SnakeLH2006
11-28-2009, 02:54 AM
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Kendeigh's Corner: Packers Playoff Path Promising
The Packers will make the playoffs. There, I said it. They won't win the division, obviously that crown will belong to Brett Favre and the Vikings. But, the Packers will win one of the two NFC Wildcard spots. Here's why.
Minnesota will win the North, New Orleans will win the South, Arizona will win the West and barring a December collapse, the Cowboys will win the East. That leaves the Packers (7-4), Eagles (6-4), Giants (6-5) and Falcons (5-5) as the Wildcard contenders.
Here's what each team faces down the stretch:
Packers (7-4):
vs. Baltimore, 5-5
at Chicago, 4-6
at Pittsburgh, 6-4
vs. Seattle, 3-7
at Arizona, 7-3
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Packers opponents: 25-25, .500 winning pct.
Eagles (6-4):
vs. Washington, 3-7
at Atlanta, 5-5
at N.Y. Giants, 6-5
vs. San Francisco, 4-6
vs. Denver, 7-4
at Dallas, 8-3
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Eagles opponents: 33-30, .524 winning pct.
Giants (6-5)
vs. Dallas, 8-3
vs. Philadelphia, 6-4
at Washington, 3-7
vs. Carolina, 4-6
at Minnesota, 9-1
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Giants opponents: 30-21, .588 winning pct.
Falcons (5-5)
vs. Tampa Bay, 1-9
vs. Philadelphia, 6-4
vs. New Orleans, 10-0
at N.Y. Jets, 4-6
vs. Buffalo, 3-7
at Tampa Bay, 1-9
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Falcons opponents: 25-35, .417 winning pct.
The Packers have the second easiest schedule and they play just two teams with a winning record. The three-team race for the NFC East will be a slugfest with each team playing each other once in the final month of the season.
Fans like to go down the line and predict wins and losses and if you do that with the Packers, most fans would figure Green Bay will win at least three of their final five games which would give them 10 wins on the season. Since changing to a four-division coference format in 2002 there's never been a 10-win team miss the playoffs in the NFC. The Packers will win 10 and will make the playoffs.
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Seems fair enough. Plus we are playing as well as we have in 2 years under ARod. I feel it. Just add in the playoff factor..... Head to head with Minn. has been poor for us, but if they get beat, we are rollin'. Snake has a good vibe lately with as good as we've been the last 3 weeks of games: (OL gelling with Cliffy/Tauch lately...Grant has been pretty good, sacks less..Arod has been great....the D has been really good with Capers blitzing it up).
Get hot, win. Simple formula come playoff time: Look at Arizona last year. We are playing well with the OL and the D coming together again. As long as we don't face Minn., Snake's not scared of the other NFC teams, match-up wise.......well maybe the Saints, but they haven't EVER done shit in the playoffs.
Kendeigh's Corner: Packers Playoff Path Promising
The Packers will make the playoffs. There, I said it. They won't win the division, obviously that crown will belong to Brett Favre and the Vikings. But, the Packers will win one of the two NFC Wildcard spots. Here's why.
Minnesota will win the North, New Orleans will win the South, Arizona will win the West and barring a December collapse, the Cowboys will win the East. That leaves the Packers (7-4), Eagles (6-4), Giants (6-5) and Falcons (5-5) as the Wildcard contenders.
Here's what each team faces down the stretch:
Packers (7-4):
vs. Baltimore, 5-5
at Chicago, 4-6
at Pittsburgh, 6-4
vs. Seattle, 3-7
at Arizona, 7-3
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Packers opponents: 25-25, .500 winning pct.
Eagles (6-4):
vs. Washington, 3-7
at Atlanta, 5-5
at N.Y. Giants, 6-5
vs. San Francisco, 4-6
vs. Denver, 7-4
at Dallas, 8-3
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Eagles opponents: 33-30, .524 winning pct.
Giants (6-5)
vs. Dallas, 8-3
vs. Philadelphia, 6-4
at Washington, 3-7
vs. Carolina, 4-6
at Minnesota, 9-1
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Giants opponents: 30-21, .588 winning pct.
Falcons (5-5)
vs. Tampa Bay, 1-9
vs. Philadelphia, 6-4
vs. New Orleans, 10-0
at N.Y. Jets, 4-6
vs. Buffalo, 3-7
at Tampa Bay, 1-9
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Falcons opponents: 25-35, .417 winning pct.
The Packers have the second easiest schedule and they play just two teams with a winning record. The three-team race for the NFC East will be a slugfest with each team playing each other once in the final month of the season.
Fans like to go down the line and predict wins and losses and if you do that with the Packers, most fans would figure Green Bay will win at least three of their final five games which would give them 10 wins on the season. Since changing to a four-division coference format in 2002 there's never been a 10-win team miss the playoffs in the NFC. The Packers will win 10 and will make the playoffs.
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Seems fair enough. Plus we are playing as well as we have in 2 years under ARod. I feel it. Just add in the playoff factor..... Head to head with Minn. has been poor for us, but if they get beat, we are rollin'. Snake has a good vibe lately with as good as we've been the last 3 weeks of games: (OL gelling with Cliffy/Tauch lately...Grant has been pretty good, sacks less..Arod has been great....the D has been really good with Capers blitzing it up).
Get hot, win. Simple formula come playoff time: Look at Arizona last year. We are playing well with the OL and the D coming together again. As long as we don't face Minn., Snake's not scared of the other NFC teams, match-up wise.......well maybe the Saints, but they haven't EVER done shit in the playoffs.