So the Packers, Commanders, Falcons, and Rams all lost yesterday.
Only thing that was missing was a Seahawks loss, but oh well.
And I actually wanted the Rams to win because that would've sunk the Buccaneers to 3-6, which would have really given the 49ers more breathing room for a WC spot.

One thing I've noticed about the Packers, that nobody ever really seems to talk about...

Rodgers really likes to ballhawk once they get down in the redzone. I mean, tbf, idk if it's the playcalling, or Rodgers making the call at the line, but they get down there in the redzone and everything becomes a passing play. When I watch their games it always feels like Rodgers is just desperate to have passing TDs, instead of giving their RBs a couple shots at punching it in, despite the fact that Aaron Jones is probably their best player, and Dillon is a big guy with strong legs for a goal line push. It's just very odd. Hell, sometimes they have entire drives where it's like all running game down the field, and then boom, they get in the red zone and suddenly there's no more runs.

I think it definitely has something to do with Rodgers' ego, but at the end of the day even he will want to win games again. At the same time though, I've seen the LaFleur getting criticized for focusing too much on the pass play regardless of the Packers' field position for any given play. So both the QB and head coach need to be blamed for the offense's woes. Lastly, there's the construction of the roster which put too much faith into the rookies; the new guys don't look like busts despite some significant dropped balls, but even Davante Adams had a rocky rookie year before turning into a superstar receiver.

The last Packers game I've watched was the London game against the Giants where the offense went down in flames in the second half. Up till that point the Packers season had still looked okay, see my post in this thread at the time. But the stats I've seen for the games against the Jets and Commanders were plain awful, so it was a miracle that the Packers even had a chance to win in Washington. Apparently Green Bay played decently in Buffalo, but not getting blown out can't be the bar for success this season.

It looks like the Packers are past their low point this season, but still a good chunk away from being back in it. The schedule gets brutal at the worst time, but that's what happens when you lose the easy games that you should have won.

In any case, Rodgers is showing his age, being on pace for only the second double-digit INT season in his career. All the more reason to put more confidence in the running game.

What the actual hell is happening in this Vikings-Bills game. Justin Jefferson will single-handedly carry Kirk Cousins to the Super Bowl or die trying.

We just had two of the best games this season back-to-back. Vikings-Bills and Cowboys-Packers.

That game was thoroughly entertaining.

With that said, the Bills offense has been seriously slipping of late. Josh Allen is making far too many mistakes. He especially seems to love throwing interceptions whenever he's rolling out to his right in the red zone. It's almost like clockwork at this point. They got some work to do.

That Jefferson catch was incredible. He frankly had no business coming up with, consider the defender had both hands on the ball, but instead of pulling it in, he almost helped Jefferson make the unreal onehanded grab instead. Crazy. Diggs had a pretty nice grab too on a terrible throw by Allen that would have resulted in another pick if Diggs hadn't gone way up there to snatch it. Fun stuff.

As a lifelong Cowboys fan, my disappointment is immeasurable when I saw that the Cowboys were 195-0 in franchise history when leading by at least 14 points entering the 4th quarter. Not anymore

It was like the Golden Tate catch in Green Bay vs. Seattle a decade ago. It's always the Packers who are on the wrong end of such grabs. Since the Vikings don't want to start losing games, the NFC North title is pretty much out of the equation.

But first and foremost it's about the Packers winning their own games anyway. I am glad that they put the Cowboys away yesterday. Green Bay stuck with their gameplan of running a lot and eventually it paid off. It took until the third quarter for Rodgers to reach ten pass attempts, but at the end of the day he had a rock-solid 200+ passing yards and 3 TDs against no INTs. All 3 TDs went to Watson who could have done more damage if it hadn't been for drops and slowing down instead of sprinting until the end. Rodgers was surprisingly accurate, including on deep shots. I guess he isn't getting too old for the game, for now at least.

Next up are the Titans who are a tough but beatable squad. There's hope that the Packers can improve to 5-6 before getting smashed by the Eagles.

THERE'S the dominant game I was looking for from the 49ers!!!

Wanted to post this a couple of weeks ago already but it would have been pretty much the same. This is my list of the most disappointing teams this year so far.
1. Los Angeles Rams they are going to have a hard time winning more than five games. They are pretty much guaranteed to have the worst follow up season of a team that won the Super Bowl the previous season.
2. Las Vegas Raiders even though most of their loses were close overall they played extremely poor in all of their games.
3. Denver Broncos Russel Wilson has been a bust for them so far.
4. Green Bay Packers did not think they would be very good at the beginning of the season, but also didn't think they would be this bad either.