officiating was terrible. They missed obvious calls and unnecessarily exposed vulnerable players to numerous additional hits.

On to Miami! Thanks, Since '61

A good! I can't remember a game this season with fewer long passes by Rodgers. Rodgers seemed content to work the medium distance passes, including those over the middle. All season long I was hoping to see fewer long passes and more taking what is available medium and middle. Of course, this has a lot to do with the Rams broken down defense.

Another good! Doubs was very productive in his 23 snaps. An awfully good WR4.

Better: Pass Rush *Walker
Worse: Crowd noise when on Offense. ( drunk and/or stubbornly stupid)
Ugliest: Aaron Jones cold weather ball security. Jones loses the ball too easily when going to the ground. He’s done this forever, so why can’t he break that habit? I don’t get it, and he’s one of my faves.)

Good- not having a former first round WR pick taking up meaningful snaps
Bad- not seeing more Touree in the lineup. Can’t improve sitting on the bench.
Ugly- some of the LDS and RDS here. Hope against hope this is a lost season. There will not be a playoff run. Yet the QB of the future as a starter or trade bait continues to carry the clipboard.
Really Ugly- a near 500 record leaving the team in draft middlingland and giving terrifying hope that the front office sees promise in Joe Barry’s scheme…

The Ugly, keeping Amari rodgers for three seasons to justify Gutts piss poor pick. Yea he have a special teams guy now.
The Bad: seeing a SB team decimated from the previous year. Yes they have a ton of injuries but its funny when your winning like they did last year they didnt have so many but start losing and everyone finds an injury to claim.
The Good, The positive attitude and spirit of the packers. they played to win and played good. No real dropsies by the receivers and they looked good along with the run game. O line and pass rush.
I get the feeling that Barry was instructed on how they want him to use the defense and get aggressive or ELSE

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.