Live game blog is back. By the way, my prediction was 24-23 Pack. Aaron Rodgers second come-from-behind victory.
Nice little 58-yard touchdown drive to open the game. Ryan Grant with some nice runs, Jordy Nelson a nice catch and Greg Jennings the TD pass. Sweet. 7-0 Pack.
Not so sweet anymore, thanks to two bad calls by the officials the Tampa Bucs have tied the game at 7. To go along with two terrible ball spots to boot, the refs are doing everything in their power to keep the Bucs in the game. Brandon Jackson help set the refs up by dropping a pass and tipping to the Bucs for Rodgers’ first pick of the year. Packers 7, Refs 7.
Rodgers is not having a good day against the 27th ranked pass defense. The defense is getting tired already and the Bucs have taken complete control of the game. Will be 14-7 very shortly. It will be interesting to see if head coach Mike McCarthy can get his team out of this funk. It looks like a hangover from the Dallas loss.
Getting ugly now. Rodgers throws another pick and the Bucs have found a weak spot in the Packers defense in the form of Nick Barnett. Now Woodson gets burned. Ugly might be a kind word.
Nick Collins could have turned the game around. Nope. Dropped a pass right in his hands. You almost have to try to drop a pass that perfectly thrown to you. Time for Charlie Peprah to see more playing time. Collins has done that too many times in his career.
The Packers’ season hangs in the balance during the upcoming halftime. Down by six or down by ten. It is gut check time for the Green Bay Packers.
Packers come out flat as a pancake but got a mistake from the Bucs in the form of a Tramon Williams interception. Now Rodgers better turn this into a 14-13 game or the questions will start mounting.
Horrible. Three-and-out. Might have been the worst play-call of the McCarthy era, but none the less, it appears this game is a lost cause. The players are playing bad and the coaches are coaching bad. Rude awakening. Go Brewers!
If that isn’t proof enough the referees are favoring the Bucs than nothing is. With the state of officiating in the NFL this year, and what happened in the NBA recently, questions need to be asked. Won’t help the Packers today, though, the refs mindset is all Tampa. Oh well, the only way to stick to them is to win the game. Maybe the Packers will man up. But I don’t see it happening. The defense has been on the field too long.
Ryan “Samkon Gado” Grant hands the game to the Bucs with a fumble recovered and returned for a TD by the Bucs. Oh well, 2-2 is still leading the division. Lets beat the Falcons next week.
Over and out.
I’m re-engaging with the injury to Rodgers. With A-Rod the Packers have no chance, but really, the way the defense is being gashed I don’t think the Packers can come back. We had our chances.
OK, now we have a chance. Thanks to Charles Woodson. Holy Cow! 21-20 Packers!?
The skeptics were right about Rodgers being fragile. Unbelievable. We know what the media will be saying this week with Brett throwing 4 TDs in New York. Life just got a little tougher for Packers’ fans and a whole lot brighter for Thompson bashers.
Cody – it looked Rodgers hurt his shoulder calling the signals. I don’t know. He threw a touchdown pass and left the game.
Game, set, match. How can you not protect the quarterback in that situation. He is already hurt. The failure to fix the offense and defensive lines, combined with the injuries in the secondary, leaves the Packers looking at a long season. If Rodgers doesn’t play next week I might have to admit I was wrong, even though I lost all respect for Brett Favre over the summer
I will be happy if the Packers can beat the Falcons next week and be 3-2. Probably about where most people hoped for considering the tough early schedule. Of course if Rodgers can’t play, all bets are off.
Game over. 30-21 Bucs. Going to be a rough week Packers’ fan. Rough week. I’m not going to get involved. Talk to you next Sunday. Jon, welcome back. I won’t be reading, so say what you want.