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Also weird to not run it there when it's been so effective for the packers tonight.
 
Fecking Cardinals were only down 3 to start with as a result of the punt returner failing to catch the ball, and now... whatever that was.

Bordering on Lions/Falcons levels of finding new and interesting ways to lose a game. :(
 
Good win for the Packers considering the circumstances I guess. But half of their scores came of stupid TOs from the Cardinals inside their own RedZone and then they seal the game on a bone-headed Cardinals play as well, so not really impressed by either team in that game. The Cards did all they could to lose that one and still nearly came away with a victory.
 
RobinLFC said:
Good win for the Packers considering the circumstances I guess. But half of their scores came of stupid TOs from the Cardinals inside their own RedZone and then they seal the game on a bone-headed Cardinals play as well, so not really impressed by either team in that game. The Cards did all they could to lose that one and still nearly came away with a victory.
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The packers played well missing all of those starters I think.
 
altodevil said:
The packers played well missing all of those starters I think.
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Their ground game worked well, yeah. And then you get the ball at the 1-yard line off of a turnover and you call three consecutive pass plays, go figure.

They also seem to get all the calls ALL the time. Rodgers complains about an offside call (free play he didn't get), gets a flag thrown afterwards. He calls a TO, gets a delay of game penalty, complains about it and the call gets REVERSED. Just feels like he's so entitled. There was this one play as well where he was perfectly legally being dragged to the ground and throughout the process he was looking at the referee nearby like "hey are you not gonna give me some flag for this one or what?".

Jones also doesn't/barely gets into the endzone for a TD, doesn't even get looked at (looked short to me, maybe not enough to overturn the original call but still).
 
I needed Conner and Cobb to score and Kyler Murray OVER 274 yards for a bet.

He threw for EXACTLY 274 yards. FML.
 
Packers run game and defense was outstanding. They’ll get healthier on both sides of the ball and are well and truly in the NFC mix.
 
rpitroda said:
Biggest game of the season so far today! I think Packers will take it in a close one.
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backofthenet said:
Not convinced. Missing two of his favourite receivers, I think the Packers offence and Rodgers will struggle, and the Cardinals offence won't. I have the Cardinals to take it by at least one score
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HTG said:
Cards will win by quite a bit I guess.
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RobinLFC said:
Yeah can't see past a Cards win here unless Rodgers goes bonkers. They are +6.5 dogs as well tonight.
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JJ12 said:
I fancy Cardinals with Adams out. Lazard doesn’t help either but no big deal at the same time.

I think Jaire Alexander is also still out. Not sure about Bakhitiari and Zadarius Smith though.

Could get ugly if the Cards score a few early. Rodgers head tends to drop when the going gets tough.
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Packers are 7-0 in the last 2 seasons with Adams out. I’m sure they’ve probably played some easy teams and there’s other reasons too, and I’d be keen to see how similar stats for other teams, but I do think there is something to the theory that sometimes a team finds more balance and unpredictability when the go-to WR is out the game. It forces Rodgers to read the D moreso than if Adams was there, whereby maybe he has a bias to focus toward him rather than reading where the open player would be. And also they find more balance in the run game and incorporating their runner into the passing game. By no means am I saying that the Packs are better without Adams. Just, that perhaps they should consider evaluating why this happens.
 
Just watched the replay on gamepass, for some reason they chopped out everything from the fair catch that Arizona shanked, to the Packers field goal after they blew 1st and goal. They just had 10 points all of a sudden. Nice one...

Wild game though. Big win considering all the absentees. I thought I'd stick it on in the background whilst I was working expecting a Cardinals blowout, and instead ended up getting hardly anything done.
 
rpitroda said:
Packers are 7-0 in the last 2 seasons with Adams out. I’m sure they’ve probably played some easy teams and there’s other reasons too, and I’d be keen to see how similar stats for other teams, but I do think there is something to the theory that sometimes a team finds more balance and unpredictability when the go-to WR is out the game. It forces Rodgers to read the D moreso than if Adams was there, whereby maybe he has a bias to focus toward him rather than reading where the open player would be. And also they find more balance in the run game and incorporating their runner into the passing game. By no means am I saying that the Packs are better without Adams. Just, that perhaps they should consider evaluating why this happens.
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That’s interesting, as I heard his absence moved the odds by the most of any non-QB on record. The QB that moves the odds the most is of course AAron Rodgers…unless Russ changed that when missing his first games.
 
