Nixon, Valentine and Ballentine would not be starters on any other team , they are special teamers at most .

I thought Mlf not kicking the FG was puzzling. I realize the numbers say it’s about even odds whether you kick or go for it, but I think you have to put it into perspective. You are going against the #1 red zone D, so that should factor in. Other than not having any finger nails left, it sure was a great way to win the game, I almost feel sorry for da bears….not!

Stokes' snaps were way down. Only four. I wonder if that will continue or if it had something to do with matchups in this game.

Edgerrin Cooper had the second most snaps of LBs in this game, by a long shot, yet as far as I could tell he had virtually no impact. I saw Caleb Williams outrun him to the sideline a couple of times. Cooper is exactly the player you call on to stop a good running QB like Williams. It was a rough day for him. Let's hope he learned something.

The low snap count for Emmanuel Wilson (only 3) was strange. He made them count, though. Two carries for 17 yards.

I see that Dontayvion Wicks was a distant fourth in snap counts, and I think he was only targeted once, or maybe not at all. Looks like they've finally decided to curb his involvement in the offense, at least temporarily.

It was great to see Brenton Cox getting on the field so much (almost as many snaps as Van Ness) and making some plays. They needed to shake up the DE rotation.

TGR, what does it tell us when Stokes only played 4 snaps on D when Alexander was hurt after 14? Was he dinged too?

How many more yards would Watson have had if he'd been hit in stride? Seemed he had to stop and wait 3 seconds for the ball to catch up to him on the interception worthy pass TGR mentions above. Seemed like that happened on all but one of the times he was targeted.

72-46 plays. That seems by far the worst all season. Only one punt might mean that's misleading.

I thought, aside from the one bad throw, which was a good decision, just failed execution, Love played pretty well. However, I do agree that the passing offense seems to have no rhythm. Moreover, we seem to not use the shorter middle. The passing concepts just feel very disjointed. It seems like it’s Jacobs or big chunk play routes.

Emmanuel Wilson is being under used. I do not understand why. He’s not alone. For the second week, Reed seemed an afterthought. I don’t know why against that D. Likewise we barely targeted Kraft and the TEs seemed an afterthought. It was good to see Watson getting snaps over Wicks. Hell we eventually even got him on s crossing route. Why does that seem so hard for LaFleur to dial up?

Our red zone offense is completely bereft of ideas or inspiration. Maybe its time for LaFleur to let one of his subordinates handle play design there, because its now been seasons since we’ve looked to have any verve there.

I’ve been pretty pleased with Hafley so far, with the exception of the first half approach versus the Vikings. Yesterday, however, was his worst overall game. We managed to resurrect Williams confidence, visibly. After the OC change, Chicago made no secret that they would try to give Williams quick and easy reads and help him stay upright and get his skill players involved. Hafley seems to be the only person on the planet who didn’t see that coming or that Williams was likely to be allowed to run more. Nor did he seem to recognize it during the game.

I thought Quay Walker was awful. I’ve not been a big hater of him by comparison with many, but yesterday he just seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time continually. I have said that Nixon had no place playing perimeter corner once an opponent starts to throw beyond short range. Yesterday he was dire. Valentine looked better, despite also looking rusty. If Stokes is a write off, play Rochell. Hafley not only called a stinker but needs to get a grip of his personnel assessments.

The DL is simply not working. Not good enough in a 4:3 context? Perhaps, but that’s our base not our most frequent look. It’s not working out of base either. Not even against a bad O line. Cox was a bright spot in terms of upside, but needs to learn contain. However, the general rush and also the blitz was fairly pathetic against a pretty poor OL. Part of that was continually letting the Bears short outs get yards. Part of it was playing a lot of zone earlier. We just are not competent in zone Mr. Hafley. When will you grasp that. We did better, relatively, once we went man, well Valentine did. Nixon isn’t good at that either.

A very poor day from the coaches. Poor planning and tactics. The exception was Bisaccia. STs had perhaps its best day in ages across the board (though Whelan had to rescue at least one basket case of a long snap),

That was not a performance to be proud of. It is a win to cherish simply because it was so crushing for the Bears. It also probably kept our post season hopes alive: 0 and 3 in the division is not a good place to be. However, if we play like that we don’t deserve and won’t have post season success. It’s starting to look like the red zone and rush deficiencies are not going to get better. Our IOL is probably undone by a long term failure to value run blocking that is both at odds with the move to Jacobs and has for seasons been an Achilles heel in the red zone. Our pass rush looks to be both ill suited to the players we have in terms of scheme and approach.

I am getting weary of disjointed performances and dubious player selection along with never seeming to learn lessons. The LaFleur era is frayed. Pretty, but ineffectual. He needs to step up fast and significantly. We are going nowhere but mediocrity with the product he’s currently delivering. If we are right that there is little difference in overall roster quality between us and Detroit, then there is a large difference in production against weaker teams. Thats on the head coach, and it’s undeniable that there is a vast differential.

No special teams snaps listed for Brooks. Oh, he had one. Did he ever have one.

So true about the passes not being in rhythm. Thankfully Jordan Love played well enough to overcome that problem yesterday (ironically, his one interception was on an easy pass), but it's a tough way to make a living.

It was a gritty performance by Love. He took a big hit when he tried to score on that failed 4th and goal play and took another big hit when he tried to score on the last drive and got knocked out of bounds at the one-yard line. I was glad they let him get the TD on the next play. His teammates must be gaining more and more respect for him when they see plays like that.

I'm not going to rip Love for the 48-yard completion to Watson. I suppose Xavier McKinney might have intercepted it, but McKinney wasn't on the field, and Love knew that.

Speaking of McKinney, I was annoyed with him for talking smack about D.J. Moore during the week, getting Moore all fired up for the game, and then McKinney went out and had probably his worst game as a Packer. McKinney needs to shut up and let his play do the talking.

Quay Walker is out a couple games and the defense plays pretty well. Quay Walker returns and the defense stinks. Hmmmm…. I wonder if there is a connection?

I guess i will never understand what the coaches see in Q Walker to get him so many snaps. Herman's twitter feed says it all, but so does just watching him on TV; but at least they are cutting down on LVN's snaps and getting people who can make an occasional play on the field. I really cannot figure out what the brass saw on tape to draft Walker and LVN in the first round. and when oh when is Love going to see the field and make easy accurate throws? how on earth did he so miss on an easy pitch and catch of ten yards to an open Kraft for that int?

Green Bay's overall coaching, like Jet's coaching is soft and a bit confused.
Players respond to tough but fair coaches who hold players accountable and discipline immediately.

Someone with the temperament of Belichick or Mike Vrabel needs to have a word with Rashan, Jaire and Kenny.

It's the Defense that is causing the majority of the problems-there is below-average pass rush, no reliable elite corner play.

The DL has regressed across the board-players? coaching?

2 additional D players are compromising the team-Walker and LVN. In total, there are 5 players on D who are not helpful to the team.

The lack of Pass Rush will stop the Packers from advancing.--Josh Allen would have his way with this DL.