Game 3: Packers at Saints - 7:20 - NBC

[RedMosquito76]

It seems to me that a couple of years being banged up likely threw off Rodgers mechanics a bit, which impacted his accuracy the last year or two. Combine that with losing some of his favorite targets in recent seasons with the new offense last year, and he suddenly looked human...which the all-knowing Packer fans aren't used to. Watch a little tape, get mechanically back to where he should be and get comfortable in the new offense and he's back looking like the guy we've been watching for more than a decade.

Now if the defense could stop anybody, they'd really have something going

[Ill-yasova]

I thought Summers was pretty good given expectations.

I'm not sure why we insist on having a LB cover Kamara nearly all game, though I'm sure that creates problems elsewhere if we go to dime/switch things up.

I totally agree with this. He missed a tackle on Kamara but he also had 9 tackles in 44 total defensive snaps. And they weren’t all Martinez style, 7 yards downfield tackles either. I like his hustle, he just needs to eliminate that one big missed tackle next game.

[dbrodz7]

He hasn't put up big numbers but I feel like Ervin has made a difference this year. The fear of him on that jet sweep freezes the D just enough to open some things up for others.

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And steady hands on returns.

Don't forget the occasional return that goes forward on the field instead of backwards all of last year before he showed up.

[M-C-G]

I think all the talk about Rodgers looking at film all off season of his younger self is really showing. His mechanics and footwork look so much better this season compared to recent years.

He's actually making his reads instead of running around behind the line of scrimmage free-lancing for the big play every time.

Ding. Ding. Ding. A) he knows where guys are suppose to be B) he seems bought in that executing the play as designed will provide open receivers, which it has


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[MickeyDavis]

McGinn

Of the Packers’ 33 gradable passing plays, the Saints rushed four men 18 times, five eight times, six six times and seven once. Their blitz rate of five men or more was 42.4 percent, but more telling was their blitz rate involving six or more.

It was 21.2 percent. How extreme was that? The Packers haven’t encountered that much all-out pressure since the opener in 2011 when the defending Super Bowl champions defeated the Saints at Lambeau Field.

On defense, the Packers’ bend-but-don’t-break plan of coordinator Mike Pettine might have easily carried the day if his players had tackled better. By my count, the defense missed a total of 17 tackles, four more than LaFleur and his people charged.