Packers talk

[wconn1979]

(Talking about the ROMO hate)
It just seems that his biggest dumbest mistakes are at critical game time moments. Maybe that is an erroneous perception as well. I would have bet he had more INTs than the stats you provided.


Yeah, it's one of weirder phenomenons out there in the NFL.

I think it's mainly due to clueless Cowboys fans but the fact is that Romo is, and has been, a very good QB.

The big three stars of that offense are all quite scary. Murray, Bryant, and Romo can all change a game. I'm most worried about Romo. I do think he has been playing quite differently this season. He seems to be making his way into that elite category where only 4-5 quarterbacks are typically mentioned. I think he's taken phillip rivers place in that discussion—at least this season.
I think in order to win this one the Packers have to make Romo uncomfortable. The lions did that the first half by getting hits on Romo throughout the first half, and he seemed to play poorly. While he was sacked in the second half a couple times he seemed to be getting hit less which got him in a groove.
It'll be important for the Packers offense to sustain drives. The Pack has won some games with less time of possession this year, but I think if the cowboys have the ball for longer it'll heavily favor them in the game. It would be interesting to see who had the ball longer in the fist half of the Detroit-Dallas game versus the second half.

I fear Witten is going to be a problem.

 

[The Natural]

I read the Packers like to play a lot of man to man. Maybe Dez in for a big day

 

[Don Corleone]

I read the Packers like to play a lot of man to man. Maybe Dez in for a big day

Yes, I look forward to one on one with Dez.

 

[Danger]

They can't stop the run with their front, so they're going to have to put an extra guy down more than a few times. Dez should feast

 

[JohnsKey19]

I read the Packers like to play a lot of man to man. Maybe Dez in for a big day

They do. It's a much better matchup schematically than what we faced vs Detroit. Not saying the results will be identical but we had over 500 yds of offense against them last year.

 

[jrumann59]

I could see them start the game in a nickel with 2 lb and an extra safety

 

[reddyuta]

first things first,we have got to stop Lacy this time,we cant allow him to bulldoze us or we are toast.the packers will like nothing better to run and keep our offense out of the field.

 

[31smackdown]

Seems like they switched to single high safety with man to man on the outsides half way through the year to stop the run. The corners play their side and don't follow. Shields appears to be the weaker of the 2 corners in both tackling and big plays allowed. The other side of that is Capers bringing a lot of 5 man pressure to force a faster throw.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I honestly feel like the only thing that can beat us in the Green Bay game is the weather. Take nothing away from Rogers, he's a great, great player, but they can't stop our run, they can't cover Dez and I don't believe they can get to Romo.

 

[jrumann59]

Seems like they switched to single high safety with man to man on the outsides half way through the year to stop the run. The corners play their side and don't follow. Shields appears to be the weaker of the 2 corners in both tackling and big plays allowed. The other side of that is Capers bringing a lot of 5 man pressure to force a faster throw.

So LB are probably playing a zone under. I will take their 5 v our 5

 

[StylisticS]

It's because of us on how much Romo is hated???since when?

 

[jrumann59]

I honestly feel like the only thing that can beat us in the Green Bay game is the weather. Take nothing away from Rogers, he's a great, great player, but they can't stop our run, they can't cover Dez and I don't believe they can get to Romo.

I think his calf will be affected by the cold also especially when he goes back in during half and any swelling and pain thaws out.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

They keep Romo upright like most of the second half yesterday and our offense will eat them alive.

 

[perrykemp]

Seems like they switched to single high safety with man to man on the outsides half way through the year to stop the run. The corners play their side and don't follow. Shields appears to be the weaker of the 2 corners in both tackling and big plays allowed. The other side of that is Capers bringing a lot of 5 man pressure to force a faster throw.

I expect the following from GB defensively:

• 4-2-5 with Matthews in the middle -- it essentially their base defense <when> they have Matthews playing in the middle
• Sam Shields on Dez with safety help from Ha Ha Clinton Dix
• Tramon Williams singled up on Terrance Williams
• Micah Hyde and/or (in the dime) Casey Hayward dealing with Witten and Cole Beasley

Packers play a ton of nickel typically using Morgan Burnett (leading defensive back in terms of tackles in the NFL) to provide help against the run.

The key will be the Cowboys successfully running on that defense and forcing the Packers out of the nickel. Since they've moved Matthews to part time MLB in week 9 they've dropped from 153.5 yards per game and 4.8 yards per carry (first eight games) to allowing 86.4 and 3.6 ypc in the final 8 games.

Of course, you could say the same thing about the Cowboys on defense. Cowboys would prefer to run nickel all day against GB, however, to pull that off they need to control Lacy with a 6 person front.

In both cases, it's an interesting challenge.

 

[SDCowboy]

The oline needs to play much better than it did the first half or it's going to be another long day.

 

[wconn1979]

It's because of us on how much Romo is hated???since when?

Because 90% of the cowboys fans i know all parrot the romo choker label. I have i do not know how many people on facebook that are cowboys fan, and do everything they can to diss romo every week.

 

[LandryFan]

It's because of us on how much Romo is hated???since when?

Just pay attention to this site. Not so much lately, but I have seen some utterly stupid/ignorant comments from "fans" on this site regarding Romo's abilities. Just a few weeks ago, one fan stated that Romo needed to go because he couldn't read defenses. I mean crap like that gives Cowboys fans, in general, a bad name.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

This will be yet another very tough game for Dallas.

There is simply no way around that fact.

Greenbay is a damn good team and they're even better than some realize when they play at home.

They're going to be tough.

 

[Cowboys606]

The boys better double Jordy or it will be a long day.

 

[MRV52]

They will be tough but they are beatable, ask the Ny Giants in 2011 they knocked them off and last year the 49ers did it, and in 2015 the Cowboys will beat them.