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My reasoning is simple. Young teams with no playoff experience seldom make it all the way through the playoffs. They get close once or twice, then make it to the Super Bowl a year or two later. The Packers of the '90s built up to it. The Packers of 2007 have come from no where. Even their coaching staff is pretty raw and inexperienced. A second year head coach, second year d-coordinator, first year O-coordinator, etc.
Will I be shocked if they win? Absolutely not, because I think they are the better team. If the do make it to the Super Bowl, it will be a testament to MM as an absolutely fantastic HC, at least for this season. To take an extremely young, extremely inexperienced team that far is not easy.
I sincerely hope that I am way of base in this prediction!
Wow Patler, I can't believe this. You can't tell me you actually believe the Giants will win, now. We might have a lot of youth, but I think we are experienced in a lot of critical areas, QB, CB's, D-line, offensive tackles. Doesn't that take away from the potential "overwhelming" problem? I think so. I just don't see how the Giants could keep us under 20 points. They just don't have the talent, and their QB is still very young and inexperienced at winning in the postseason. I think, if you're life depended on you getting the call on this, you'd change your prediction.
"...one thing about me during the course of a game, I get emotional and say things my grandmother lets me know about later. But nobody wants to win on that field anymore than I do, no one." Brett Favre
TERD Buckley over Troy Vincent, Robert Ferguson over Chris Chambers, Kevn King instead of TJ Watt, and now, RICH GANNON, over JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY LEONARD. Thank you FLOWER
[QUOTE=George Cumby] ...every draft (Ted) would pick a solid, dependable, smart, athletically limited linebacker...the guy who isn't doing drugs, going to strip bars, knocking around his girlfriend or making any plays of game changing significance.
Could someone please post that list of guys with playoff experience that was floating around?
I know it had Favre, Davis, Tauscher, Pickett, Harris, Woodson, Driver, Clifton, who else?
Barnett (2003) was a rookie wasn't he, against Seattle?
"...one thing about me during the course of a game, I get emotional and say things my grandmother lets me know about later. But nobody wants to win on that field anymore than I do, no one." Brett Favre
How about this stat. The Packers scored 30 points or more 11 times during the regular season, 12 times including last weeks win. Even more impressive, we scored at least 30 points in our last nine games of the regular season, and now 10 games in a row including last week!! No other team in the NFL did that, including the Pats. And the Giants are gonna hold us under 20 points? I don't think so.
"...one thing about me during the course of a game, I get emotional and say things my grandmother lets me know about later. But nobody wants to win on that field anymore than I do, no one." Brett Favre
My reasoning is simple. Young teams with no playoff experience seldom make it all the way through the playoffs. They get close once or twice, then make it to the Super Bowl a year or two later. The Packers of the '90s built up to it. The Packers of 2007 have come from no where. Even their coaching staff is pretty raw and inexperienced. A second year head coach, second year d-coordinator, first year O-coordinator, etc.
Will I be shocked if they win? Absolutely not, because I think they are the better team. If the do make it to the Super Bowl, it will be a testament to MM as an absolutely fantastic HC, at least for this season. To take an extremely young, extremely inexperienced team that far is not easy.
I sincerely hope that I am way of base in this prediction!
I agree with the reasoning and the importance of experience, but I really believe this will be one of those "seldom" times. There are too many matchups that favor the Packers. Plus, GB handled them pretty easily earlier this year, when GB was still in the process of finding their game and the Giants had Shockey, who was their best offensive matchup. Now their best offensive matchups seem to be their RBs, who do not have notable playoff experience.
If GB loses this game, it will be one of the most disappointing losses I have seen in my time watching them (which goes back to the late 80s).
"My problems with him are his vision and tendency to dance instead of pounding a hole." - Harvey Wallbangers
How about this stat. The Packers scored 30 points or more 11 times during the regular season, 12 times including last weeks win. Even more impressive, we scored at least 30 points in our last nine games of the regular season, and now 10 games in a row including last week!! No other team in the NFL did that, including the Pats. And the Giants are gonna hold us under 20 points? I don't think so.
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Did anyone here realize that? I sure didn't. That is amazing.
"...one thing about me during the course of a game, I get emotional and say things my grandmother lets me know about later. But nobody wants to win on that field anymore than I do, no one." Brett Favre
How about this stat. The Packers scored 30 points or more 11 times during the regular season, 12 times including last weeks win. Even more impressive, we scored at least 30 points in our last nine games of the regular season, and now 10 games in a row including last week!! No other team in the NFL did that, including the Pats. And the Giants are gonna hold us under 20 points? I don't think so.
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Did anyone here realize that? I sure didn't. That is amazing.
Not to pick nits, but they only scored 7 against the Bears and 27 against the Cowboys. I do agree that they scored over 30 many games this year.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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