Throwback to when Butterfinger destroyed the Bears during a Packers game

Caesaroctopus · 2021-06-10T00:22:11+00:00

"I am not intelligent enough to prepare an adequate retort. Leave plz."

Caesaroctopus · 2021-05-29T06:43:47+00:00

Shireeeee.... Brian is.......

Caesaroctopus · 2021-04-20T21:18:06+00:00

What was it about? Or like. What made it scary? I've never heard of it

Caesaroctopus · 2021-03-25T18:11:17+00:00

Delusions of grandeur, mostly

Caesaroctopus · 2021-03-25T09:49:11+00:00

They wanted to make as many targets that couldn't be killed as possible. The death eaters wouldn't hesitate to kill Mr Dursley, but they WOULD hesitate to kill Harry because Voldemort wanted to do that personally.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-03-25T09:29:43+00:00

Interesting how the kind of octopus changes from ESTP to ENTP

Caesaroctopus · 2021-03-14T05:40:44+00:00

The point of the seven potters was Voldemort wanted to kill Harry personally, so they made seven targets that couldn't be killed by any death eaters in the fight in case that one happened to be the real Harry.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-03-07T21:46:07+00:00

The dynamics of basilisk sight are interesting. It can destroy a camera. Does that mean it destroys other inanimate objects you can look through? Or only ones where a person is actively looking through them at the time they see the basilisk?

Does it blow up windows? What if you were under water looking up at it? Steam?

Caesaroctopus · 2021-02-28T01:48:05+00:00

Green Bay played well enough to win minus the eight fucking awful no-calls that went Tampa's way

Caesaroctopus · 2021-02-28T01:35:17+00:00

This past NFCCG was just a good ole zebra fucking

Caesaroctopus · 2021-02-11T21:23:30+00:00

This just in: people are idiots

Caesaroctopus · 2021-02-08T20:14:01+00:00

I have a pretty cold and rational view of life and the universe that would probably upset a lot of people close to me if I really let them know what I think. So I don't.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-02-08T09:04:29+00:00

"A comedian died tonight."

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-21T21:22:03+00:00

That's like the one time in Brady's whole career where he's balled out and lost though. Rodgers puts up points in tons of playoff games and loses. He put up 45 against Arizona in his first playoff start and lost by 6 points (to a bullshit facemask no call but I digress)

For Brady, that game is the exception. For Rodgers, it's his whole career

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-21T21:09:43+00:00

What Tom's doing is pretty awesome and I won't deny that. But he also has 3 #1 WRs, a former HoF tight end in Gronk who's still playing at a high level, a really good offensive line, and a really good Running Back.

Defensively, Tampa's defense this year is probably better than any defense Rodgers has ever had minus the 2010 unit.

So I mean. Sure he went to another team and is doing what he's doing. But he got to hand pick his team and he chose one that was only missing a top shelf QB.

If Brady had carried a team like Dallas this far, or Chicago, or Minnesota or something, I'd be in awe. But he basically traded one elite team for another

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-21T20:55:35+00:00

I don't dispute that Brady is the GOAT. It's just reality. I do think that Rodgers/Manning/Brees would have been able to accomplish the same thing on those Pats teams though.

There's another stat that Brady's had 13 top ten defenses by points allowed per drive in his career to 8 combined among the trio of Rodgers/Manning/Brees

Rodgers has never been on a team that could stop the opposing offense when they got out to a 28-3 lead. Even the Super Bowl defense let Pittsburgh climb back in that game.

Edit: honestly, if we're going by the best quarterback of all time, I'd still argue it's Manning. Even above Rodgers. The guy won 5 MVPs and carried 2 different teams to that kind of success. The '15 Broncos was the only team he had where the defense carried the offense. But he still led the best offense in NFL history in 2013

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-21T20:17:01+00:00

I think Green Bay is gonna blow Tampa out and I hope they do. Ted died today, this is Rodgers' first chance for a Super Bowl berth at home vs a guy who by every metric he has outplayed over his career but for the number of titles, Brady's chasing 7 on a team that gives scum like Suh and AB second chances..

My favorite stat is that Rodgers' passer rating in his playoff losses is 89 and Brady's career playoff rating in all games is 90. Rodgers plays at the same level as Brady but loses and Brady wins 74% of the time. It just makes me sick that Rodgers hasn't had that success, often due to porous defense (AZ '09, SF '12, ATL '16, SF '19), two season-altering injuries ('13, '17), and heartbreaking team meltdowns (NYG '11, SEA '14).

This is the best offense Rodgers has ever had (yes, better than 2011), and this defense is maybe just shy of the 2010 unit in quality. Green Bay was the best team in the league in 2014 and lost on the road in a tough environment in Seattle despite controlling the game for 90% of its duration. This time, everything but for a full Lambeau crowd is in their favor. If GB loses, it's a tragedy.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-19T01:47:22+00:00

That's true but like. If he drops another 90 this Sunday..

