Al, LeRoy Butler was also observant of Love’s footwork in his X’s and O’s last week. Because he’s still active with the organisation he was very measured in what he said on camera, but you could easily tell that he was less than pleased with Love’s footwork…… especially for deep throws.

Dan Orlovsky at NFL Live pointed out the Packers almost completely have forgotten to throw intermediate routes in the middle of the field. They made hay a few time last year with Musgrave in the middle of the field.

Something happened to that clicking offense from a year ago. The tight ends weren't used enough. If Love was healthy, as he proclaimed, then his up and down play is mysterious.

If you look at the Packers numbers they weren't that bad. But they rarely seemed to be able to put together four consistent quarters. It was like a car that needed a tune up. The slow starts often put them behind the 8-ball and they were then playing catch up the rest of the game.

Time to toilet flush 2024. We will see if Gute and MLF have the foresight and the guts to find the players who want to win a championship.

Still to agitated about the loss to stay away. :)
Summarizing:

#1. So JL's judgement is suspect. Or maybe he's afraid to over rule the call. Please tell me he's not falling into the hero ball routine already!

#2. MLF doesn't know how to switch gears until it is too late. SOSO. And in this case, reverts back. Added question: why was the game plan to run Jacobs up the middle in the first place. Just because it worked against lesser teams, does that mean it will work against the #1 defensive front?

#3. Clear out some space and toss to Jacobs (or Kraft) doesn't seem to fit the 'illusion of complexity' that MLF strives for.

#4. Adding my own. :) Overall, the D was the lone bright spot but others must have noticed a number of plays where the rushers were just giving up after a few seconds. They had 'all day plus' in the pocket.

Thanks for these 3 plays Al. They are prefect examples of why I complain about MLFs coaching. I watch other QBs, often no name QBs on bad teams kill the Packers with these plays and yet the Packers run them maybe once a game, get positive results and then not use the play again. I just don't get it.

As for Love and his his deep passing he needs to make better decisions with who he throws to and when. Hopefully he will show some growth in his 3rd season as a starter. Thanks, Since '61

One other thing to note on Slay -- he uses a very crafty veteran move to grab Wick's arm and uses that leverage to maintain the position he needs to get the pick.

Al, Tom Brady made reference to those plays (or similar plays) in the past couple of games. The pass to Wicks would be a "low percentage play." And I vaguely remember he specifically referenced the Jacobs angle route as way to successfully attack the Eagles pass rush. I guess that's why he has multiple SB wins

That's exactly the problem with much of the passing offense: it isn't easy or is lower percentage than it ought to be. This goes doubly so in the red zone. I watched other playoff games and saw easy TD completions with smart play designs. Why can't the Packers do this more often?

Tom Clement’s name has rarely come up this year, and I even wondered if he had already retired. Love’s play has been a mess this year and I hope the next QB whisperer will coach him hard. He has many fine attributes but needs to put in some serious work this offseason.

I agree that Jordan needs to be coached hard. He needs to clean up his mechanics. However, I've already weighed in on Getsy. He was let go by the Raiders and failed to make an improvement with Fields. (I know Fields may be a lost cause-lol), Love is an expensive GB investment and I wish the Packers would look outside the box for an innovative QB guy who will hold Love accountable.
Clements was pretty strict with Rodgers-I bet he decided to cut his losses with Love.

Going to throw a name out there to replace Clements:

Alex Van Pelt. Former GB QB coach who Rodgers loved working with.

Love HAS to get his footwork/mechanics improved. As I've said in a previous post on another thread, I think 2025 is the year we find out what we have in Jordan Love. I hope GB gets him some help.

Lot of mysteries with this offense this year and particularly at the end of season. Philly was vulnerable in the middle at linebacker and we never really challenged the weakness. Jacobs around the edge, out of the backfield or TEs through the middle wasn't a thing. Don't know where Musgrave went or why it was Kraft working the sidelines but the middle isn't part of this offense.

Add to this is Love's inability to throw a good long ball. Didn't think we had a lot room to waste downs on downfield prayers but apparently LaFleur felt confident that we could get separation and that Love had a rocket arm. Sounds like the definition of a long shot.

I believe the Pack improved Ryan Grant's success with the toss play. Ahh well, onto draft, free agency, and further development.

I don't blame Love so much on the long interceptions. I blame the play calling and the coaching. MLF seems to get stale and in ruts with his play calls and DCs have him pretty much figured out. If fans can figure out his routines, certainly the pros can. He is lacking creativity, using the whole field, and disciplining his players (as well as his coaches) to perform well. There seems to be little accountability; and I am afraid that we will see a repeat of the current failures next year unless something changes.

as one earlier poster said perhaps Clements decided to retire because he judged Love to be a lost cause. He regressed badly this year and it might be that those couple of games last year, especially the Dallas win, were false positives. We never saw that Love this year, where even swing passes to the backs were lucky to be on target if they even got to the receiver. And then when Al does his superb analysis one just gets madder than hell that MLF doesn't see the truth Al sees.