RobinLFC said:
Good win for the Packers considering the circumstances I guess. But half of their scores came of stupid TOs from the Cardinals inside their own RedZone and then they seal the game on a bone-headed Cardinals play as well, so not really impressed by either team in that game. The Cards did all they could to lose that one and still nearly came away with a victory.
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The Packers were more impressive given they were on the road against an undefeated team and without their star receiver. If at full strength they would have to be at least equal with the Bucs in terms of Super Bowl momentum at the moment.
 
Raoul said:
The Packers were more impressive given they were on the road against an undefeated team and without their star receiver. If at full strength they would have to be at least equal with the Bucs in terms of Super Bowl momentum at the moment.
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Doesn't mean much to me if you are gifted two instant redzone opportunities to be honest, the Cards didn't play like an undefeated team last night.

And yes the Packers missed Adams but Hopkins ran a route on just 25% of Kyler's dropbacks, also definitely hampered by the hamstring issue.

I'm glad to be proven wrong but I think the Packers will easily come up short in the postseason just like in the past few years. Don't know whether it'll be the Bucs, Cowboys, Cardinals or Rams but yeah, just a meh feeling about them. They have 7 wins but beat just one team above .500 before last night and that was because the Bengals' kicker couldn't hold it together (although Crosby was awful that day as well).
 
The Cards were begging to get beat. Throw in injuries to Nuk and Watt, and I don’t think it’s as impressive a win as cheeseheads would hope even with the Pack’s injuries.

Hopefully there’s something to a Melvin Ingram trade to Zona and it’s not just fan fiction…
 
Organic Potatoes said:
The Cards were begging to get beat. Throw in injuries to Nuk and Watt, and I don’t think it’s as impressive a win as cheeseheads would hope even with the Pack’s injuries.

Hopefully there’s something to a Melvin Ingram trade to Zona and it’s not just fan fiction…
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Does Chandler Jones still play OLB or mostly a DE these days? Him, Simmons and Ingram would be quite the trio...
 
RobinLFC said:
Does Chandler Jones still play OLB or mostly a DE these days? Him, Simmons and Ingram would be quite the trio...
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Haven’t really paid attention to be honest, as he hasn’t done much since opening day. I’m guessing more of an edge as they were giving plenty of playing time to their two young freak-athlete LB’s (Simmons and Collins).
 
All signs point towards Cooper Rush starting. As a CeeDee Lamb owner in multiple leagues, I also hate it :lol:
 
backofthenet said:
Fair play, wasn't expecting it to go that way. Cardinals beat themselves though...
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Perhaps (although I think Packers D really stepped up). Either way though, predicting which team will win is just that - which team will win. The reason I picked the Packers is because it’s one thing playing elite teams in early weeks. But when you get further in, all the hype and prime time and build up puts another dimension to these big games. Murray and Kingsbury haven’t really had that proper experience yet. I just suspected they wouldn’t perform to their best and that Rodgers was much more less likely to be phased in the same way, evening up the teams chances of winning somewhat. Arizona is the better team, if they played to their peak they win. Just suspected they wouldn’t. If these teams meet again in the play offs, I would be more inclined to go Arizona.
 
This is what happens when QBs demand top dollar. It's also what happens when inept personnel decisions result in top dollar contracts for positions that should not get top dollar contracts, i.e. RB and average LBs (one in this group was released a short time ago). Some big decisions looming in 2022 and beyond.

https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-co...ooming-in-2022-dallas-cowboys-need-to-win-now
With cap issues looming in 2022, Dallas Cowboys need to win now

Next year’s cap is set to be $208 million. At present, the Cowboys can carry over roughly $3.5 million of 2021 cap space to their 2022 cap, bumping their figure to $211.5 million.

According to Roster Management System, the Cowboys' cap value next year is already $217.7 million with 43 players under contract. They will also have at least $6.86 million in dead money, accounting for players no longer on the roster. The top 10 salary-cap figures on the Cowboys’ roster for next year total, $171.96 million, led by quarterback Dak Prescott's $34.45 million cap number.
 
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