OFFICIAL GREEN BAY PACKERS vs MINNESOTA VIKINGS PLAYOFF GAME DAY THREAD

[wist43]

Will probably come down to one guy - my favorite whipping boy, Dom Capers.

If he comes out with an aggressive game plan, commits seven up front, mixes in four DL, plays tight coverage on their mediocre receivers... I like our chances. If he comes out with 2 DL, 3 man rushes, and sloppy zones?? Our season is probably over.

LeRoy Butler was complaining about Capers and his 3rd and 11 brain fart from last week as well... I'm not the only one that sees it. At some point, you'd think McCarthy would step in and rip that page out of the playbook.

I have faith in McCarthy and Rodgers on offense... if the defense can at least hold serve, I have confidence the offense can do enough against their defense. Our pathetic OL notwithstanding.

[woodbuck27]

I was gonna wait, but I guess I'll post this now.

One and done! Just like last year. Packers have no shot. The Football Gods just do not like the Packers this year. (See the Seattle game and all of the lousy officiaing they've had all year) This is not our year Packer Fans. We're in for a long night.

As soon as we think we have this team figured out, they have a game like they did last week, specifically the defense. Their youth and inexperience really came out. Missed tackles, confusion, missed assignments - just all around bad play.

Packers defense had one player to worry about and they let him run wild. I love Capers comments about being "Overaggressive," in trying to stop AP. Really? Overaggressive? Not what I saw - I saw players that still don't know how to tackle....STILL! In not even trying to stop AP, Ponder could do whatever he wanted and he did! Now, the Packers have to worry about him too.

So, what will we see this week. Well, I'm expecting to see more of what we saw last week. Hand off to AP, Ponder to hit the TE in stride down the middle of the field, playaction to work all day for the Vikings, Packer CBs frozen, peeking in the backfield, LBs and Safeties not tackling and Ponder having all day to throw to whoever he wants. It's gonna be a long night.

On offense - McCarthy will want to try to start fast, like usual. Have the Packers done anything on the first series all year? I can't think of any game where they came out and actually put points on the board on the first drive. Hell, I can't remember any first drive where they actually looked just OK. Usually it's a 3 and out. For a team that is supposedly built to score fast and often - they sure do suck at it.

O-line will struggle (again, nothing new), Rodgers will make at least two "bone-headed, why the hell would you do that," moves and take a couple sacks to move them out of field goal range. Ugh, it's gonna be a long night.

I'm not even going to get into Special Teams cause we all know how Mason "Shankapotamus" Crosby will fare today.

Easy game for the Vikings - just do exactly what you did last week. Packers have no chance.

Vikings 34, Packers 17 - Game Over!

It appears as though your glass is now ................. empty.

This will be a tough game. I want to see a great game.

There is little chance that the Packers offense scores as few as 17 points or less. We'll see 30+ Points on 'O'.

RE: Our teams Secondary:

I like the way M. Burnett and S. Shields tackle but the rest not so much. T. Williams seems like a pretender of late.

RE: Our teams Linebackers

AJ Hawk and Brad Jones have to get busy and make plays. T. Manning and E. Walden better not play invisable man tonight. If somehow the Vikings can neutralize Clay Matthews they may win the battle in the trench's and that scares me.

RE: Our teams DL:

We need to see BJ Raji do some magic on the Vikings side of the LOS. He has to penetrate, make plays... be disruptive. I expect a big game fr. Ryan Pickett and C.J. Wilson. If Mike Neal shows up we're in good shape there.

RE: Our teams 'O':

Can we count on Randall Cobb to be 100%? We need our receivers to play a full game. If G. Jennings, J.Nelson and J. Jones are available for 60 minutes we'll win.

The Vikings have lots in their front seven to pressure Aaron Rodgers. He has to get mobile, buy some time. Our receivers have to get back to the ball and run routes to find space. Rodgers has to be solid in his checkdowns and not focus so much on his guy.

Mixing in a running game will help Aaron Rodgers. It'll help to take the heat off of him and help us win the clock.

We need to get solid production in our kicking game because the Vikings surely will.

Who will win this game?

We 'must win' this game.

GO PACKERS!

[wist43]

This is a classic Club vs Rapier game.
Rodgers & his receiving corp can move the ball quicker down the field and get points quicker than Peterson can.
If McCarthy commits from the start to the pass the Packers win. If he insists on spending the first half accepting constant 2 yard runs in the name of balance, I'm not confident.
If he's worried about the Viking pass rush, 3 step drop short routes, the occasional screen, and keeping a back and/or TE in to pass protect - even if that means 3 man routes - would be just fine.
I just hope the Packer offense doesn not spend too much time banging its head against the wall in the name of balance.

