{"id":298053,"date":"2025-08-18T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/298053\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:19:11","slug":"cheese-curds-8-18-anthony-beltons-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/298053\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheese Curds, 8\/18: Anthony Belton\u2019s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Green Bay Packers had a rough go in the first half of Saturday\u2019s preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts. Part of the issue on a general level was surely due to the Packers playing few of their established starters while the Colts kept a good complement of first-team players on the field early. But one player stood out in particular for his rough performance before halftime: rookie tackle Anthony Belton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Belton had a day to forget \u2014 or at least to learn from \u2014 on Saturday. Mental errors happened consistently, including one that took a would-be touchdown off the board in the second quarter. It was that much more frustrating to see Belton\u2019s rough day at right tackle when contrasted against Jordan Morgan, who looked very solid on the left side.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Still, Belton was playing in just his second professional game, and if there is ever a time to get those mental errors out of the way and learn from them, it\u2019s in the preseason. He is vowing to \u201cgrow up,\u201d (his words) and ensure that another day like that does not happen again \u2014 something that the Packers need him to do, given their questionable depth on the offensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here\u2019s a look back at Saturday\u2019s game from around the Packers blogosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/news\/game-notes-tyron-herring-comes-up-big-in-packers-thrilling-comeback\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Game Notes: Tyron Herring comes up big in Packers\u2019 thrilling comeback | Packers.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Game Notes: Tyron Herring comes up big in Packers\u2019 thrilling comeback | Packers.com<br \/><\/a>Herring was the late hero on Saturday, breaking up a would-be game-winning touchdown pass to tight end Jelani Woods after the running game started to dominate the Colts\u2019 defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/packerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2025\/08\/17\/studs-and-duds-from-packers-preseason-win-over-colts\/85702162007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Studs and duds from Packers\u2019 preseason win over Colts | Packers Wire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Studs and duds from Packers\u2019 preseason win over Colts | Packers Wire<br \/><\/a>Jordan Morgan looks more and more comfortable at left tackle, and the Packers may have a good problem on their hands with a pair of viable left tackles. On the other side, Anthony Belton had a nightmarish first half.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2025\/08\/16\/packers-rookie-anthony-belton-responds-after-five-first-half-penalties-vs-colts\/85689535007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Packers rookie lineman Anthony Belton responds after five penalties in first half against Colts | Packersnews.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Packers rookie lineman Anthony Belton responds after five penalties in first half against Colts | Packersnews.com<br \/><\/a>Belton got flagged for a false start, illegal formation (twice), unnecessary roughness, and a facemask. He got ripped to shreds by his coaches at halftime and responded with a better second half, but it was still a brutal 30 minutes for the round-two rookie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Five Packers Overreactions From Preseason Win at Colts | SI.com<br \/>Is it really an overreaction to say that the Packers are toast if they have one or two major injuries on the offensive line?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Can the Packers ever count on RB MarShawn Lloyd after yet another injury? | The Athletic<br \/>I think this might well count as an overreaction, but after one more soft tissue injury, it\u2019s valid to wonder if the former third-round draft pick will ever be able to make it through a full season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/sports\/baseball\/mascots-summer-heat-rcna225487\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How do mascots like the Phillie Phanatic stay fresh in the summer heat? Vodka and water | NBC News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">How do mascots like the Phillie Phanatic stay fresh in the summer heat? Vodka and water | NBC News<\/a><br \/>No, that\u2019s not how they stay hydrated \u2013 it\u2019s apparently how they minimize the smell of sweat inside their costumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green Bay Packers had a rough go in the first half of Saturday\u2019s preseason game against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[651,7,41,345,2514,2513,392,23841,598,5393,6,428,47966],"class_list":{"0":"post-298053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-anthony-belton","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-green-bay","11":"tag-green-bay-packers","12":"tag-greenbay","13":"tag-greenbaypackers","14":"tag-indianapolis-colts","15":"tag-jelani-woods","16":"tag-jordan-morgan","17":"tag-marshawn-lloyd","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-packers","20":"tag-rough-day"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115049972847186825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}