🇻🇦Roman Catholic Husband and Father, Aerospace Engineer, Air Force Veteran, NFL Owner 🧀
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Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
Green Bay Packers 2026 penalty numbers, specifically on all-important THIRD DOWN plays & in the FOURTH QTR of games
The #Packers lead the #NFL in 4TH qtr penalty per game avg, recording historically high numbers in this category
Compounding that, the @packers have off-the-charts numbers surrendering AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWNS via penalty on THIRD DOWN plays (& primarily in the 4th qtr)
None of this is news to Green Bay players/coaches or fans
Three games in particular this season (@Vikings @Lions & vs Cowboys) were beyond ridiculous w' officiating in the 4th qtr of those contests
There are many numbers I can detail going back two decades but ill use 2021/2025 five-yr data as comparison to highlight the statistical improbablity of the 2026 stats
Green Bay is surrendering 1.71 AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWNS per game on THIRD DOWN
To put that in perspective, over the past 5 seasons the next highest avg in this category is the 2023 Titans (0.94 per game) & the 2021 #Bills at 0.89 per game
GB is averaging almost DOUBLE per game of the next highest penalized team over past 5 seasons in this category
In the FOURTH QTR, Green Bay is surrendering 1.29 AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWNS via penalty in 2026
The next closest to that the past five seasons is the 2024 Commanders at 0.90 per 4th qtr
The bulk of Packers ROUGHING THE PASSER & UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS & ILLEGAL CONTACT penalties have occurred in the 4th qtr (see clip #GBvsMIN Week 1 w' Shawn Hochuli)
For the record im not a Packers fan, just someone that studies data
But I watch every game & the officiating in some GB contests this season has been diabolical late
The general response is "just play better" so a bad call or calls have no impact on the final outcome
That sounds great & im sure every team would love to be ahead 50-0 in the 4th so an atrocious UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS penalty has zero impact
But the fact is most games come down to the final 10 mins & if you're on the wrong end of bad calls in the 4th qtr & particularly on 3rd down, its near impossible to overcome
Its up to Matt LaFleur & Packers hierarchy to inform @NFLOfficiating & start calling out the one-sided numbers
The positive would be these numbers can't continue indefinitely & GB does have 6 more games at Lambeau Field, where they historically have received better treatment
#GoPackGo
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
It’s 100% obvious the officiating in the NFL is used to do the following:
1) Keep games close so they’re more interesting. They will purposely only call penalties against the better team keeping the losing team alive. We have more overtime’s than ever. Closer 4th quarters than ever. It’s all by design.
2) Swing betting odds to favor the betting houses. We have never seen so many good teams lose to bad teams before in this sports history. The league is clearly doing this for gambling purposes, and making a lot of money doing so. People typically bet on the better teams to always win. When they rig a game against a good team the betting houses and the NFL make a lot of money.
3) Balancing out the divisions. The NFL does not want undefeated teams, and crappy teams. Fans tune out if their teams have a losing record, especially this early in the season. They want to keep the illusion of playoff hopes alive for every team as long as possible even if that means helping bad teams win games they have no business winning.
4) By aggressively officiating they put more pressure on teams to take more risks they normally wouldn’t take. This increases the odds for turnovers, big plays, and mistakes which give more control back to the officials to decide the outcome of a game. The pressure the officials exert creating longer downs and distances, changing field position, granting phantom first downs to keep drives alive, all change the outcomes of the game.
5) The rules have become so nuanced the officials can literally reverse clear and obvious touchdowns and points scored. It’s to the point where teams have to score twice for even one of the touchdowns to count.
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
What you are feeling is real weezy
The Packers rank last in penalty "luck" through 7 weeks. Mostly due to defensive holding and roughing the passer calls on the defense
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
This man is playing with a WR room that has the most drops, a RB room that avg the fewest yards, and a bottom 5 offensive line. If not for his elite play, this team is 1-5. You can't show me a QB playing now that could thrive in this.
He's literally The Most Valuable Player
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
Caleb Williams had an ADOT of just 3.3 yards in Week 6
Of the 187 individual QB performances with at least 10 pass attempts in a game this season, Williams' outing ranks 186th in ADOT
Only Atlanta's Jack Strand in Week 2 had a lower mark
But yay completion percentage!
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
-Josh Jacobs back in Week 7
-Micah Parsons back in Week 8 or 9
-Jordan Love MVP Arc
-Jonathan Gannon demon mode
-Competent O-Line
-Best Safety Trio in the game
-Best WR Duo in the game
Who has it better than Packers fans?
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
YOU KNOW THAT'S RIGHT
Jordan has been voted @FedEx Air & Ground NFL Player of the Week.
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Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
Aaron Rodgers ranks on this list
- 1st in TDs
- fewest INTs
- 1st in TD %
- 1st in passer rating
- 1st in ANY/A
- 2nd in yards
- 3rd in completion %
He is the best QB to ever play football
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
Kevin Stefanski on Jordan Love:
"I think the Quarterback is outstanding. He can make every throw imaginable. His arm talent live is really really impressive."
Brian Flores week one on Jordan Love: “His command of the offense, whether it’s cadence, or on the ball, or no huddle, he’s got total command”
Aaron Glenn week two on Jordan Love:
“His arm talent is unbelievable”
Twitter couch watchers: JoRdAn LoVe Is GaRbAgE.
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
"Catholics didn't write the Bible, the apostles did!"
brother, the apostles were Catholic
Captain America 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹 retweeted
The #Packers defense has played really well without its best player.
Their special teams have been a revelation.
The offense has sputtered due to lack of a running game and poor blocking.
Josh Jacobs would be a huge boost to the running game. If the offensive line can get some continuity and just be slightly below average, the offense can be really good.
Nothing wrong here is uncorrectable.
Green Bay is a Shawn Hochuli away from being 2-0 with a couple winnable games on the horizon.
I'm excited for what they can do.
