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2 is the Magic Number. 2 wins gets the Packers to 10 wins, which is always a target for M3's Packers. When asked about playoffs, players often comment on getting to 10 wins first and here they sit, 2 games away, 2 home games left.
2 is the number of shockingly straight FGs that Mason Crosby, number 2, kicked after sinking into the nether depths of the bog of the shankopotomus. Perhaps he is cured of his yips in time for the important part of the schedule.
2 is the number of backup OL likely to start tomorrow for the Packers. I know, I know, Lang is questionable and took a couple of snaps at RT this week but questionable in McCarthyspeak usually means 10% of playing, tops.
Another week, another good DL. But the game is in Lambeau, which again will help the Packers OL. I look for the Packers to mix in a healthy dose of the run again this week, given that Don Barclay worked most of the week at RT. They should be able to control the game and keep Rodgers relatively clean through play selection. Also, Nick Fairley has been out with a quad injury and is officially questionable for this game. Should he sit out, Packers fans can breathe a little easier because he was a force in the last meeting.
On the other side, the Lions are sort of... disheveled... outside of Calvin Johnson. They're missing their next 3 WR and will have to look to the TEs for some production. Green Bay has been secretly decent vs. Tight Ends this year though, probably some because of improved secondary play and some because Jones is decent in coverage and has been forced into a starting role. The Lions in theory should be ok at running the ball with a talented, if troubled, back in LeShoure but like the Packers, they often seem to forget about the run.
The talk coming out of 1265 is that they really need this game, so expect them to come out focused and fierce this week. The Lions are a talented team that has let too many games slip away from them this year, a trend which is likely to continue tomorrow night. Where last year, they were coming back to win games in the 4th Q, this year they seem to be letting teams get them in the 4th Q.
This is another one of those deals that probably won't look very pretty because Green Bay is still shorthanded but the Packers are deep, playing at home, and even shorthanded they seem to be able to make those 2-3 more plays than the Lions that win games.
24-20 Packers.
2 is the number of shockingly straight FGs that Mason Crosby, number 2, kicked after sinking into the nether depths of the bog of the shankopotomus. Perhaps he is cured of his yips in time for the important part of the schedule.
2 is the number of backup OL likely to start tomorrow for the Packers. I know, I know, Lang is questionable and took a couple of snaps at RT this week but questionable in McCarthyspeak usually means 10% of playing, tops.
Another week, another good DL. But the game is in Lambeau, which again will help the Packers OL. I look for the Packers to mix in a healthy dose of the run again this week, given that Don Barclay worked most of the week at RT. They should be able to control the game and keep Rodgers relatively clean through play selection. Also, Nick Fairley has been out with a quad injury and is officially questionable for this game. Should he sit out, Packers fans can breathe a little easier because he was a force in the last meeting.
On the other side, the Lions are sort of... disheveled... outside of Calvin Johnson. They're missing their next 3 WR and will have to look to the TEs for some production. Green Bay has been secretly decent vs. Tight Ends this year though, probably some because of improved secondary play and some because Jones is decent in coverage and has been forced into a starting role. The Lions in theory should be ok at running the ball with a talented, if troubled, back in LeShoure but like the Packers, they often seem to forget about the run.
The talk coming out of 1265 is that they really need this game, so expect them to come out focused and fierce this week. The Lions are a talented team that has let too many games slip away from them this year, a trend which is likely to continue tomorrow night. Where last year, they were coming back to win games in the 4th Q, this year they seem to be letting teams get them in the 4th Q.
This is another one of those deals that probably won't look very pretty because Green Bay is still shorthanded but the Packers are deep, playing at home, and even shorthanded they seem to be able to make those 2-3 more plays than the Lions that win games.
24-20 Packers.
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