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Miscellaneous Thoughts on the NFCCG

I refuse to call that a great (or even good) game. Both teams played horribly. But man oh man, that last few minutes were something else. Here are some thoughts on it.

  1. It's kind of odd looking at the final stats - we had better rushing, similar completion percentage, much better Y/A and total yards, much better 3rd down conversion rate, more total plays, and a similar time of possession.

  2. Do people believe me now, when I say we don't want it to be windy or rainy? I know everyone does a bit worse in those conditions, but I think the Patriots had even worse conditions than we did and things ended fine for them. As far as I remember, Wilson, Willson, and Kearse all have a history of really struggling in rainy weather. I think I might start advocating for benching Kearse and Willson during rainy games.

  3. Speaking of rain, does anyone know what the odds of an onsides kick succeeding are when it rains? I would assume it changes things a fair amount.

  4. Where was Norwood? Everyone thought he'd finally see the field today, and most of the people ahead of him were really struggling. I'm glad with how things turned out, but I never saw him, and PFR says he had 1 target all day.

  5. When is Lockette going to get any love? Sure, it was a small sample size, but he caught both passes to him for 11 and 14 yards, and on his run play (WTF?) he managed to get 4 yards even though he probably should have been tackled for a loss. On the season, it's fairly similar - 11 receptions on only 15 targets, with 17.7 Y/R and 2 TD.
PS - screw Clay Matthews.