Quote (Trev @ Jan 17 2012 01:13am)
OH THE EAGLES GAME?! Omfg, that was sickening. Seriously, way worse. I remember that one, I was so confused with the 4th and 26th, I'm like wtf the giants didn't go for a 4th and 26th but now that I reread that comment... That eagles game when McNabb did that to us, ughhhh...
You guys really don't think Capers won't be fired?
I say its like a 50/50 chance and a 25% chance he gets the HC spot in Oakland. I understand that we have no pass rush but when you have no pass rush and you rush 3 guys on multiple 3rd and long's and get ZERO pressure, they will convert that completion all day. That happened to us all season long. No bump and run coverage at all? Honestly, I'm surprised Charles had as many picks as he did because he was off the damn line along with the other corners. By the way, we ran a 10 yards deep corners on a 3rd and 2 last night. What the fucking hell?!
Yeah, I thought everybody would automatically know what 4th and 26 was referring too. I think that one was worse, since the Packers were leading with about a minute left and the game was all but over. The hail mary is a relatively close second though.
And no, I see no chance Capers will be fired. You can't blame the guy for not having the pieces he needed. Never found an OLB to compliment Matthews. Zombo was injured all year and I'm not sure we ever saw him at 100 percent. So'oto showed flashes of good things, but was also never really healthy for a significant amount of time. We never found the piece to replace Jenkins. Tramontana had a terrible season. He had some good games, but didn't play consistently well, and had a huge drop off from a year ago. Collins going down was something the secondary never recovered from. Capers is a great coach and really turned the defense around from what he started with. Remember, when he came in to Green Bay, the Packers were in the bottom third of the league and everybody thought that they would need a few seasons to excel in the switch to the 3-4. They finished second that year.
I don't see him going anywhere as a head coach this year either, to be honest. He's got 7 or 8 seasons of experience as a head coach and only one of them was a winning record (none were .500). Given, he did get both of the previous 2 HC jobs for expansion teams in their first seasons, but he never really had success. I see him ending up as a Head Coach again eventually, just not following this poor of a season from his unit.
Like I said though, the Packers have drafted offensively heavy for the past half decade, and that needs to switch this year. I'd love to see them sign a big Free Agent DT or OLB, but we all know how unlikely it is for TT and MM to change their philosophy on draft and develop. I don't even know if there is anybody worth going after at those positions in Free Agency this year, I'll have to see if I can get a list. Hopefully though, we trade up in the draft for a guy like Upshaw and can rely on a full offseason to get him ready to start.