You posted this article twice. Oh well....Lame call - the entire game!!

Game Balls:

I've sat here for ten minutes, trying desperately to come up with one. Thank you for tackling, Blake Martinez.

Lame Calls:

The horrible blitz designs
Allowing about 200 YAC yards
Mike "Toy Tiger" Daniels

Screw it, the whole damn defense.

It's time for big changes starting at the top. They've been carried by Rodgers for too long.

Game Balls:
Martinez, Montgomery,

Lame Calls:
Capers - Time to go. How many times in the game did we hear the Lions ran the perfect play at the right time. Why is that? Most likely because Capers and the players were telegraphing what was going to happen. Stafford basically said he knew what was coming.

I think its time to see what they have in a younger coach. Players seem to really like Whitt, and many in the media have said that he will be a head coach some day. Well lets see how he can do as defensive Coordinator for the remaining 8 games.

Squinting hard to see a positive development, I thought Vince Biegel looked good for a rook in his first game action.

It's too bad he's just another player for Capers to use poorly. I know opinions are very mixed about the talent level of the defense but put me squarely in the camp that there is way more talent than the level of production suggests.

Can we just promise each other that next year, after we add a few defensive draft picks but bring the exact same defense back (and bring Capers back) that people won’t be fooled and say things like “this could be a top 10 D” or “this defense will be drastically improved”? Please..?

I’m not sure why anyone is shocked. I said all off season that the defense is largely the same personnel as last season so why would anyone expect a different outcome..?

Where my Randall/Rollins turnaround season people at..?

Simply put, it's hilarious how bad this team is without one. Yes, it's one of the best players in the league, so a drop-off is expected, but this is hilarious. It's the same thing every week, McCarthy and Capers are old, stale and predictable in everything they do, so they have to go. This team is going to be 6-10 at the end of the season if they keep this up.

Game Balls: To the entire Detroit coaching staff, they brought a well prepared team to GB and made fools of McPuffy and Capers all night. There is more talent on this GB team than those two are bringing out.

Lame Calls: McPuffy's half time comments; "I think Brett Hundley is playing well, doing what we're asking him to do".
Jeez Mike, isn't moving the ball and scoring points a part of that?

Its time to start at the top with TT's buddy Papa Murphy and clean house, bring in people that want to win football games.

A terrible game. What was it? Hundley started 7 for 8 and 27 yards. Most of the throws were behind the line. Lions got smart and Packers did nothing until offensive until just before half. And the drives at the end were the Lions letting up. This game is on MM too.

And the defense suck. The only punt opportunity was changed by a stupid penalty by Daniels. Then another when Matthews went offside. That is leadership for you. Capers is losing his players. They are pushing too much.

Who ever thought that the CB's would be good this year? I had some doubts because of Randall and Rollins. But it is bad.

This is TT's team talent. Very little without Rodgers. And what there is, is being mismanaged.

I am worried that this could turn into a NY Giants type meltdown. The coaches keep saying "We have to play better" when it's obvious they are getting out-coached.IMO Randall's blowup on the sidelines a few weeks ago was a symptom of this.

All us honest critics have been right on virtually everything this season.

We wanted Ted to resign. He didn't. We begged for McCapers to leave. They stayed. We insisted this team had no pass rush, overrated receivers, an unfocused distraction in Bennett, an average-at-best CB in House, and a solid player but no savior in Burnett.

But the team homers and groupies kept insisting our honesty made us bad fans.

No my friends, our honesty makes us...honest.

No excuses, no game ball. Defense was intact, not
Hobbled by injuries. Same for the OL till Bulaga went down. What we saw was Your 2017 Packers sans Rodgers. Guess he really is the MVP!

Bleacher Report: Maybe everyone will finally see what I've been saying about the Green Bay Packers for the last three years. This team is nothing special. It's been the Aaron Rodgers show, plain and simple.

The Packers defense is just a middle-of-the-road unit, as we saw against the Detroit Lions. Offensively, Green Bay simply isn't creative enough. If they want to compete with Brett Hundley under center, the Packers need to change what they're trying to do on offense drastically.

There's no other way to put it. The Packers are in trouble.

Been calling for Capers head for 5 years. and since the powers that be have allowed this defense to stagnate, they should ride the lightning also. Murphy, TT, MM all should be replaced. this is a business and when loyalty gets in the way, that is a huge problem. at the very least, Capers should have been pink slipped after that Seattle debacle. but here we are with the same horrible defensive scheme. when will someone admit that it isn't working?

Can we start a go fund for the fence across from Lambeau and paint on it " FIRE CAPERS" for the rest of the season?

Bennett announces his retirement soon after AR got hurt. HMMMM, after coming from a team that knows how to win. With no significant changes, Rodgers may decide to sign somewhere else, IMHO it's a real possibility. We've had 2 players leave this team over the last 2 years only to lead the league in ints. Chucky said it several times last night how bad this defense really is. He didn't come out and say it, but fans who know football know what he was saying.

GAME BALLS: None, like the Packers pass rush and defense overall.

LAME CALLS: Mike Daniels, STUPID. He was the Lions MVP. Maybe they gave him a game ball.

Continually throwing passes behind the LOS even after it was clear that the Lions were ready to stop them.
Nick Perry, for doing nothing to help the team and earn his salary
Capers for not designing a plan to stop the Lions 2 weapons, Golden Tate and the TE Ebron. They caught passes all night and everyone knows they are the only weapons Stafford, who played brilliantly, has.
No pass rush against a non-mobile QB.
MM for rarely getting Jordy, Adams, and Monty involved in the offense.

