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I thought that this would be a good time to start this thread. The Packers are 9-4, and they could reasonably end up either the last wild card or having the second best record of the NFC and thus home field advantage for a week and a week off.
This is an exciting time of the year, and I am enjoying this season. Of course none of us knows what will happen, but it looks like McCarthy is doing a good job getting this team in the right mindset. The players seem to respect him, and he's not making excuses for all the injuries. Instead, he and the team are adjusting.
The running game seems to be slowly getting better, and it looks like Barclay may win the Bruce Wilkerson Award, especially if it means TJ Lang plays better at left guard with a week to have rested not only his ankle but his right elbow or whatever it is that's hurt there.
If Matthews can come back and stay healthy, the defense will improve. I'm comforted that the team brought up another NT to take up space, and if Neal can heal and Wilson can come back, who knows? The secondary is young but improving.
There are tough teams out there. The Giants are tough. The Niners are tough, and their new QB brings a new dimension to that team. The Falcons have a strong, strong record. There are some tough teams out there. Any one of them could win.
But it's been an enjoyable year, and I feel better about this team than last year's edition. The defense was awful - everyone knew they could be scored upon at will. This year, they're not world beaters, but they seem improved, and maybe they're toughening up at the right time.
Probably my favorite moment of the season so far was last week when the Packers ran seven running plays in a row and jammed it down the Lions' throats for a touchdown. For me, that's prettier than a fifty yard bomb to Jennings or Jones or Nelson.
Enjoy the rest of the season, good people. Especially those of you who, like me, waded through year after year after year of listless Packer teams in the seventies and eighties. If you were like me, in retrospect you can see that you got way, way too excited about the one Lynn Dickey-led playoff team in the 80's (their defense was sieve-like), and way too excited about Lindy Infante's one good year, and too excited about the Majik Man. But it was all we had.
Now we've got an organization that is one of the best in football. So....enjoy. This is what we've waited for.
This is an exciting time of the year, and I am enjoying this season. Of course none of us knows what will happen, but it looks like McCarthy is doing a good job getting this team in the right mindset. The players seem to respect him, and he's not making excuses for all the injuries. Instead, he and the team are adjusting.
The running game seems to be slowly getting better, and it looks like Barclay may win the Bruce Wilkerson Award, especially if it means TJ Lang plays better at left guard with a week to have rested not only his ankle but his right elbow or whatever it is that's hurt there.
If Matthews can come back and stay healthy, the defense will improve. I'm comforted that the team brought up another NT to take up space, and if Neal can heal and Wilson can come back, who knows? The secondary is young but improving.
There are tough teams out there. The Giants are tough. The Niners are tough, and their new QB brings a new dimension to that team. The Falcons have a strong, strong record. There are some tough teams out there. Any one of them could win.
But it's been an enjoyable year, and I feel better about this team than last year's edition. The defense was awful - everyone knew they could be scored upon at will. This year, they're not world beaters, but they seem improved, and maybe they're toughening up at the right time.
Probably my favorite moment of the season so far was last week when the Packers ran seven running plays in a row and jammed it down the Lions' throats for a touchdown. For me, that's prettier than a fifty yard bomb to Jennings or Jones or Nelson.
Enjoy the rest of the season, good people. Especially those of you who, like me, waded through year after year after year of listless Packer teams in the seventies and eighties. If you were like me, in retrospect you can see that you got way, way too excited about the one Lynn Dickey-led playoff team in the 80's (their defense was sieve-like), and way too excited about Lindy Infante's one good year, and too excited about the Majik Man. But it was all we had.
Now we've got an organization that is one of the best in football. So....enjoy. This is what we've waited for.
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