Going into Sunday’s game, many people thought things may be different between Green Bay-Atlanta. This was the third time in a year these teams would be playing each other, and the Packers were hellbent to change things. That did not happen. Rather, the Falcons put up 34 points with most coming in the first half to beat Green Bay for the third time. Injuries were a major issue too. Green Bay looked like a preseason squad at the end of the game. Not a great day for anyone involved with the referees included in that mix.

Packers defense did not show the same amount of firepower in Week 2 as they did in Week 1. Could that have been due to Mike Daniels being out for practically the whole game? Perhaps. Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins did not look like they improved one bit, and Davon House had some major struggles as well. Green Bay continued to lack an answer for Julio Jones. While Green Bay worked all offseason to get faster, their defense was run off the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Aaron Rodgers did everything he could do tonight with two backup offensive tackles against a team that loves to pressure the quarterback. Can’t say enough about Ty Montgomery. He’s turning into a star, and if you don’t realize it, I feel sorry for you. Davante Adams can be the number one receiver for this team if Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb end up missing Sunday with injuries.

We can say this about the injuries – They suck. We have zero idea of the severity. Maybe this is foolish of me, but I could see many of the players missing Sunday’s game because of the Thursday Night game against Chicago. Division record and NFC record is far more important than AFC record. Not saying Green Bay will care less about Cincinnati, but the Bears hold greater weight. We shall see what happens on that front.

Final thought on the Walt Anderson’s crew – They were awful. I didn’t see the same amount of pissing and moaning about the refs like we had with Seattle last week from the national side of things. The first pick play and the bullshit lateral led to 14 Atlanta points. They won the game by 11. Falcons still could have won the game, but it would have been wildly different.

On to Cincinnati.

Charlie.