Does anyone know what happened to Aaron Jones, he just seemed to disappear from the game? Was he hurt?

Jamaal Williams made a nice catch and run after the game was over.

Thanks, Since '61

LAME CALL GOES OUT TO THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS TEAM TOGETHER MARK MURPHY, TED THOMPSON, DOM CAPERS, MIKE MCCARTHY. They have rode Rodgers coattails for long enough. The players wear this blame as well. where is the leadership on this team? No fire whatsoever. The entire defense looks like its playing in quick sand. It feels the only way there MIGHT be change if we ride out the painful ending to this year and maybe the light at the end of tunnel is high draft picks (assuming TT doesnt screw that up) and some change at a minimum on the defensive side (capers gone). Ideally I would like to see a clean sweep of everyone from TT and below. But nobody in the organization has any BALLS to do that.

What were we thinking? I was optimistic at the start of the season thinking we had enough weapons on offense to out score most teams. Was hopeful the defense could get a stop or two in crunch time. What was I thinking with a Capers run defense. This D has been regressing year after year with no end in site. The system is broke, teams know they can pass at will, over the middle again as usual. Well over the middle, up the seam, down the sideline with no pass rush in site. The Lions were worried Stafford was taking to many hits. If they played a Capers D every week, he could play until he was 50.

I dont want to harp on what is already said but rather what the analyst said last night that I agree with.

1. "No pass rush what so ever. You cannot win without pressure on the QB. "
I hear the words3-4 or 4-3 this is neither.No one uses this defense, it doesnt work and the question should be why are we using this?
King Matinez Burnett played decent IMO. 3 guys

2. "offense is not even trying to go down field. This short passing game will not work once the defense learns to stop it. They must go downfield more"

This is on the confidence of MM in Hundley and the lack of confidence in the O line protection. Hell Rogers would have gotten killed last night. Anyone back there would have.

I dont see the Packers doing anything against the Bears. Their D is better than the Lions.

The loss of Rodgers has finally exposed MM for what he is. I believe he’s a decent coach but his “fame” and self-accreditation as a great coach comes solely from the coattails of Rodgers. Rodgers is Rodgers but remember the year Brady went out? Cassel stepped in and the offense hardly skipped a beat. He claims to be confident in Hundley yet he averaged 4 yards a pass (?) in the first half. Completely telegraphing when it’s a run play by loading up the line of scrimmage. He’s not helping this guy at all. And what is wrong with the screen game?!

Only thing I can hope for is this is the year Capers finally goes. I saw a comment about Kevin Greene and idk about his accolades but I would love to have a coach with some grit and toughness. I’m tired of seeing safeties blitz from 10-12 yards out getting nowhere near the QB and players in zone with no one within 20 yards. The lone bright spot has been Blake Martinez for sure. Even if Rodgers was playing, it’d be another year trying to beat 40 in every playoff game.

Rod Serling voice on:

It is three years ago. Imagine if you will a Green Bay Packer defensive unit that will remain in the top five defenses for years to come. This Packer shut down defense allows the high scoring offense led by future Hall of Fame QB Aaron Rodgers to be in the lead in most games by 28 points or more at halftime. A young, relatively unknown back up QB named Hundley plays in almost every game, sometimes the entire second half, or at least the fourth quarter. He gains valuable experience since being drafted. In the fifth game of the 2017 season, Rodgers breaks his collarbone, and is put on IR. Hundley replaces him, and through his two years of actual game experience, is able to keep the Packers offense running almost as well as with Rodgers at the helm. Is this just fantasy? Or would it have been possible, if Don Capers would have been fired five years previously, and the new coordinator that is hired turns the defense into a well oiled machine, would that have given the young Hundley the chance to grow and become comfortable with the Packers offense, in case of a Rodgers injury? These are the questions that Packer fans ask themselves, and results that could have come true, but this only plays out in another dimension. A dimension without a Ted Thompson. A Don Capers. And without a Mike McCarthy. Now, in the reality of this lost 2017 season, the these two questions are being asked by Packer fans, "Will this defense be able to stop a fat kid on a tricycle without wheels? And how many times the rest of this season will the offense be able to reach The End Zone?"

Rod Serling voice off.

4 - 12 and the draft here we come! Just need to jettison a lot of people,totally silent and absent GM, stale inept coaches and some bust players. That's my new optimism. So how do we get there.

Why so butt hurt kiddies? We have the most fabled franchise in all of the NFL. Grow up! I blame Hillary for this debacle!

one of the problems is how many people claim the packers are NOW "EXPOSED"

the packers have been adequately described here many times, there was no secret there was just bad and irresponsible reporting by bad reporters trying to keep access instead of doing their jobs, instead of being accurate

there have been no surprises in packerland this year

if AROD were playing we would be 6-2 worst case and I think we beat MN too and are 7-1 and all the snowflakes whining about "EXPOSED" are still drinking the cool aid and driving for a playoff humiliation

Great offensive game plan. Lets throw short. Throw short again. and then pretend Detroit won't figure that out. Love the two consecutive plays where Hundley dumped it off and we gained -8 yards. Ridiculous. Mike McCarthy is as smart as I always thought he was, which is REALLY REALLY not that smart.

I love overreaction Tuesday.

Short passes when they were loading up the line against just that. They were daring Hundley and MM to throw downfield and they were too afraid or incapable. Hundley has to be taught to stay in the pocket, move up in the pocket, keep his eyes downfield, and learn to take the hits, even if it means 10 sacks. BTW, he's not that great a running QB. For all his scrambling he looked lost in space.

And please stop that incessant gum chomping!