My Donald Driver Blog

 Alright, at least the Packers could block the Rams long enough for Aaron Rodgers to complete some passes. The Rams did register two sacks early in the game, but that is all they were able to get. Rodgers actually got a little bit comfortable and was able to throw for a couple of touchdowns. There were some things that I liked about this game, but other things that I did not.

I really liked that the Packers were at least able to do a little something on offense. I only saw a couple of drops. One by Jordy Nelson deep over the middle which was directly followed by the James Jones drop. Nelson's was actually a difficult catch to make, but James Jones' should have been an easy catch.  James Jones stock is definitely dropping in my opinion.  Even though Nelson has not been perfect this year, I would take him any day of the week over James Jones.

There were still a lot of times when our offense was stalling and the blocking was still very suspect.  Only at the end of the game was Grant able to get some running room and actually pick up some yards.  And this is against one of the worst defensive lines in the entire league.  So that is not really very encouraging.

Aaron Rodgers connected on a few deep passes which actually played a large part in the win.  The first of which was to Donald Driver and is by far the best catch of the year for the Packers and possibly of Donald Driver's career.  It was about 50 yards down the field and Driver had to shed off some pass interference to catch the ball with one hand.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  The other two deep passes were to my man Greg Jennings.  They were both really nice passes and moved the Packers into scoring position.

The announcers kept on bringing up that Aaron Rodgers is saying that the Packers need to take more shots down field.  Rodgers did take a lot of deep shots today while only connecting on the three mentioned above.  I like to see that he is intelligently aggressive.  None of the deep balls that he threw were into double coverage, nor were they close to being intercepted.

So with this route of a victory, why exactly am I so worried?  The primary concern that I have is the inflexibility we have on offense.  With the lack of time that Aaron Rodgers is getting, the Packers should be intentionally throwing short quick systematic passes.  Not the deep drops where Rodgers holds on to the ball.

It seems that Rodgers may be getting a little addicted to the big plays.  He needs to focus on getting that ball out of their quickly so that he can live to see another day.  We are playing Minnesota next week and I want Rodgers to survive that game.  In order for him to do so, he is going to have to get rid of that ball a lot faster than he has done in the first three weeks.

The coaches better be screaming at him this week.  If it is not there get rid of the ball quickly.  The Packers will probably lose the game next Monday no matter how many plays Rodgers does or does not make.  It will be far worse lose Rodgers than the game.  He will have to stop focusing on getting big deep plays and just get out of there alive.

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