Love the blog, dudes. I check it almost daily.

One of the best weapons Atlanta had in the first match up was the blitz off the slot, especially against 5 wide. The Packers rarely lined up in 5 wide, usually going shotgun with Kuhn or Jackson in the backfield. Ironically, this did nothing to discourage the blitz, and Jackson and Kuhn usually released rather than helping out.

Rodgers eluded Abraham once after he came off a stunt to the inside. Inside stunts have worked well against the Packers all year. I would recommend the Bears do it often. And obviously, Abraham’s one sack was when he just beat Clifton outright. Other than that, all the other times were blitzes off the slot like before. Each time, the line could have shifted to block it, or Rodgers could have moved the back over to pick it up. So, actually, I think it was Rodger’s call either way. He knew where the blitz was coming from and either threw the ball before they got there or used the rusher’s angle and momentum against them and got out of the pocket.

The line run blocked probably a C-. Colledge and Sitton were fine. Bulaga was fine when at the point of attack. Clifton, about the same. Wells struggled in the first match up against Curtis Lofton. This time around the Falcons seemed to target him by lining guys up directly over him and pushing him into the backfield, which is an odd thing to do schematically from the 4-3. Well, it worked. They disrupted a lot of runs this way.

I also thought that whoever hit Kuhn should have been flagged and fined. I brought up the same point last week (albeit with different players) when an Eagles defender did the same thing.

Time and time again the Packers’ opponents seem to get away with helmet-to-helmet hits; the one’s against Aaron Rodgers (this season and LAST) have been atrocious no calls.

Oh well – great game, great review. Seeing as how well the special teams (comparative to earlier this season) have played the past few weeks this outing was certainly disappointing. They will have to step it up against Hester this week. I will say its rather frustrating that after almost every kickoff our opponent seems to start no worse than their own 30. Some of this must be on Crosby!

“The Packers offense is the kind of juggernaut Atlanta hasn’t seen since Sherman rolled through in 1864. ”

That lined killed me. So freaking hilarious.

I was a little pissed that no one has talked about the helmet to helmet hit that Kuhn took on his touchdown catch. I hope he’s 100% this week because we need him.

Did anyone hear anything about a fine on that play? Fucking should have been one. Blatant shit. You can see someone (Crabtree?) come over to offer to help Kuhn up and he told them to wait…he wasn’t ready to get up.

KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!