Celtics_Champs wrote:^^Tough year for you guys, no need to tell you, but damn...
Yeah, the sad thing is even with all the injuries, we've been in every game we lost.
We lost by 3 to the Bears even though we had 18 penalties including some of the most ridiculously tick tack pass interference calls I've ever seen. Still had the ball with the game tied and under 3 minutes left before James Jones fumbled and the Bears recovered.
Then instead of letting the Bears score a TD when they got inside the 10 to save us a some time to get the ball back and try to score a TD, they tackle the inside the 5 and then at the 1, wasting all of our timeouts and letting the Bears run the clock all the way down so the offense doesn't even get a chance to get the ball back.
Then we lost to the Redskins after our kicker kicked a field goal off the goal post at the end of regulation, we lost by a FG in overtime.
Then the refs hand the Dolphins 7 points to give them a 7 point lead on an awful call where they say a Packer was lined up less than a yard from the snapper even though it was pretty clear he was over a yard away. They call a penalty, penalty gives the Dolphins a 1st down and they score on that drive. Packers come down and score a TD to tie the game with under 20 seconds left but we lose again in overtime.
Here's a picture of the penalty where they say the guy was lined up less than a yard away from the long snapper.
Then we lost by 3 on the road against the Falcons, we tied it up with less than a minute left but one of our guys on the kickoff had to grab the returners facemask or he would've been gone for a TD, so the Falcons got the ball at the 50, drove about 17 yards and kicked the game winning FG.
Then last week, the worst loss of all to the Lions. Rodgers goes out in the 2nd quarter, defense plays great until they give up a TD in the 4th quarter. Packers finally start moving the ball on their last drive as the hurry up offense starts tiring out their defense. McCarthy inexplicably calls a timeout on a 2nd and 1 from the Lions 30 to call a handoff to Brandon Jackson. He's our worst RB and our running game as a whole is awful, especially against good front 4s like the Lions have. So that run goes nowhere, Flynn throws an awful pass on 3rd down and then on 4th and 1 from the Lions 30 they take a shot at the endzone and fail. Game over.
That doesn't even include Andrew Quarless fumbling in Lions territory in the 1st quarter or Greg Jennings having a beautfully thrown ball land in his hands for what would've been a TD only to have it bounce off his hands, then off his helmet and into the hands of a Lions defender. The game was just ridiculous all around.
We also had 10 players and 5 starters go on injured reserve before November, so to be where we are in the standings right now is amazing in and of itself. But with so many close losses it's tough to look at our record and say we couldn't have overcome the injuries to easily be in the playoffs right now.
Now we get an epic matchup of Dumbass vs Genius. Mike McCarthy vs Bill Belichick.
I'd wager a significant amount of money that the Packers vs Patriots game is third on the minds of Packers fans right now. It is for me, if the Giants beat the Eagles and the Bears beat the Vikings then that puts a huge dent in our playoff chances. Beating you guys would help that but with Flynn likely starting and McCarthy trying to out smart Belichick, we're being realistic about that.
