Gary from Cross Plains, WI
Here’s something to consider that math/analytics will never factor in well for two-point conversions. A team has a number of two-point plays prepped for the week, but the first time they decide to go for two, which play do they pick? Presumably No. 1 in the playbook. Successful or not, that one is likely off the board the next time around. The lower in the playbook they go, I’d think the odds of converting another try decline as well.
I’m with Spoff. I don’t get the going for two straightaway deal. There might be a 48% chance of hitting red on a roulette wheel, but betting twice on that outcome doesn’t make it automatically stop there.
Hi II. I bounced Jason from TX’s ACL question off my wife, a PT and a researcher and very smart. Her answer is that for someone as strong and carefully monitored as an NFL athlete, an ACL tear is just bad luck. One wrong step, maybe a little fatigued after the last play, maybe the turf caught his cleat just wrong. One little thing. But not a building issue waiting to happen. That one thing doesn’t happen, there’s no injury. Not sure if that makes me feel better or worse, but there you go.
Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you…pardon the pun.
Greetings and salutations II. Not so much a question but a little fiction. I just got back from Fantasy Island where referees had to get up to the podium for postgame interviews and answer some uncomfortable questions. Wouldn’t that be cool?
That would be great, but I’d settle for a weekly video from the head of officiating explaining why certain calls were made and taking accountability for egregious errors. The league used to do that with Dean Blandino years ago and they were highly informative.
My daughter is a stockholder and recently became interested in the Packers. Growing up, she really didn’t follow the Packers much. It was so much fun texting her during games. She was a paramedic in Whitewater. She passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last Tuesday. We are filled with grief. The Packers have life events and Aaron Jones had to deal with death. How do the Packers get through life events and continue to play? I can’t imagine that. Love to the Packers and all the Inbox.
Albert, I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. I cannot fathom the pain and sorrow you must all be feeling. While every situation is different and the people involved are unique, Jones leaned on his mom, his twin brother and the rest of his family to pull through the unexpected loss of Alvin Sr. Based on my conversations with Aaron, I feel like he found a sense of comfort on the football field, too. Alvin Sr. was a very good football player but gave up the sport because he needed to work at a young age to help support his family. When Alvin Sr. became a father, he bonded with his children over football and really all the sports they played. I pray you and your family can find strength in the memories. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
To expound on Jeff from Athens’ point about too many missed interception opportunities, the other obvious missed opportunity is too many trips to the red zone which resulted in field goals. Gotta have touchdowns to win in this league regularly.
That’s what I thought as soon as the Packers went up 6-0.
Can we please stop saying JL10, MP0, JJ8, QB1 etc., and give these fine-tuned athletes the respect they deserve and call them by their name. I’m getting old and annoyed. Thank you.
You got it, K from A-Dub.
Looking at the remaining games for Pack and Bears. Bears don’t figure to beat the 49ers and Lions. If Bears beat Pack, Bears finish 11-6. Pack wins last two of the season to go 11-5-1, the Dallas tie wins the division for the Pack. If Lions run the table and finish 11-6 they finish ahead of the Bears because they beat them twice so Bears at seventh seed. If Pack wins last three, Bears finish 10-7 and I don’t know the tiebreakers for seventh seed so it’s possible Bears could miss the playoffs. More pressure on Bears.
You had me at “looking” and lost me at “at.”
Hi guys, my dad was a U.S. Marine. One of his favorite sayings was, “With the Grace of God and few Marines anything can be done!” I think it’s time for us to Marine up! Sure, we have been dealt a difficult hand with injuries but remember the Packers have won the last 13 out of 14 games against the Bears! The Pack can do this! Go Pack Go!
And to win the North, the Packers must do this.
Hi Wes, a belated happy birthday, though an injury-free win would have been icing on your cake. I hope you made it home to enjoy the rest of the day. Rumor has it that the Pope was drawing up divine-inspired plays for the Bears but could only conjure up a “Hail Mary”! More seriously, this rivalry is epic and second to none in the NFL, and with the much-improved Bears, the game could wind down to a single pass with the Packers winning, but I’ll take a blowout. Best wishes, Wes!
Thank you, Tony. I, for one, am ready to get this road on the show. Have a great Thursday.
