What if this team goes 10-6?

[Fritz]

It's interesting to look over the general tenor of posts in different threads. There is often a pattern to the responses. In the case of this thread, started when the Pack had lost to Tampa, the first part involves posters - the more negative ones - scorning the notion that the Packers could go 10-6. The the Packers start winning, and the other side bumps the thread to do the "what do you think about that now?" thing. The last third of the dance involves certain posters getting back to what's wrong with the Packers - the play calling, the kicking, the special teams.

If you look at a lot of threads this year, they go this way. Weird.

[Sparkey]

5 - 11 is far more likely than going above 500 imo.

TOUCHE! Admittedly, I did not expect them to be at 9 - 4 after watching the Buccaneers game.

[Sparkey]

At this point, I will be disappointed if the team goes 10-6.

At Arizona and at Pittsburgh will be very tough. As bad as things are going for Pittsburgh, they are still in the thick of the playoff race and the graphic showed that they have a pretty schedule. Arizona showed it will be tough to beat last night. Hopefully, Arizona has nothing to play for.

Pittsburgh is dead now, as far as playoffs are concerned. They pretty much will lose every tie-breaker within their own division. Baltimore has a better chance than Pittsburgh at this point.

[Sparkey]

We have Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Arizona left. Going 3-0 is not out of the question and if we want to be considered a serious contender, we will have to take care of two mediocre teams and one division winner. Pittsburgh is in a tailspin right now. Seattle isn't very good, and Arizona can hang with anyone.

However, we have some big issues to worry about. First of all, consistency in the secondary by anyone named Williams and Bush. Secondly, Rodgers has thrown some really bad balls the past two weeks and he has taken some pretty hard hits. The play calling was once again, horrible. With how much we ran the ball against Chicago, you would think we would have done something to slow down the blitz but yet only 1 quick slant the entire game. Why? Lastly, special teams, especially Crosby.

Chicago's safety's were playing up to cover the quick slant. Seems like more teams are sitting on that slant and pressuring hard, to make sure there is no time to throw the deeper stuff. They need to run more screens and do a better job of running the middle of the field. With the safeties up, the middle of the field (15 - 30 yards) should be open.

[MichiganPackerFan]

The defense is stepping up beyond what I thought they could achieve... due to the fact that Capers is actually running a multi-front, unbalanced attack which is what makes the 3-4 effective.

My main concern about Capers was conservativism... and we saw an awful lot of that earlier in the season - but, as someone on this board pointed out, Capers did make a comment about the conservative nature of his game plans and play calling being due to the players not being fully up to speed and comfortable with the scheme. I did not see where Capers had said that, but I accept it as being valid.

Matthews has made a believer out of me, Raji is getting better every week... and the multi-front looks Capers is showing is creating confusion for the opponents offense.

Don't know how far we can go... but we're making more progress than I could have hoped for.

PUT DOWN THE KOOL-AID WIST!!!

[HarveyWallbangers]

How is Pittsburgh dead? They are one game behind in the Wild Card race. The AFC is jumbled. Besides the division leaders, Denver (8-5) is the only team with a record better than 7-6.

[Freak Out]

How is Pittsburgh dead? They are one game behind in the Wild Card race. The AFC is jumbled. Besides the division leaders, Denver (8-5) is the only team with a record better than 7-6.

Harv is right....if you think Pittsburgh is going to lay down you're nuts. We could very well beat them but they are going to fight it all the way.

[RashanGary]

Chicago's safety's were playing up to cover the quick slant. Seems like more teams are sitting on that slant and pressuring hard, to make sure there is no time to throw the deeper stuff. They need to run more screens and do a better job of running the middle of the field. With the safeties up, the middle of the field (15 - 30 yards) should be open.

Interesting post. If this is happening (and it very well could be), running the ball and Finley over the middle is going to be huge down the stretch. Teams do rush hard at the passer against us, ears pinned often times, we have to make them pay one way or the other and the easiest way is to run well. We've been doing that. Maybe you don't score as many points with the run, but we have a pretty good defense and the ST's finally showed some life. We're kind of a tough team now. We can win some of those nasty games. We're not having the big plays we had earlier in the season, but we're really controlling the clock now. I think in a close game, with the way we're controlling the ball, with our turnover causing defense, we have the clear advantage against most teams or at least a good shot against good teams. The Packers look like a legit contender (fingers crossed for health)

[Sparkey]

How is Pittsburgh dead? They are one game behind in the Wild Card race. The AFC is jumbled. Besides the division leaders, Denver (8-5) is the only team with a record better than 7-6.

Harv is right....if you think Pittsburgh is going to lay down you're nuts. We could very well beat them but they are going to fight it all the way.

They are (4-6 conf & 2-4 best case in division) in the AFC at this point. They lose every tie-breaker because of the horrible conference & divison record.

Denver 8-5(6-4 conf), Jacksonville7-6(6-3), Baltimore 7-6(6-4 conf), Miami 7-6(5-4 conf) & NY Jets 7-6(5-5 conf) are all ahead of them in the AFC. Plus, even with a win vs Baltimore, they would still lose the division tie-breaker with Baltimore(3-3 at worst).

[bobblehead]

What if I wake up and Jenna Jamison is sitting on my cock?

Both have about the same chance of happening at this point.

Jenna is knocking at the door!

Check yourself for std's afterwards

I would also check for Tito Ortiz' cock in my ass since they are a couple....messin' with a UFC fighters woman? Priceless!

[bobblehead]

5 down, 3 to go. The Pack are 9-4. Five in a row is a good thing, especially on the road.

Illegal Formation - declined
False Start (Tausch) - 5 yards
False Start (Lee) - 5 yards
Facemask (Jolly) - 15 yards
False Start (Bush) - 5 yards

3 false starts suck, but on the road against a division rival its somewhat understandable. Facemask is just tough, I don't recall the penalty, but most of the time a guy is engaging a blocker and reaches out and grabs the wrong thing.

[mission]

5 down, 3 to go. The Pack are 9-4. Five in a row is a good thing, especially on the road.

Illegal Formation - declined
False Start (Tausch) - 5 yards
False Start (Lee) - 5 yards
Facemask (Jolly) - 15 yards
False Start (Bush) - 5 yards

3 false starts suck, but on the road against a division rival its somewhat understandable. Facemask is just tough, I don't recall the penalty, but most of the time a guy is engaging a blocker and reaches out and grabs the wrong thing.

The facemask was on Jolly's sack of Cutler. You could see #97 was pretty down about it... he knew it right away. I love how crybaby Cutler mimic'd the facemask call before he was even tackled... no one cries for more flags than Cutler.

[swede]

5 - 11 is far more likely than going above 500 imo.

I forgot what I was going to say.

[SnakeLH2006]

What if I wake up and Jenna Jamison is sitting on my cock?

Both have about the same chance of happening at this point.

Jenna is knocking at the door!

Check yourself for std's afterwards

I would also check for Tito Ortiz' cock in my ass since they are a couple....messin' with a UFC fighters woman? Priceless!

Bobble it's hard to say who would give the STD's...I mean Jenna has slept with 1000's of men (easy to do when you are doing gangbangs for a living for a decade I'd assume) and Tito.......well he is the emo-est dude who EVER fought...emotions on his sleeve is not just rhetoric, and his name is Tito...hard to say where the STD's come from with that couple.

BTW...Tito and Chuck "Old Man" Liddell are the coaches in the new season of the Ultimate Fighter soon. I hope the IceMan has one more Knockout left in his ailing 39 year-old fists. Book Tito for Oprah. Maybe soccer mom's could empathize with him...

[The Leaper]

Jenna is working me like a rented mule right now.