Inconsistent play continued to make its mark on the Green Bay Packers this season, as the Green and Gold fall to a disappointing 5-7 record with four games left to play in the season.
I don't know about my fellow fans, but every time I look at the Packers I always get the feeling of the lights are on yet nobody is home. Green Bay came out to a dismal start in the beginning of the game. Aaron Rodgers didn't complete a single pass until six minutes in, and Ryan Grant contributed very little before being sidelined with a bruised hand.
Green Bay went into the locker room down 21-10, with a steady list of injuries piling up once more.
At the start of the second half, Aaron Rodgers finally managed to find his groove. The first year quarterback controlled the clock with superb skill. Despite allowing two delay of game penalties and several lucky breaks on near interceptions, Rodgers led the team on three scoring drives, eventually managing to tie the game with a chance to take the lead.
The very last drive was the heart breaker for me. Mike McCarthy had the ball on the five yard line after a Julius Peppers personal foul penalty, and attempted to run the ball three times through the middle of Carolina's defense. I don't know about anyone else, but I would have at least gone for the touchdown on fourth down and forced the Panthers to drive down field for the win.
Again McCarthy relied to much upon an inconsistant defense. Small plays were not so much what killed the Packers in the second half, but rather big plays which continue to make themselves evident in EVERY single defensive stand by the Packers.
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