Couldn't bear talking about Sunday night's game yesterday after the infuriating ref calls and non-calls that helped seal our fate. Just had to step away from it for a day on here
Some silver linings so far:
-Zach being so bad for the first 4 games allowed the coaching staff to examine every part of our offense in a way that Rodgers would have maybe covered up. Getting Tippman on the line and shifting Mekhi to the left side has really allowed Zach to at least have the requisite time to make throws and has given us a really great unit through 2 weeks.
-Hackett has shifted his playcalling in a positive way. Being more aggressive on early downs seems to have instilled some artificial confidence into Zach. I'd look to get Cook less involved and give some of those Breece spell carries to Carter going forward. At least until he proves that he is not just washed up.
-The defense has now been great for 3 out of 4 games. With 3 of those games coming against elite QBs. Getting Huff on the field for more snaps has to be a priority IMO. Had Mahomes running for his life and making uncharacteristically bad decisions. With Rodgers this team is likely 3-1 at this point
That being said 1-3 is a tough hole to dig out of especially without a sure thing at QB. This team is going to rue losing that Pats game IMO. No reason we should have lost that game. This week is a MUST MUST win if we want to have any aspirations of sneaking into the playoff race. Going into the bye at 2-4 can at least delude us into thinking there's a chance we can string together a good last 11 games given how the schedule eases up for a bit in late october/early november and in December as well.
Basically if the Jets can win the below games then we would have to scratch and claw a couple more of the tougher ones to have a punchers chance at a playoff run with an Aaron Rodgers who seems determined to beat the odds on an achilles comeback:
@Broncos
Giants
@Raiders
Falcons
Texans (looking tougher and tougher)
@ Pats
If you can get those, you get to 7 wins. Then you have to try and split with the Phins and beat either the Commanders or Chargers to get to 9. Doable but not going to be easy. Let's hope ZW can build off this week and take care of a bad Denver defense.
This could all be for nothing and we could be looking at a 4 win season but I choose to be optimistic about the talent on this team lol
