Quote:Right now I am thinking Green Bay's OC should be fired too. What in the world was he thinking telling Matt Flynn to stand in the shotgun in the end zone with T.J. Lang playing at center? Ugh!

 

 In fairness to Mike McCarthy and the Offensive Coaches,  the Packers had no answer for the Lions Defense in this game.   The Packers couldn't run the ball.   As well as the Lions have played the run since after Eddie Lacy's 99 yard performance in Week # 5,   yesterday's game was the best Defensive performance against the run all season for the Lions.  

 

Even with Evan Dietrich-Smith,  the Packers couldn't run the ball and had problems protecting Matt Flynn.  Once EDS was injured,   it made a bad situation for the Packers even worse.   While Center isn't Lang's natural position,   a bigger problem for the Packers was backup T-G Marshall Newhouse struggled mightily at both positions when he was in the game after EDS got hurt and the Packers juggled their O-Line.   To the extent that Newhouse was eventually benched.    It's hard to believe that he was the Packers starting LT in past seasons.    As much as I'm thrilled with the way various Lions Defensive Lineman handled Newhouse today,   Newhouse looked like he belonged on the waiver wire.

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