LIFE IS ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS; I JUST REALIZED THIS. The MILWAUKEE BUCKS have won the same number of championships over the past 50 years as the Green Bay Packers. Ten years from now, who will have more championships, and who will be the fart in the wind ?
I've been thinking about that a lot this week as my stomach is lodged soundly in my throat. If it wasn't the Bears and the luckiest season in the history of professional sports, I think I would consider this to be an overachieving successful season. If the horrible, unthinkable happens, i will walk away in a daze and probably not have my head return to earth until at least the next season kicks off.
The Bears' fans would be completely unbearable. They'd be talking about how they were the better team all year long, etc. It would make me sick. Literally. I'm worried abou this game because the Bears' luck can't be ignored. I'm simply hoping that it balances out and McAuley's crew doesn't dictate the game again.
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I would hate it, I truly would hate it, but regardless of how it turns out, I'm delighted to be a fan of this team. I got a great deal of excitement from the games this season and I'm a happy camper. As far as I'm concerned, the lads have already earned a ticker tape parade for a job well done.
B, you made me sick just reading that article. this is GC material, please keep it off the front page!!
If we lose either of the next two games, I'll be upset initially but looking back on this season I can't help but call it a success ultimately. For a team so thoroughly decimated by injuries as we have been at this point this year, we got very close to what the preseason hype on our team was, and even doing that is pretty rare.
It's said often in sports, that "injuries" are not an excuse, but that's bullshit. Sometimes injuries are an excuse. When the Pats lost Brady for the season in the first game, and failed to make the playoffs the year after they went 18-1... you don't think that's a reasonable excuse? The Packers have something crazy like 200 starter games lost due to injury. The fact that we're this far to begin with is a testament to the jobs that everybody not yet on IR (including Ted and the coaches).
I will, however, ignore ESPN for a couple of weeks and cheer pretty hard for the AFC team (even if it is the Jets).
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We didn't lose any "Brady" type of player; the majority of replacement players on defense have been better than the initial starters that got injured. Barnett & Burnett who? Even Walden made me forget Chillar. Finley & Grant are the ones we miss but thankfully we've lost no probowlers this season.
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Losing Finley was a big, big deal. First of all, we had to rejigger (that's a technical term) our entire offense in his absence, and second of all a big fast TE is the ultimate cover 2 beater. With Finley, there would be no chance we'd lose to the Bears on Sunday without a series of epic gaffes.
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Well, it would be somewhere in the middle. On the positive side, I would see this as a season where the Packers showed a lot of resiliency and saw the emergence of some young players (Shields, Williams, Starks, Bishop). A lot of young guys would have gained some valuable playoff experience. This team would certainly be positioned to be a major Super Bowl contender for the foreseeable future.
On the other hand, it would be a lost opportunity, as for the 2nd time in 4 years, The Packers would have lost in an NFC Title Game. Great older players like Driver, Woodson and Clifton would be edging ever closer to retirement. Worst of all, the Bears would be in the Super Bowl.
I would be seriously bummed out but still optimistic about the future.
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I really hope the Bears don't make it to the Superbowl. I honestly believe they would be the luckiest team to ever make it to the Superbowl. The difference might be them getting a free win week one against the Lions which resulted in a first round bye. Then they draw the worst playoff team ever. They basically start the playoffs in the NFC championship game. And then when they get there are playing us, the one team that they don't even have to be good to beat basically because its us. They get all the luck........dropped INTs we they need it, fumbles when they need it, everything goes right for them.
Now look at our season. All of our losses have been close heart breaking losses. I believe we are the better team, but we have completely not luck this season. We get Vick and Eagles on the road, then Matty ice on the road, and then the luckiest team who seem to do no wrong of late on the road with the ref who cheated us out of a victory against this very team. Does it get any worse then that??? We always have the shit luck............The only way this season turns around and is successful is this team WINS the Superbowl. One step at a time though and we have a really hard step this weekend.
I really hope we finally get lucky brakes and win......Hoping for fumbles, easy INTs,, and maybe even a sp. teams score. I hope for a really good all around game!
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83 starter games lost, 2nd most in the leage, according to FO.
Notice that the Bears are tied for least starter games lost, with 11.
Rodgers talked about before games he sees himself making throws and then goes out and does it. Lets think positive the whole game and God willing we will win!
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First, I'd be sick at my stomach, queasy for a few days. I'd probably keep asking "what if?" and "why didn't?" questions for about a week. I'd call for someone to be fired. Maybe Slocum or Campen, or maybe I'd demand that Jones (or whoever screwed up in the game) be cut immediately.
After a few weeks - probably a week or so after the Super Bowl - I'd begin to get my balance back, and I'd then recognize what a wonderful season it was. My god, I walked out of Ford Field on December 12th with a sick taste in my mouth and idiot Lions' fans screaming in my ears, and I thought there was no way this Packer team could make the playoffs. And then they did. And then they won a couple playoff games with a decimated roster. Wow. Then I'd start studying up on the upcoming draft.
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I think if it was any other NFC team (except the Vikings), I could stomach losing after a week or so. But the Bears? That's something else entirely.
No longer the member of any fan clubs. I'm tired of jinxing players out of the league and into obscurity.