mansquatch wrote:
I agree completely. These are games where our DL has the potential to take them over. Not saying they will, both teams have good players as well, but there is potential against such weak protection, esepcially in the case of the Bears.
The playoff hunt will become more clear in the next 2-3 games. The NFC is completely up for grabs. Even the teams, like SF and Atlanta that are presented as the dominant forces in the NFC are not really that far beyond the rest of the pack.
For whatever it's worth the Packers are underdogs against NYG and the Vikings and Bears are even (as far as the oddsmakers go).
It's going to be a fun week for watching football ... I hope the Vikings can come out on top. Beating the Bears would be another huge step.
Well I don't have a problem with any of that. They can say what they want. Football outsiders bases it's information on the past games and makes the assumption that all teams will play the same the rest of the year. What they can't do is put in the intangibles. For example, Green Bay's O-line may have done a good job the first half of the year. But now with one of their starters out, will the O-line be the same, better or worse? That is one thing their DVOA rankings cannot account for. Injuries, and how they change the game. What about the Pats, without Gronk are they the same team? Can the next guy step in and make the same plays?
Vikings fan since Nov. 6, 1966. Annoying Packer fans since Nov. 7, 1966
The bears may be the most overrated team in football right now. Their defense is really the only reason I fear them at all. Yea they are 7-3, but look at their schedule and find a game that really stands out as an impressive victory?
Indianapolis, at home vs a rookie qb making his first start, their most impressive win so far
St Louis at home, meh
@ Dallas I'd rather have played Dallas than Washington
@ Jacksonville
Detroit barely beat the lions at home
Carolina needed a miracle comeback against Carolina at home
@ Tennessee
Not saying the vikings are clearly better or anything, but we have proven we can beat an above average team, the bears haven't. Their defense has carried a team that is offensively weak even with cutler at the helm and they've won the games they're expected to. I'm not betting on the Vikings to win tomorrow, but of they win handledly I wouldnt be surprised in the least
If we are going to have any realistic shot of making the playoffs, we have to win tomorrow. We can't be sitting at 6-5 in this tough NFC and expect to make it, not after losing head to head against Tampa and Seattle.
After the loss today to the Bears, our playoff chances go back down to 9.6%. I will say, our only chance is Webb to the rescue. Call me crazy but that is the only glimmer of hope this team has and I am not drinking tonite either.
Positive from today: Packers are getting their a$$ kicked right now. That is all.
“He's like a piece of gristle. He's got a great squirt in the hole"-- Brad Childress.
It is the NFL, so anything is possible, but I'm not liking our chances right now. The OL still has talent gaps that are too big to cover up and the WR are just flat awful if PH isn't playing. Coaching staff is making questionable decisions as well. Losing Chris Cook hurt a lot also.
Winning is not a sometime thing it is an all of the time thing - Vince Lombardi
Funny thing. I was thinking about this, and I'd really, truly, rather have the Packers not make the playoffs, than to have the Vikes make the playoffs. My measure of success is 8-8 this year. A winning record would be astounding. But we aren't going places in the playoffs, so it would be a pleasant surprise, but one that would only last a week long, and end in disappointment most likely.
But to have the Pack miss the playoffs as the consensus Superbowl pick. Well that would brighten my offseason for months.
John_Viveiros wrote:Funny thing. I was thinking about this, and I'd really, truly, rather have the Packers not make the playoffs, than to have the Vikes make the playoffs. My measure of success is 8-8 this year. A winning record would be astounding. But we aren't going places in the playoffs, so it would be a pleasant surprise, but one that would only last a week long, and end in disappointment most likely.
But to have the Pack miss the playoffs as the consensus Superbowl pick. Well that would brighten my offseason for months.
The only icing on the cake would be if the Vikings knocked them out of the playoffs in the last game.
Vikings fan since Nov. 6, 1966. Annoying Packer fans since Nov. 7, 1966
