Weekly Update

PACK WR TRIO ON PACE FOR 1,000 YARD SEASONS
Evidently Missers Cobb, Jones and Nelson are all on pace to gain over 1,000 yards receiving this year. They also had the 2nd most yards after catch (YAC) in a single game (295). The 1992 Houston Oilers hold the record.

LACY ON SIDELINES, STARKS TO START
Double M has already stated that James Starks (coming off his 132 yard outing last week) will be the starter. ESPN has been running the crawl that Lacy is still undergoing treatment for concussions. I saw a couple news articles that said he was on the sideline today and they seemed to infer that, that was a good thing. And possibly a sign he may even be ready to play this weekend... just not start.

INJURIES
Kuhn may not be able to go this week so they are prepping Andrew Quarles just in case he can't make it.

LIVING RENT FREE IN JENNINGS HEAD

How else do you explain his obsessive behavior? I wouldn't be surprised to hear Aaron Rodger's came home and there was a dead rabbit boiling on his stove. It seems instagram has a pic of an autograph Jennings signed on a Viking Helmet that says... wait for it... "Packers Suck". Now Jennings did not deny writing it but tried to blow it off when questioned. He said a fan requested the vulgarity and he simply obliged. I thought Jennings was some sort of religious man? Is that how he speaks in front of his lovely daughters we fell in love with after the Super Bowl? And remember... his coach asked him to knock it off. He was distracting from the team and quite frankly... was getting old.

Washington 20 - GB 38

AGAIN WITH THE REFS
I certainly hope this isn't going to be a theme for my Post this year but.... C'mon Man? Give me a Break on the Refereeing already! Seriously... a guy LAUNCHES HIMSELF through the air like a missle... Makes NO ATTEMPT to wrap up on the tackle with his arms... it's all Helmet! Hits Eddie Lacy square on on the chin and NOBODY wearing stripes sees it?

Evidently Karma saw it because not 5 minutes (game time) later, the same player launches himself Helmet first in an attempt to tackle James Starks... this time instead of knocking out the ball carrier he knocked himself out.

Hopefully Lacy wont suffer any long term effects from such a blatent illegal hit. Concussions are tricky... being a Pittsburgh Penguins fan I can't help but think of Sydney Crosby and his storied history with concussions. Get well Ed.

RODGERS IS A PAIN IN THE NECK
Aaron Rodgers woke up Gameday with a sore neck that needed "adjustment" from the training staff. Aaron creditied the trainor for making him feel better by game time. I hope Aaron gets the same pain every week if he's gunna throw for 480 yards and 4 touches.

Rodgers downplayed his performance afterwards saying, "I don't think this was my best game. I'm very happy with the accuracy and the way things went in the passing game, but we definitely have things to work on."

OVERVIEW
All in all, as a Packer fan you can't but feel great about how things are going so far. We're 1-1 and got past the two best read/run offesnses that torched us so badly last year. I'm loving the kicking game with Mastay doing the kickoffs. The comittment to the run is paying off and uh..... remind me again... Gregg Jennings who?

FOR THE RECORD
The Green Bay Packers set multiple team records in Sunday’s 38-20 victory over the Washington Redskins.

* Aaron Rodgers and James Starks became the first players in Packers history to combine for 400 yards passing and 100 yards rushing. The Packers also set a record and gave me the answer to tomorrows trivia question I'll be asking at work... "Who is the ONLY NFL team to have a Quarterback over 450 yards passing and a running back with over 125 yards rushing?"

* Rodgers passed for 480 yards and four touchdowns, tying Matt Flynn for an all-time Packers record for yards passing in a regular-season game.

San Francisco 34 - GB 28

Overview
All in all I can't say I'm completely disappointed with the teams opening day loss. There were alot of positives to take from the game... as well as quite a few negatives.

The Main Positive was the fact we escaped the opener without any serious injuries and with our heads held high. The Pack took the lead late in the 4th but couldn't maintain it. That's a positive because in their past 2 meetings with the 49ers, the game's outcome was long over before the 4th quarter.

Another Positive was the defense being able to stop the 49ers running game. A much much better outcome that the humiliating playoff loss last year.

However... Shutting down the ground game left our defensive backfield exposed... and it wasn't pretty. Rookie Michah Hyde is still looking for Antoine Bolden like Eric Walden seemed to be searching for "Slappy-Pappy" Kappy (My nickname for that Gangsta Wannabe... goat boy... the Niners QB) last year. Freakin' Bolden was WIDE OPEN the entire game. As seemed Vernon Davis.

The safeties were completely exposed. Yeah we shut down Slappy-Pappy Kappy's running lanes... but we left the secondary uncovered. I think San fran's 3rd down conversion rate was like 118% or something. Well at least it seemed like it.

Bring back the Replacement Refs
Yeah they blew that "dead play" penalty thingie were it should have been 4th and 2 instead of 3rd and 6 again, leading to the 49ers score late in the 2nd period. First off, Clay had no business hitting him out of bounds like that.
*whispering* Nice job though Clay... he deserved it.

About that Late Hit Out of Bounds
Yeah that was a no brainer. Clearly "Slappy" was well out of bounds. But damn! We've needed a little fire and anger in that Defense. I'm tired of getting walked on all over every year. Ever since Moss did the Moon Walk in the endzone, we've lacked that certain aggressive play.

And cry baby Harbaugh tried playing the refs right up to kick off. Listen James, it's simple. If it acts like a duck and quakes like a duck... it better duck when Mathews is coming!

But it was out of play and late...soooo... Bad Clay, Bad!

The Running Game
I was quite pleased with Eddie Lacy. Yes he had the costly fumble that led to the Mathews out of bounds hit, which led to a touchdown. But Eddie showed some real grit in the 4th quarter drive. And he set up our first score with a nice run on the screen pass. Give me More Please!