Official Packers-Cardinals Playoff Thread

[BallHawk]

We're gonna score the most points.

[mission]

Ever!

[Joemailman]

This game is all about composure for the Packers. They're the better team. They just have to keep doing what they've done to get here. Stop the run. Pressure Warner. Protect Arod.

[mission]

This game is all about composure for the Packers. They're the better team. They just have to keep doing what they've done to get here. Stop the run. Pressure Warner. Protect Arod.

Arizona is gonna come out strong and we just have to punch them in the mouth and remind them that this isn't last year and you can't just turn it on. Once we overcome that initial burst of energy, I think we'll set the tone and wear them down. We're simply better.

[swede]

Where do you go to find out which crew will be officiating the game?

[gbgary]

well...it looks like it's going to be n.o. if we can beat these guys again.

[swede]

Where do you go to find out which crew will be officiating the game?

Found it. Scott Green's crew.

Does anyone know much about this crew?

http://www.football-refs.com/active-refs/scott-green/

Apparently he was involved in a controversial play in 2008 between the Steelers and the Chargers:

Steelers-Chargers game

by mickey on November 18, 2008

As it turns out, it WAS a touchdown for Troy Polamalu, but it’ll never show up that way in the history books. Fortunately, this error didn’t change the outcome of the game. However, it messed up a lot of gamblers and fantasy players, and could possibly affect the playoff picture under certain scenarios.

The problem is that if ANY forward pass touches the ground, the play is dead. The officials simply got confused about which pass was which.

The little flip pass from LaDanian Tomlinson to Chris Chambers was an illegal forward pass, but was handled cleanly by Chambers. When Chambers tried to lateral again, the ball hit the ground. However, because that pass went backwards, the ball was still live and it was legal for Polamalu to pick it up and score.

There still should have been a penalty on the Chargers for the illegal forward pass from Tomlinson, which the Steelers could decline so they could keep the touchdown. That’s what happened initially. After that, referee Scott Green changed his mind (got confused, etc) and things got a little weird.

I'm guessing it's a good thing that I don't know this referee's name.

Let somebody else have Ed Hotchili.

[Bretsky]

I've witnessed BH's Brewere threads in meaningful games; if they lose this one it's all on BH !

[red]

is boldin in or out?

sounds like he's very doubtful right now, but that could be a smoke screen

[Bretsky]

is boldin in or out?

sounds like he's very doubtful right now, but that could be a smoke screen

Bolding will play; I had him in FF this year and the guy played some games this year when he could hardly cut off his ankle. At worst I bet he's out there as a decoy tomorrow

[Packers4Ever]

This game is all about composure for the Packers. They're the better team. They just have to keep doing what they've done to get here. Stop the run. Pressure Warner. Protect Arod.

I just came back from visiting a Cards forum, most of their posters are whining and wringing their hands over tomorrow's game, Another poster said they're to expect at least 15,000 Packers fans tomorrow and that started them all over again. They're just sure GB is going to pour it on and win by a mile or four.

Well we are, aren't we?

[The Leaper]

The only thing that worries me is all the stinking love the media has thrown at us...if anything spells doom, it is the kisses received from media pundits.

The Packers are better than Arizona...but Arizona has a punchers chance if they can keep Warner upright. The whole key to this game for me is getting pressure up the middle in Warner's face. If we do that, we win solidly.

[swede]

We were in the NFC championship just two years ago. Was that the last hurrah of an old era or the early arrival of a new era?

Maybe both at once.

Today's game could be like the playoff game vs the 49ers in '95. A robust and confident performance leading to decisive victory will serve warning to the rest of the league, just as it did in '95: This wasn't just a good season for Green Bay. This is the beginning of a new football dynasty.

[swede]

Sorry.

Been up late drinking KoolAid with vodka.

[The Leaper]

This wasn't just a good season for Green Bay. This is the beginning of a new football dynasty.

I don't think our OL play puts us anywhere near dynasty just yet. We have a good young team...but most true dynasties revolve around a franchise QB behind a very good OL. In today's NFL, that is even more true considering the rules changes that have made the passing games so prolific and the tremendous number of high quality RB prospects coming out of college.

We don't have a very good OL yet...and we could stand to learn how to grab some of that young dynamic talent at RB.