GBU Correction December 10, 2008
Posted by PCastleberg in : Bad, Good, Packershow, Ugly , 5commentsIn the Good Bad and Ugly this week I screwed up (read didn’t check my facts before opening my mouth) and said that the 549 yards was the most a Packer defense had EVER surrendered. I should have known that was not true. Greg Bedard of the JSO posted in the post game chat the following:
The 549 yards the Texans rolled up on the Packers weren’t just the most in franchise history for the young team. It was 114 yards more than the previous high. As Jeremy Kapinos said after the game, “That was sombering.”
That led me to believe that “the 549 yards the Texans rolled up on the Packers” was the most in franchise history. How I could have deducted that from the quote above I have no idea.
The true facts about the most yards given up by a Packer D are these:
The Packers allowed 549 yards, their highest total since allowing 552 in the Washington game in 1983. In the last 25 years, they yielded 500 or more five other times: 539 at Detroit in 1984, 545 against Minnesota in 1998, 514 at Denver in 1999, 524 at the New York Giants in 2001 and 542 at Philadelphia in 2004. Green Bay’s three highest yields were 611 at the Los Angeles Rams in 1956, 599 at the Rams in 1957 and 594 at Chicago in 1980.
Just figured I should get that correction out there ahead of time. I certainly have some thoughts about the defensive performance. Not the least of which is that our DC and his scheme need to go. I don’t think the Scheme is championship caliber and I don’t think Sanders has the creativity to modify it to be so.
I’ll leave the rest of the commentary to the actual podcast.
