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Today our Green Bay Packers play the most important game at Lambeau Field in the past 10 years. After losing to the Denver Broncos in our last Super Bowl appearance with a pretty good talent base and a franchise quarterback, who would have thought it would take over be over 3,000 days until we had a chance to go back to a title game again ?
We enter today as one of the Fabulous Four and a home field advantage favorite to win and play for the NFL Title.
Be sure to savour the moment; if there is one lesson that can be learned from Dan Marino's career and the Green Bay Packers it's that it's very tough to get here. And today we must seize the moment.
As I get ready to pack up my stuff for the road cruise to a chilly Lambeau, my thoughts are quite different from those of last week. Last week I thought there was a chance we could be outcoached, and an upset would not have suprised me one bit. To my fear, my thoughts are pretty different this week.
This week, I ponder back to the year we won the Super Bowl and how the cards kind of fell into place when we avoided the Dallas Cowboys after they lost. At that time even though they were weaker, the curse still lived and Dallas seemed to bring out the worst in us. That seemed to regenerate this year; but once again Dallas lost in the playoffs and today we have home field advantage. Let the pattern continue.
Last week we received another blessing when the Cowboys lost, and this week we face a team we match up better with on our home turf.
In looking at this matchup I give the Giants a definite advantage at OL, a slight advantage at DL, and the RB position is probably a wash. Green Bay has the edge at QB, WR,TE, LB, and probably in the secondary as well.
What scares me is no matter how I look at things, this is a game we should really win unless our OL breaks down or we give the game away. The Better players usually win in the playoffs and Green Bay enters the NFC Title game as the better team.
Expect the NY Giants offense to try to slow this game down on offense by grinding out the run. They have an excellent power running back in Brandon Jacobs whose game fits the elements of today quite well. And they also have a home run hitter in Ahmad Bradshaw who can break the long one on any play. They don't want to see a score in the 30's, and if they had it there way nobody would break twenty points.
As ironic as it is, this week the Giants defense noted that their top priority was to stop Ryan Grant. How ironic it is. At the beginnning season they were so loaded at the running back position they were comfortable allowing Ted Thompson to commit highway robbery in taking one of the top running backs in the NFC is 2007 from them for a mere 6th round draft pick. The emergence of Ryan Grant has probably taken the Green Bay Packers from a playoff contender to a Super Bowl Contender. Thank you New York !
But the reality is the Giants have much more to worry about than Ryan Grant. Their secondary is banged up and weak, and if MM's playcalling is sharp they will have a hard time covering our wide receivers as well. Expect the Giants defense to show every imaginable blitz and try to keep the offense off balance. To be successful their Pro Bowl Defensive ends need to get to Favre, or they need Justin Tuck to dominate our sometimes inconsistent OG's.
On the other hand Green Bay should be aggressive against the Giants on both sides. On defense Harris and Woodsen should be at least respectable against the Giants wide receivers, allowing the Packers LB's to effectively zone blitz against the run and contain Brandon Jacobs.
On Offense don't be surprised if MM does plenty of four and five wide wide receiver sets. If Mike McCarthy brings his A game this offense should be able to have success against the Giants. Their secondary is not strong enough or deep enough to cover the depth of talent at WR, and when we spread it out Ryan Grant should have at least some success in running the ball. The Giants run defense is not Seattle's; failiure to execute this week will make the day much more challenging for Ryan Grant.
What a BANNER YEAR for the National Football League. They had some very key games on the NFL Network, and now they have a Dream Waiting to Happen for the Super Bowl. The Headlines are waiting to happen.
Rematch
Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots
Good Versus Evil
Brett Favre versus Tom Brady
The Up Coming Coach vs. the Mad Genius
Gotta be stocked just thinking about it.
New England is going to win today; it's time for our Green Bay Packers to hold us our end and win a game they should win.
It's time for Brett Favre and our OL to step up with their A game.
It's time for our defense to show itself to be a dominant and expose Eli Manning.
It's time for the Green Bay to show the world they are an elite team.
I'm so pumped for this game; I wish it were starting now.
History needs to be made today. I don't give a crap about the weather. The Players need to bring their A game. The Fans need to bring their A game. The atmosphere will be electric.
Our Green Bay Packers go into their own historic stomping grounds with only one obstacle in their way of getting to the Greatest Game of the Greatest Sport. The Super Bowl sounds sweet.
