I'd say more toward the fired up end of things. We've learned to have high expectations as Packer fans, so maybe this game didn't seem all that special, but we did beat one of the best other teams in the league at their place - yeah, meaningless in preseason, but we dominated them, especially when it was first team against first team.
Trying to find some bits of negativity: I didn't notice Damarious Randall - maybe because our first team D got off the field so quick. Did he do anything good or bad? Hayward as a starting Corner playing outside worries me - but not much. As expected, Raji and the rest of the starting D Line didn't do much, but Barrington and the rest of the LBs made up for it. Somebody, Mulumba I think, blew it big time on the long run, and Clinton-Dix didn't do what a Safety is supposed to do to cover the mistake. Palmer didn't look very good. Our O Line IMO was substandard especially in the red zone. They allowed a significant pass rush from very few Pats, which let the Pats load up the secondary with a shitload of people - and at the same time, we couldn't run on them in the red zone. That's about it for the negative - and I'm fairly sure the O Line and offense problems in general will be cleared up.
On the good side, wow! All the QBs - Tolzien did great; Hundley was poised and more than decent, etc.; Pretty much all the RBs - Starks (who I have been negative about) was great, all three young guys looked more than adequate - of course, the Patriots supposedly have a run D weakness, but even so ..... ; What a corps of WRs! Montgomery is the real deal, Janis is gonna be all right, White - maybe but I doubt it, etc.; Quarless looks like he wants to keep his job, Perillo maybe; In the D Line, Pennell kinda stood out - I didn't notice anybody else except Datone Jones playing with the scrubs looked decent. In fairness, it seemed like the scheme was for the D Line to tie up the O Linemen and have the LBs do the harm, and that worked pretty well. Mulumba, other than the glaring blunder on the Pats TD, did OK; Ryan (who I also have been pessimistic about) seemed to do good (was it him who almost blocked the Patriots first punt? - some white guy I couldn't identify); Hubbard and Elliot - two I have been expecting good things of - did moderately good; A lot of successful man coverage in the secondary; Maybe the Patriots' WRs aren't that great, but our guys looked damn good; Gunter may have a rep as slow, but he stayed with Boyce, the 4.3 guy, pretty well, and Rollins dominated him. Banjo looked good to me, as well as some of the young DBs who probably won't make the team.
Overall, a good performance, including a great coaching challenge at a critical time.
Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker