Packers Abysmal Second Half Dooms Team
For the first six weeks, the Green Bay Packers were a second half team. They had comebacks against Cincinnati and Dallas to win those games in almost miraculous fashion. Today, it was different like other things in the Green Bay organization with Brett Hundley in at quarterback. Packers could not muster any offense in the second half combined with the defense not able to keep New Orleans down led to a 26-17 loss at Lambeau Field. Green Bay has a lot of work to do if they want Hundley to hold the ship up for the team.
Mike McCarthy is an artist in bullshit. After all of the talk about how much he ‘trusts’ Hundley, there was none of it on the field. Hundley had some good moments, but in total, McCarthy never let the kid actually play quarterback. Every play was very conservative, and the team did not look in sync at all in the passing game. Remember, they also told FOX broadcast crew that this was their ‘best week of practice.’ All of which did not look to be the case. Green Bay seemed out of sorts especially in the second half. They have two weeks to figure out what exactly they need to do for this team to be successful.
On a few positive notes, Aaron Jones seems like a star. The Packers running back went over 100 yards for the second time in as many games and looks to be taking the job away from Ty Montgomery. Jones could have been used a little more in the first half, but that’s not his fault. The team still wants to get Monty involved, but it’s clear there’s a new sheriff in town. I thought the defense played as good as they could with not getting much help from the offense. They forced two turnovers and kept New Orleans out of the end zone multiple times. Damarious Randall, Kenny Clark and Blake Martinez all had pretty solid afternoons.
Detroit is up next in two weeks, and who knows what this Lions team will bring to Lambeau. They have a big Sunday Night Football affair with Pittsburgh next Sunday that could put this team at 3-4.
Charlie.