Green Bay Breakdown

On the past Monday night, the Green Bay Packers had one of the worst self destructions seen thus far in the NFL season. The Packers had outgained the Bears in all offensive statistics and had by far the better defensive play. One may wonder if this is true, then how did they lose the game? Well, simply put, a total of eighteen penalties and two excellent punt returns by Bear’s star, Devin Hester.

Aaron Rodgers, quarterback of the Packers, had an excellent night. He virtually silenced all critics while putting on an MVP like performance. It appears that his play discernment and overall passing ability is only impoving with time. The only blemish seen on the Packers side of the offense was the poor performance of the offensive line. Only time will tell if they will be the Achilleas Heel in the Packers offensive and if in fact Green Bay may have to go out and trade in order to improve that aspect of their game.

The other side of the ball for the Packers was also very good. The defense looked strong and held in check a Bears offense that looks to be very promising. Jay Cutler truly seems to be thriving under this new offensive scheme that they have going in Chicago. Clay Matthews of the Packers had another good night while he continuously had pressure on Cutler.

It is know that the Packers are one of the youngest teams in the NFL, and this fact is seen through the amount of penalties taken. The eighteen penalties taken amounted to over 150 yards. Mike McCarthy of the Packers is going to have to fix this issue if they are going to have any hope of getting to the Super Bowl, as many have predicted. The two returns by Devin Hester can easily be said to be more so due to his own ability rather than poor coverage by the Packers special teams. His speed and ability to make tacklers miss in the open fieled is something truly amazing. He is undoubtly the best return man in NFL history.

Looking forward, I don’t believe that Packer fans have much to worry about. Timely turnovers and penalties are something that can be fixed. Also, the offensive line experienced these same woes last season and as soon as they were able to get into a groove, they seemed fine. I expect the same thing to happen this year. If not, I have no doubt they will go out and improve their line through some kind of trade. I looked to see this team to only get stronger due to this loss and expect them to thrive as projected
early on in the preseason.