Hawks vs. FudgePackers 8/23/25

[Seattle or Bust]

Three yards on the tush push and he fumbles? Well fuck. I might need to find something else to do. Haaha

I spent like 27 minutes trying to get the game on in the trailer in Cle Elum for this shit show. I have it on Fubo on my laptop but Lynda has to watch on Youtube TV with a ridiculous banner blocking most of the screen. She is going to be so sad she missed the entire Milroe era. He sucks.

Why not just grab an Uber to Suncadia lol?

[maoling]

They just killed Bobo for no fucking reason.

He ran into his own guy, in a pre-season game we are doing everything possible to prove we don't give a shit about. Would have been pretty fucked up if he was seriously injured.

I hated seeing Bobo used in a meaningless game for punt returns, and that collision was beyond nasty. Instant hand wave to get sideline help onto the field and players taking a knee so quickly was ugly. Any updates on how he and Hall are doing?

Now I'm glad they gave Milroe the whole game. He clearly needed four quarters to start really cutting his teeth. Risking Darnold or even Lock two weeks before the 49ers would have been foolish. Was Milroe going against some Packers' starters in the first quarter?

[maoling]

Plus, throwing him to the cheese-wolves fudgepacker fans at Lambeau to get bitch-slapped in the NFL for the first time as a starter, preseason or not, that was a good thing for him.

[Donn Beach]

This has absolutely nothing to do with Russell Wilson, they are in two totally different points in their development. Milroe was out there with second, third and fourth string players going up against a Packers defense that was using eight starters. but yeah, lets right him off as a bust lol. He was used for the entire game because there was no more reason to risk Darnold and Lock. Any sort of realistic appraisal of his abilities is going to have to wait for another day. These games really have little to do with preparing for the season, the team was ready by the second game against the chiefs and that was preparation from practices

[Donn Beach]

Macdonald said he was able to glean one important trait his rookie quarterback displayed amid all the muck Saturday.

“Yeah, just keep chopping. Keep building,” the head coach said. “Keep building the foundation. “He’s out there. He’s playing his tail off. “Taking care of the football is probably the number-one thing (he needs to improve on from Saturday). He knows that. “I think it’s definitely worth it to get him out there and have this experience.”

Macdonald has talked this month and through Milroe playing the second halves of the first two preseason games how the rookie needs to improve the “operation” of the offense. That is, getting his teammates into and out of the huddle quickly between plays. Changing plays at the line of scrimmage. Communicating formations and play calls.

The head coach said Milroe improved on that this week in Green Bay. That included in the joint practice the Seahawks and Packers had Thursday when the starters scrimmaged Green Bay’s starters.

“But you know, we’ve got to operate at an elite level to be a championship football team,” Macdonald said. He said of the reserves on offense: “We are not there yet with those guys. “Really, as a football team it’s something we’re still chasing.”

They put him in a tough situation, he might have gotten higher marks from MM than you realize

Milroe

He spoke about the poise he displayed through what times was a borderline fiasco all around him Saturday.

“No matter good, bad or ugly, keep on going. Keep fightin’. Keep being starving. Have an optimistic mindset...despite anything,” Milroe said. “Good, bad or indifferent, you’ve got to be the same person.”

[Donn Beach]

It's interesting, JS comparing Milroe to Brett Farve, Brett didn't have the most illustrious beginning to his career.

drafted in the second round by Atlanta

Atlanta head coach Jerry Glanville did not approve of the drafting of Favre, saying it would take a plane crash for him to put Favre into the game. Favre's first pass in an NFL regular season game resulted in an interception returned for a touchdown in a week 11 game against the Washington Redskins. He only attempted four passes in his one season with Atlanta, going 0 for 4 with 2 interceptions. Favre took one other snap, which resulted in a sack for an eleven-yard loss.

Green bay trades for him

In the second game of the 1992 season, the Packers played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers were leading 17–0 at halftime, when head coach Mike Holmgren benched starting quarterback Don Majkowski and Favre played the second half. On his first regular season play as a Packer, Favre threw a pass that was deflected by Buccaneers player Ray Seals and caught by Favre. Favre was tackled and the completion went for −7 yards. The Packers lost the game 31–3, chalking up only 106 yards passing. The following week, Majkowski injured a ligament in his ankle against the Cincinnati Bengals, an injury severe enough that he would be out for four weeks. Favre replaced Majkowski for the remainder of the game. Favre fumbled four times during the course of the game, a performance poor enough that the crowd chanted for Favre to be removed in favor of another Packers backup quarterback at the time, Ty Detmer. However, down 23–17 with 1:07 left in the game, the Packers started an offensive series on their own 8-yard line. Favre then completed a 42-yard pass to wide receiver Sterling Sharpe. Three plays later, Favre threw the game–winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Kitrick Taylor with 13 seconds remaining. Favre would go on to keep the starting job for the rest of his tenure in Green Bay. The next week's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers started the longest consecutive starts streak for a quarterback in NFL history.

[Pharmabro]

I watched some of the 2nd 1/2. Milroe had a bad pass where the 5th string tight end just stopped and weighted on the ball and the defender drove on it and stepped on front that could have been picked. I saw one brilliant pass near the sideline to white that was on time and on the money. From what I saw the offense was all vanilla.

Meaningless.

[Donn Beach]

I watched some of the 2nd 1/2. Milroe had a bad pass where the 5th string tight end just stopped and weighted on the ball and the defender drove on it and stepped on front that could have been picked. I saw one brilliant pass near the sideline to white that was on time and on the money. From what I saw the offense was all vanilla.

Meaningless.

like MM was saying, they were probably more interested in his just operating the huddle properly and whatever than running exciting plays

[AZOldDawg]

While Millroe doesn't appear to be the "answer" my biggest concern is with what I would label lack of edge depth. Give any QB time to throw and he will eventually beat you. Packer QB's had way too much time to throw. I recognize JS is gun shy on a big contract after Adams but Clowny at the least or Hendrickson or Parsons if realistic. Let's throw the dice.

[Donn Beach]

There's very little to take away from that game...One thing though might be that if the offensive line is improved that improvement looks pretty thin depth wise. Often times a real quality offensive line is a function of depth as much as anything. Last season shitty performance was about lack of depth