It looked like a new team playing out there tonight. Atlanta started fast and scored. Outside of that it was all Green Bay. I think we found our 5 starters for our offensive line. The 1st team looked much better. They can still get better but overall this was a huge improvement from last week. You actually saw blocks made on the replays and you actually were able too see Favre stand back and make throws. Favre played great. He read blitzes. He was quick to get rid of the ball. He didn't throw into double coverage. Physically no doubt he still can play. Mentally I questioned. His decision making was bad last year. So far Favre has been nothing but solid throughout this pre season in his reads and his accuracy. If he keeps it up then Marino won?t be the all time TD leader at the end of December. Hopefully he can. Greg Jennings welcome to the NFL. Great play by the safety. After that he came on and is proven too be a huge upgrade in the slot compared to Antonio Chatman. He'll be starting by mid season unless Fergy comes along. Fergy looked the part tonight. made a couple of nice catches. Hopefully Jennings is pushing him. It'll only make them better. Gardner is our #4 WR. We can take that much from this game. I don?t think he played with the 1st team. The top 3 I think are set in stone. 2 way race for #2 now in my opinion. Driver is a legit #1. Enough of GB doesn't have a receiver. Yes, Walker was great but he was never the go to guy. Driver always was and is. Charles Woodson overall played solid. Got a nice look at him and he definitely looks like he'll be a great corner if he can stay healthy. He blankets the receivers and the best part is he is always in position too make the play. Only allowed one pass his way today I believe. Ahmad Carroll has made huge strides from year 2 to year 3. He looks like he'll hold down that nickel back spot find. AJ Hawk was solid again. Played well in the pass and made some nice hits. Always around the ball. He's penciled in as the starter. Ben Taylor didn't look that great though. He made some nice plays but I saw him get lost in the blocks a lot. He better step up when Poppinga returns or he'll be a backup. I?m going to watch more of him when I replay the game. Aaron Rodgers is looking much better. Even if the ball wasn't tipped (TD to Jennings) it was heading right to the wide open lane and would of likely hit Jennings in stride. Jennings made the adjustment and took it too the house. I'm warming up too Rodgers but he needs to keep it up. Play calling looked good. Still only 2 pre season games so you can't take much but overall I like how McCarthy called this game. GB looked very prepared for Atlanta. Totally opposite from a week ago. Overall great game. The running game was there. The line was there. The offense played well. The Defense didn't look pretty at times but ultimately did their jobs. Thought the one series for Favre in the 3rd quarter was unnecessary. It's only pre season so we it's too early to dub "The Pack is Back" BUT the Pack is certainly in the right direction compared too last week. Passing Defense B+ Running Defense B- Overall Defense B Passing Offense A Rushing Offense B Overall Offense B+ Team Overall B+ Overall nice week. Let's look for improvement on the 2nd string line next week. I think the Week 1 starters are probably set. Still some work but you have too be feeling better about these younger guys.
Everything sounds great, but I'll be alot more excited if they keep it up through the rest of the preseason.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Thought the one series for Favre in the 3rd quarter was unnecessary.</div> I was really surprised at how long Favre played. Not sure what was going on there, unless it was a test for the offensive line....
Well said Porky. I think the playcalling also helped the offensive alot. Seemed they ran more 2 or 3 receiver sets and kept more guys in for blocking. Walker may of been a grreat deep threat but if you need third and 5 I'll take Driver over any receiver. I hope the line can duplicate this next week so we're not back to square one with inly one game left. Would be a great story if Moll could be a starter. The running game was solid but I can't see Davenport being anymore then a change of pace back when we need to rest Green or Gado in the 4th quarter. Probably most teams feel they need to take an early lead but I think it's more important to the Pack so Brett can keep playing his game and don't need to run 5 receiver sets leaving the young line on its own. Overall definatley excited to next week
Idk if anyone else noticed but I think Arliss Beach played pretty well, there was a string of 5 straight running plays where he ran for 41 yds, he ran 9 times for 50 yds.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pack Attack)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Thought the one series for Favre in the 3rd quarter was unnecessary.</div> I was really surprised at how long Favre played. Not sure what was going on there, unless it was a test for the offensive line....</div> My best guess... He wanted the players to get used to going out there for the start of the half.
I also think it was good to keep some momentum instead of just playing 2 good series and then quitting