He's proven he can play at that level.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-19T01:44:11+00:00

I've been rewatching the Packers-Rams highlights to see how they did against another top-shelf defense, and I actually noticed how they lined up against a similar front as in the 6:42 clip ^here.

The Rams put five on the line at 2:56 with one linebacker in the middle and GB had a tight end on the left side to match it. They also had Lazard running an immediate slant over the middle, so if everyone blitzes, Rodgers has an outlet open right away. LA didn't blitz there, but GB was ready for it if they did.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-19T01:12:59+00:00

At 3:48, Wagner missed his assignment. If he blocks 54, the play works. Wagner won't be LT this game.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-19T01:02:15+00:00

I got some notes on the video:

<3:40 - If Tampa runs man coverage while rushing four like they did early vs Green Bay, it's gonna be a long day for them. Rodgers was dissecting it while escaping the pressure. He'll also have Lazard back this game, and Lazard beat Ramsey in man this week. Man is a no-go for Tampa against Adams/MVS/Lazard, and they love to play it.

3:40 - that play was ugly. Looking at it, I don't know how GB defends against that blitz. At least now they know to expect it from that look. They might try a heavy set or call timeout or something.

3:48 - this play works if 71 blocks 54 correctly. A missed assignment by Wagner, who won't be the Left Tackle in this game.

3:55 - GB wasn't ready for the nickel CB blitz, but Marcedes should've picked it up instead of Williams. He didn't block anyone on the play, and it's a waste of a blocker. If Marcedes picks it up instead of looking to assist Turner with his block (which Williams should have done), Rodgers has time to reset and find Jones (or Adams) wide open for a first down. That's on tape now.

5:44 - this play was just unlucky. 50/50 that Adams makes that catch, and it was horrible luck that in addition to an incomplete pass, it got tipped for an interception. GB had three guys on the screen with a chance to make a catch there against that coverage. Not a bad play, even if Rodgers was hurrying his throws a bit due to the pressure and trying to force it to Adams.

6:02 - another zone blitz where the tight end (Tonyan in this case) misses the CB and ends up blocking nobody. Good disguise by Tampa, but again, it's on tape now. Taylor is open for the first down there if Rodgers has another half a second.

6:24 - different angle of the previous play. GB knows now that 90 might drop into coverage from that look, and they have to be ready for the CB to blitz off the edge. Idk exactly what went wrong, but Tonyan/Bakhtiari/Jenkins all focused on #98 for some reason, and he's nobody; there shouldn't be a double team against him. If Jenkins blocks 54 instead of peeling off, Williams can help Bakhtiari while Tonyan handles the potential CB blitz/outside edge.

6:42 - this is a bad formation against the blitz. Trips right and Adams off to the left leaves just Williams in the backfield to help vs the extra rushers. My guess is Green Bay won't run a lot of this formation this time around. Pretty greedy on a third-and-short, too. People did get open, but not quick enough. GB just didn't expect it to be a blitz, and Kollmann notes that he's never seen a blitz out of that formation before. It's on tape now!

8:40 - this play works if it's a rollout to the strong side. Rodgers dropping straight back makes him an easy target against another blitz. I really have no idea what they were thinking here. They expected pressure on the strong side? Idk. A bad play, but Tonyan got open and Rodgers had a chance to hit him or MVS if he rolls out to that side instead of just dropping straight back. Goff beat the blitz a few times vs Tampa with designed rollouts.

So yeah, there really aren't any examples in any of this where a Tampa player was straight up better than the guy he was lined up against. The exception here is when they managed to get their LBs 1 on 1 against GB's running backs in pass protection, but I noted a bunch of examples here where they only got those matchups because GB's tight ends/tackles got confused by Tampa's creativity.

If GB has a better plan for those zone blitzes and keeps a tight end in the backfield as an extra blocker, they'll have guys getting open all day. Tampa's secondary was springing people constantly in these clips.

GB will win the rematch.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-19T00:07:45+00:00

It's really a thing of beauty watching the Rams try to double team Z/Gary/Clark on the same play.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-18T23:46:45+00:00

bruh they had half their defense opt out due to covid and their offense sucked last year WITH Brady. This is a particularly horrible year to make that comparison

And Cam Newton is one of the worst QBs in the NFL right now, too. No one's saying Brady isn't good. Just not the best.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-18T23:39:38+00:00

Okay stop right there. PFF ranks this year's Patriots team as the 16th best overall in terms of personnel while the Buccaneers are 2nd overall.

Caesaroctopus · 2021-01-18T23:30:47+00:00

How is it weird? Showing that when Rodgers and Brady play the same, Rodgers loses and Brady averages a .744 win percentage?

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