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Bill Huber -  The numbers on offense for the Packers last night are incredible. The before/after production with the Lewis fumble. The lopsided passing game. And who's left at receiver entering the offseason. Absolutely amazing the opportunity that was blown.

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Bil Huber / SI - Rodgers Melts Under Pressure in Season-Ending Debacle

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said he doesnt want to be part of a rebuilding job.

No wonder, if Saturday’s season-ending loss to the San Francisco 49ers was a look into the future of the passing game.

Running back Aaron Jones caught nine passes for 129 yards and receiver Davante Adams, who would be the best player in free agency and perhaps unaffordable to the Packers given their mountain of a salary-cap problem, caught nine passes for 90 yards.

Every other member of the Packers caught two passes for 6 yards.

Rodgers only threw two passes to his other receivers: one catch for 6 yards to Allen Lazard to convert a third down early in the fourth quarter and one pass to Randall Cobb with about 4 minutes to go that was almost intercepted.

During a superb closing stretch to the season, Rodgers assembled a streak of seven consecutive games with two-plus touchdowns and zero interceptions. During that span, he threw 20 touchdowns in helping the Packers score the second-most points in the NFL. Adams led the NFL with eight touchdown catches and Lazard was tied for third with five.

But, as has too often been the case for Green Bay, regular-season accomplishments turned into playoff disappointment.

In the 2019 NFC Championship Game at San Francisco, the legendary Rodgers’ two second-quarter fumbles helped put the Packers behind 17-0. In the 2020 NFC Championship Game vs. Tampa Bay, the revered Jones’ fumble at the start of the third quarter put the Packers in a 28-10 hole.

On Saturday night, the beloved Marcedes Lewis’ fumble was the biggest play of the night. The Packers exploded out of the starting gate with a quick touchdown and were on their way into scoring position again when Lewis was stripped by linebacker Fred Warner. The 49ers recovered the fumble; the Packers’ offense never recovered.

“We just couldn’t put together another good drive,” Rodgers said. “That second drive was a turning point for us. Went right down the field and scored, had another good drive going, and then unfortunately Big Dog fumbled. After that point, we just kind of spun our wheels for a while until I hit Jonesey there in the 2-minute for (75 yards). Again, we’ve get points in that situation, go in 10-nothing at half, and then give up a kick return. We just really didn’t do a whole lot.”

Here’s the breakdown:

First 14 plays: 102 yards, 7 first downs, 7.29 yards per play.

Final 40 plays: 161 yards, 7 first downs, 4.02 yards per play.

39 plays without Jones’ 75-yard catch: 86 yards, 6 first downs, 2.21 yards per play.

 

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Jennifer Kirton -   Lotta Vikings fans in Packers clothing telling on themselves.

1) I believe in an organization that kept their team competitive for 3 decades.

2) Gute was probably right even if Love doesn’t work out.

3) Can’t call yourself Titletown and keep flaming out of the playoffs.

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Andy Herman -  Among the players who MAY have played their last snaps as a Packer:

Aaron Rodgers
Davante Adams
Randall Cobb
MVS
Robert Tonyan
Marcedes Lewis
Billy Turner
Dennis Kelly
Lucas Patrick
Dean Lowry
Preston Smith
Z
Rasul Douglas
Kevin King
De’Vondre Campbell
Adrian Amos
Mason Crosby

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That's a helluva lot of bodies.
 

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3 minutes ago, Leader said:

Andy Herman -  Among the players who MAY have played their last snaps as a Packer:

Aaron Rodgers
Davante Adams
Randall Cobb
MVS
Robert Tonyan
Marcedes Lewis
Billy Turner
Dennis Kelly
Lucas Patrick
Dean Lowry
Preston Smith
Z
Rasul Douglas
Kevin King
De’Vondre Campbell
Adrian Amos
Mason Crosby

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That's a helluva lot of bodies.
 

Everyone but Amos make sense.

Zero chance Amos is gone though

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Acme Packing -  People are going to blame special teams for the loss, but it should fall more on the shoulders of Rodgers and Matt LaFleur. If the offense is even competent, that blocked punt doesn’t have an impact nearly as much as it did. A stale game plan further exacerbated by receivers who couldn’t get open (no one not named Adams was even targeted until late in the third quarter!) buried this team. The blocked punt just put flowers on the gravesite of this Packers’ season.

Fans who woke up today with Super Bowl dreams will now head to bed with nightmares of what this offseason could bring. There will be time to discuss that later but for now, the season ends with a horror show of a performance.

Depending on how the offseason plays out, this scary picture could just be the opening act of some rough days ahead in Green Bay.

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Corey Behnke -    Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst are 2 of the very best in the NFL today. The future may or may not be bright for the Packers but it’s sure to be exciting.

Agree here, but the jury is out on MLF.  Really like what he's done here.  His challenge is when Rodgers leaves.  We'll get a clear picture of what he can/cant do.

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