Perhaps it was the short work week or hearing too much praise about themselves but this team probably needed to get stomped to make them hungry again. The Packers were making amazing plays and we were just a step slow all night and dumb as rocks.
Seeing that shot of Smith and McNair in the owners box and they weren't happy. The message to all is that if you're thinking about making the Super Bowl, you've got to bring your A game.
We need to shore up the right side of the offensive line, fix the ILB problem left by Cushing's injury and perhaps add some different schemes if they can key on Quin all night.
As I've said, better that this happen against Green Bay than against Baltimore. If we win that game, we go into the bye week with the conference lead and face, what I think, is a mild second-half schedule.
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