It's time to continue the old winning ways of Mike Holmgren at Lambeau Field.
NOBODY....COMES INTO OUR HOUSE AND WINS
We enter today as one of the Fabulous Four and a home field advantage favorite to win and play for the NFL Title.
Be sure to savour the moment; if there is one lesson that can be learned from Dan Marino's career and the Green Bay Packers it's that it's very tough to get here. And today we must seize the moment.
As I get ready to pack up my stuff for the road cruise to a chilly Lambeau, my thoughts are quite different from those of last week. Last week I thought there was a chance we could be outcoached, and an upset would not have suprised me one bit. To my fear, my thoughts are pretty different this week.
This week, I ponder back to the year we won the Super Bowl and how the cards kind of fell into place when we avoided the Dallas Cowboys after they lost. At that time even though they were weaker, the curse still lived and Dallas seemed to bring out the worst in us. That seemed to regenerate this year; but once again Dallas lost in the playoffs and today we have home field advantage. Let the pattern continue.
Last week we received another blessing when the Cowboys lost, and this week we face a team we match up better with on our home turf.
In looking at this matchup I give the Giants a definite advantage at OL, a slight advantage at DL, and the RB position is probably a wash. Green Bay has the edge at QB, WR,TE, LB, and probably in the secondary as well.
What scares me is no matter how I look at things, this is a game we should really win unless our OL breaks down or we give the game away. The Better players usually win in the playoffs and Green Bay enters the NFC Title game as the better team.
Expect the NY Giants offense to try to slow this game down on offense by grinding out the run. They have an excellent power running back in Brandon Jacobs whose game fits the elements of today quite well. And they also have a home run hitter in Ahmad Bradshaw who can break the long one on any play. They don't want to see a score in the 30's, and if they had it there way nobody would break twenty points.
As ironic as it is, this week the Giants defense noted that their top priority was to stop Ryan Grant. How ironic it is. At the beginnning season they were so loaded at the running back position they were comfortable allowing Ted Thompson to commit highway robbery in taking one of the top running backs in the NFC is 2007 from them for a mere 6th round draft pick. The emergence of Ryan Grant has probably taken the Green Bay Packers from a playoff contender to a Super Bowl Contender. Thank you New York !
But the reality is the Giants have much more to worry about than Ryan Grant. Their secondary is banged up and weak, and if MM's playcalling is sharp they will have a hard time covering our wide receivers as well. Expect the Giants defense to show every imaginable blitz and try to keep the offense off balance. To be successful their Pro Bowl Defensive ends need to get to Favre, or they need Justin Tuck to dominate our sometimes inconsistent OG's.
On the other hand Green Bay should be aggressive against the Giants on both sides. On defense Harris and Woodsen should be at least respectable against the Giants wide receivers, allowing the Packers LB's to effectively zone blitz against the run and contain Brandon Jacobs.
On Offense don't be surprised if MM does plenty of four and five wide wide receiver sets. If Mike McCarthy brings his A game this offense should be able to have success against the Giants. Their secondary is not strong enough or deep enough to cover the depth of talent at WR, and when we spread it out Ryan Grant should have at least some success in running the ball. The Giants run defense is not Seattle's; failiure to execute this week will make the day much more challenging for Ryan Grant.
What a BANNER YEAR for the National Football League. They had some very key games on the NFL Network, and now they have a Dream Waiting to Happen for the Super Bowl. The Headlines are waiting to happen.
Rematch
Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots
Good Versus Evil
Brett Favre versus Tom Brady
The Up Coming Coach vs. the Mad Genius
Gotta be stocked just thinking about it.
New England is going to win today; it's time for our Green Bay Packers to hold us our end and win a game they should win.
It's time for Brett Favre and our OL to step up with their A game.
It's time for our defense to show itself to be a dominant and expose Eli Manning.
It's time for the Green Bay to show the world they are an elite team.
I'm so pumped for this game; I wish it were starting now.
History needs to be made today. I don't give a crap about the weather. The Players need to bring their A game. The Fans need to bring their A game. The atmosphere will be electric.
Our Green Bay Packers go into their own historic stomping grounds with only one obstacle in their way of getting to the Greatest Game of the Greatest Sport. The Super Bowl sounds sweet.
It's time to continue the old winning ways of Mike Holmgren at Lambeau Field.
NOBODY....COMES INTO OUR HOUSE AND WINS
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