Pause and reset?

I was hoping they could hit rewind to the 56:00 mark of the Cleveland game.

Just win the game while staying and getting healthier. This O-line needs to play together and get in sync with each other. Until that happens, it won't matter how the rest of the O plays, will lead to hanging the D out to dry and making special team plays more impactful.

Yes, get healthy but also get on the same page. I would say that starts with the coaching. If we play error filled ball you seriously have to question the skill of the coaches and their methods. The chronic special teams play is a total head scratcher. Lafleur and company need to step up their game- period!

I never had a problem with an early bye. The Packers always have a slew of injuries at the beginning of the season, and there are always kinks that need to be worked out with at least one of the units. (This time, it's mostly special teams.)

Struggles- Rhyan did better last year.
( Pff ratings don't lie.)
And Jenkins is not the answer at Center.
Poor play gets people hurt.
Whether it's the guy next to you, or the backfield.

Never keep money on the bench.
Watson should sub others.

Agree on Golden.

I agree with what is said but if Watson is medically cleared and feels he can play; why not get him on the field if only for some limited action? Why not at least let him get a little rust off.

"I don't care how good Chrisitian Watson looks (and he looks great!), there's no way the Packers should or will activate him for this week."

Amazing drive and work ethic from that young man. No way I play him vs the Bengals. I am just excited he is preparing to return. He's ahead of the "consensus" schedule of late November. That is a testament to his "want to" motivation. It is very admirable.

He will be on the field soon but let him rev up on the practice field for a few more weeks before unleashing him on defenses.

Getting our players back, especially on the OL is the most critical need for the Packers at this point. Next is stop beating themselves with penalties and poor execution. Packer coaches need to work the mitigating the penalties and improving the execution. On defense it would be great if the Packers defense could generate more turnovers. That has been the only element missing from solid defensive play (except in Dallas) so far this season. No expectations for the STs.
Thanks, since '61

Anthony Campanile's success shows how much coaching matters.

Rumors about Sean Rhyan's poor conditioning creating his sub-par play.

A bye week is like a vacation: no matter when it arrives, it is always needed and appreciated!

If the NFL is hell bent on having very early and very late bye's the entire division should have those bye's within a week of each other. GB, Chicago, and Minny are all week 4 and week 5 byes, while the Lions get theirs almost right in the middle of the season (week 8). I know life is not fair, but with the league's constant spouting about parity, just level the playing field as far as scheduling. Can't be that difficult.

"If there's anything the Packers offense could really use, it would be a return to normalcy on their offensive line."

Normal this season has been is cobbling together whatever pieces are still available and seeing if ti sticks. We keep coming back to the phrase "best 5"...you'd like to think that by week 6 we'd be seeing that coalesce. At this stage, we're still operating on supposition.

"The Packers are 3-3 the week after the bye under Matt LaFleur, but the wins have been close and the losses have not."

That's a sobering number. I really don't care about the aesthetic of a win, just that they can get games into the win column. They should be favored to win their next 4...6-1-1 when Philly comes to Lambeau would look pretty good. There's this fixation with style points that I just don't understand.

"I don't care how good Chrisitian Watson looks (and he looks great!), there's no way the Packers should or will activate him for this week."

If he's cleared to practice in full, he's likely healthy enough to play. Watson would clearly be on a pitch count when he plays his first couple games back. He's likely going to be supplanting a healthy player in the rotation who plays limited snaps anyway and as an active who is limited more by health and less by talent...maybe there will be some roster shift that makes this easy, but at some point, you've got to start breaking him back in.

"I'm calling this a revenge game with Joe Flacco now a Bengal (even though Flacco was not the reason the Browns won that game, the Packers simply lost it themselves)."

Do we really think Flacco is going to move the needle much with Cincinnati? And how much can he give them on three days' practice time? He was bad in Cleveland with some run game, weak pass pro, and OK receiving targets. He's going to Cinci with no run game, possibly poorer pass pro, but outstanding receiving talent. I won't be surprised if--assuming the pass rush is meh--he puts up some points, but this Cinci team has no defense. The Packers should put up 35 on these guys, and I don't see them keeping up.

Couldn't agree more about Golden. You drafted the guy in the first round, he might have the best hands on the team, so give him more chances with a vacancy on the receiving unit. He certainly doesn't have a feel for punt returns, so I don't know why MLF insists on putting him back there--other than a convenient place to get him on the field in the special teams training ground. The whole approach the Packers are taking with Golden doesn't really make a lot of sense.

Until there is accountability from the top down from El Policy to the coordinators, to the coaches to the players, I see most of these conversations, though they are fun, to be little more than tinkering around the edges.

-Accountability to me means, players are benched if they make the same mistakes, are out shape, don't tackle, run wrong routes consistently
-Coordinator accountability means having your team ready, instilling discipline, not weakening the rest of the team with your weaknesses
-Coaching accountability-same as above

Head Coach Accountability:
-Carefully managing and understanding all 3 branches of the team and holding everyone accountable
-Hiring capable OC/DC/ST coaches. If they fail more than 1 year-reassess immediately and be able to
fire if warranted.

I would say a team like the Lions is better aligned with top-down accountability and it shows. They move as one unit.
Dan Campbell comes from a strong military background, father was in the Marines, grandfathers served. He has an understanding of what it takes to go into figurative battle in a way that MLF does not.

Looking at the WR graphic displayed at the end of Al's article...Golden easily stands out. 2nd in league among all receivers in 'separation grade' - which is truly remarkable!

I'm not sure why PFF lumps catchpoint and YAC together as one grade as they are different items, nonetheless, Golden is 'average' here. My eyes tell me that his 'catchpoint' score must be high (he has great hands and adjusts to the ball well)....so his YAC must be dragging his score down to make it average...I dunno...just trying to figure out Golden's pedestrian catchpoint/YAC. Doubs and Kraft both score higher than him on this.

Back to PFF's separation grade key Idea - it measures the quality of the separation created by the player's skill, not just the raw distance.

Separation Percentage: This metric measures how often a receiver beats the coverage to get open. It looks at all routes run (not just targeted ones), and differentiates true separation from moments where a receiver is open because the defense is focused on stopping yards after the catch or a first down.

But...my 'wow' moment is Golden's separation grade. If he's getting so open, why isn't he getting more targets or plays designed to go his way?

The schedule pause has permitted me to assuage my mild disappointment with the Packers season (thus far) - by enjoying the starts of the NHL and NBA seasons. Also the ALDS playoffs with my Blue Jays taking it to the Yankees.

As an aside - my wish is for a Blue Jays v. Brewers Championship Series. 2 teams of similar style and character - which would cause the MLB brass to spit out their lobster salad due entirely to being the antithesis of a Dodgers-Yankees final.

As for the Packers - I just get the feeling that something is not quite right with the team. Like a glitch in the matrix. Still there is time for effective troubleshooting and optimal performance. In the meantime - I'm noting potential HCs after this year.