Game Thread NFL Playoffs: Greenbay Packers vs Dallas Cowboys

[Chris Craig]

That's the Super Bowl I'm hoping for. Quarterback nirvana.

The NFC championship game should be fun--all the makings of a shoot-out. Since neither team is particularly distinguished on the defensive side, in a shoot-out I generally favor the team with the best gunslinger and that's Rodgers.

Not me I'm hoping the Falcons make it...dont count Ryan and Jones out

 

[Hobbesarable]

Not me I'm hoping the Falcons make it...dont count Ryan and Jones out

You are 0-4, right?

Well, if you think the Falcons and Patriots make it to the Superbowl, then that really means it will be the Packers and Steelers.

 

[Chris Craig]

You are 0-4, right?

Well, if you think the Falcons and Patriots make it to the Superbowl, then that really means it will be the Packers and Steelers.

I might decide to root for green bay, watch yourself

 

[Minstrel]

Not me I'm hoping the Falcons make it...dont count Ryan and Jones out

Atlanta could certainly win. Green Bay's defense is going to get wrecked.

A big factor is whether Jordy Nelson will be available for next week's game. Even if not, though, assuming Adams is full strength by next week, Rodgers still has a lot of weapons--Adams, Cook, Cobb and Montgomery. I really don't see either offense being slowed much.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm going with 42-38 for a final score. The Packers' corners are awful and losing Morgan Burnett (if he can't go) is going to break the dam against a guy like Matt Ryan throwing to Jones and Sanu. Green Bay's only hope is to generate a pass rush and disrupt Ryan's timing, even then he's playing like an MVP, so good luck with that.

On the other side Rodgers is the engine that makes the Packers go and he's in a zone like he was on their last title run.

I'm a Packers fan, but I think they probably should be a 4 1/2 point dog. Hopefully I'm wrong, but it feels like Ryan's year.

 

[Natebishop3]

I was hoping for ATL vs KC.

I'm sick of the Pats, Packers, and Steelers.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I was hoping for ATL vs KC.

I'm sick of the Pats, Packers, and Steelers.

I can understand that. I feel pretty spoiled by the last 25 years of QB play in GB.

 

[Minstrel]

I'm not even a Packers fan (I'm a 49ers fan), but I like Aaron Rodgers a lot. In my opinion, the best quarterback ever (in terms of prime play so far--obviously, he hasn't had the best full career value yet).

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm not even a Packers fan (I'm a 49ers fan), but I like Aaron Rodgers a lot. In my opinion, the best quarterback ever.

 

[Minstrel]

Yeah, Joe Montana was my pick before Rodgers. As far as I'm concerned, he's Montana in the pocket and far and away the best I've ever seen outside the pocket. Even Favre, Elway or Young at their best can't really compete with Rodgers' ability to throw short, medium and long on the run.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm not even a Packers fan (I'm a 49ers fan), but I like Aaron Rodgers a lot. In my opinion, the best quarterback ever (in terms of prime play so far--obviously, he hasn't had the best full career value yet).

I wish Green Bay's GM did a better job of shoring up the defense. It's been their Achilles heel in most seasons of Rodgers' career -- their biggest barrier to post-season success. #firstworldproblems

 

[Hobbesarable]

I can understand that. I feel pretty spoiled by the last 25 years of QB play in GB.

Agree. Brett Favre, Reggie White, and Mike Holmgren brought the Packers back to respectability after so many years as an NFL doormat. Then we were able to continue winning another Superbowl with Aaron Rodgers.

 

[Hobbesarable]

I wish Green Bay's GM did a better job of shoring up the defense. It's been their Achilles heel in most seasons of Rodgers' career -- their biggest barrier to post-season success. #firstworldproblems

Their secondary were hurt and injured this season. That will obviously be a need going into the draft along with running back and possibly a speed receiver.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Agree. Brett Favre, Reggie White, and Mike Holmgren brought the Packers back to respectability after so many years as an NFL doormat. Then we were able to continue winning another Superbowl with Aaron Rodgers.

Actually credit Bob Harlan for hiring Ron Wolf and giving him full control of football operations and cutting out the meddlesome executive committee.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Actually credit Bob Harlan for hiring Ron Wolf and giving him full control of football operations and cutting out the meddlesome executive committee.

Thank you for reminding me of the omission.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

 

[Natebishop3]

I have seen a better version of this.... I'll have to try to find it.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I can understand that. I feel pretty spoiled by the last 25 years of QB play in GB.

I don't understand this. Sure, Favre had some moments. But I loved watching him piss away meaningful games with late-game interceptions.

 

[Chris Craig]

I was hoping for ATL vs KC.

I'm sick of the Pats, Packers, and Steelers.

I'll take Pats VS Falcons, I'm reasonable

 

[Chris Craig]

I was thinking back....why didn't Dallas run the clock down before they took their field goal kick

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I don't understand this. Sure, Favre had some moments. But I loved watching him piss away meaningful games with late-game interceptions.

He was just a fun player to watch no matter what. Biggest gambler in NFL history.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I don't understand this. Sure, Favre had some moments. But I loved watching him piss away meaningful games with late-game interceptions.

He was infuriating at times, but never boring. His peak in the mid nineties bought him a lot of goodwill later on when he lost the guiding hand of Holmgren.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I was thinking back....why didn't Dallas run the clock down before they took their field goal kick

They were going for the win.

 

[Chris Craig]

They were going for the win.

They weren't going for the win. They tied the game. There was 35 seconds left, no way they'd get the ball back. Once the screwed the pooch on the 3rd down, they should have ran the clock down and left only a few seconds

 

[Minstrel]

They weren't going for the win. They tied the game. There was 35 seconds left, no way they'd get the ball back. Once the screwed the pooch on the 3rd down, they should have ran the clock down and left only a few seconds

How would they have run the clock down after an incomplete pass on third down?

 

[Nikolokolus]

They weren't going for the win. They tied the game. There was 35 seconds left, no way they'd get the ball back. Once the screwed the pooch on the 3rd down, they should have ran the clock down and left only a few seconds

If the pass hadn't been batted they could have kicked the FG as time expired. Instead they had to kick with 35 seconds left on the clock.

 

[Minstrel]

Where you could question their clock management was the spike on first down. But, as nik said, at the time they were going for the winning touchdown, so they were preserving time. They're getting criticized for it, but I think it made sense--the Packers were really struggling to stop them. If they had picked up even one more first down, Green Bay having another chance with the ball in regulation would in any case have been a non-issue. As it turns out, though, Green Bay made the stop right there.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

He was infuriating at times, but never boring. His peak in the mid nineties bought him a lot of goodwill later on when he lost the guiding hand of Holmgren.

Most Packers fans I know have turned on Favre. I would have been suicidal had I been a big Pack fan. He cost them some serious games.

 

[Minstrel]

Most Packers fans I know have turned on Favre. I would have been suicidal had I been a big Pack fan. He cost them some serious games.

Sure, but that's a football version of first world problems. While I think he was a little overrated in his prime (I don't think he deserved three MVP awards--I think he deserved one), he was still a Hall of Fame caliber quarterback. He just wasn't a flawless one like the absolute inner circle ones. He cost them some games but won them many more (in his prime--once he was off his prime, he was closer to a liability).

 

[Nikolokolus]

Most Packers fans I know have turned on Favre. I would have been suicidal had I been a big Pack fan. He cost them some serious games.

I was tired of his constant waffling about retirement his last three years there. Other than that, I knew he'd rip the Vikings' heart out of their chest with some crucial turnover, so all was forgiven when he gave that conference championship away against the Saints in 2009.