I do have faith in the offense... but McCarthy running for the sake of running, and getting nothing out of it is a concern.

Worst case scenario would be McCarthy stubbornly sticking to a running game that isn't working; and Capers being Capers.

If that's the case, we're done.

I actually think McCarthy will not do that... Capers?? Cross your fingers and hope he can't find that page in the playbook.

[mr_blonde]

Joe Webb to start????

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5857/joe-webb

[hoosier]

I was gonna wait, but I guess I'll post this now.

One and done! Just like last year. Packers have no shot. The Football Gods just do not like the Packers this year. (See the Seattle game and all of the lousy officiaing they've had all year) This is not our year Packer Fans. We're in for a long night.

As soon as we think we have this team figured out, they have a game like they did last week, specifically the defense. Their youth and inexperience really came out. Missed tackles, confusion, missed assignments - just all around bad play.

Packers defense had one player to worry about and they let him run wild. I love Capers comments about being "Overaggressive," in trying to stop AP. Really? Overaggressive? Not what I saw - I saw players that still don't know how to tackle....STILL! In not even trying to stop AP, Ponder could do whatever he wanted and he did! Now, the Packers have to worry about him too.

So, what will we see this week. Well, I'm expecting to see more of what we saw last week. Hand off to AP, Ponder to hit the TE in stride down the middle of the field, playaction to work all day for the Vikings, Packer CBs frozen, peeking in the backfield, LBs and Safeties not tackling and Ponder having all day to throw to whoever he wants. It's gonna be a long night.

On offense - McCarthy will want to try to start fast, like usual. Have the Packers done anything on the first series all year? I can't think of any game where they came out and actually put points on the board on the first drive. Hell, I can't remember any first drive where they actually looked just OK. Usually it's a 3 and out. For a team that is supposedly built to score fast and often - they sure do suck at it.

O-line will struggle (again, nothing new), Rodgers will make at least two "bone-headed, why the hell would you do that," moves and take a couple sacks to move them out of field goal range. Ugh, it's gonna be a long night.

I'm not even going to get into Special Teams cause we all know how Mason "Shankapotamus" Crosby will fare today.

Easy game for the Vikings - just do exactly what you did last week. Packers have no chance.

Vikings 34, Packers 17 - Game Over!

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I could have posted exactly what you just wrote after the debacle in the Meadowlands in November. But then the Pack turned around and won three straight in December. I think this team has shown itself to be more resilient than you are giving them credit for (unless you're just playing the pessimistic prognosticator so the opposite will come true). And I don't see them losing twice in a row to the same team, even if the Vikings do present a bad matchup for them on the ground and with their DL. I am cautiously optimistic that the Packers will win this by more than 7 points.

[mmmdk]

Webb & Peterson gonna run, run, run!

[mmmdk]

I think he meant Germans!

Toga, Toga, TOGA!!!!

Isn't this from some flick from the '70ties? Can't remember the name of the movie...can anyone help?

[wist43]

Isn't this from some flick from the '70ties? Can't remember the name of the movie...can anyone help?

[woodbuck27]

Joe Webb to start????

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5857/joe-webb

WOW! If that's the case that's wild.

If so ....that puts even more pressure on the Packers to win and for the Vikings to run 'All Day'.

http://nfl.si.com/2013/01/05/looking-more-likely-that-joe-webb-starts-for-minnesota-in-green-bay/

" Webb did not attempt a single pass this season, as he stayed glued to the bench behind Ponder. Webb’s last legitimate game action came in Week 17 last season, when he completed 17 of 32 passes in a 17-13 loss to the Chicago Bears."

[woodbuck27]

Isn't this from some flick from the '70ties? Can't remember the name of the movie...can anyone help?

I think he means:

Tora! Tora! Tora !

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066473/

[sooner6600]

Tora, tora, tora is greek for the word now!

[woodbuck27]

Tora, tora, tora is greek for the word now!

As in ......

'Dear ...would you go to the icebox and bring me a beer...Tora tora tora.'



or 'Honey .... would you serve me a beer Tora tora tora.'





I researched this and discovered that:

Tora is Japanese for "tiger",

'to' is the initial syllable of the Japanese word totsugeki, meaning "charge" or "attack", and 'ra' is initial syllable of raigeki, meaning "torpedo attack".

[Cheesehead Craig]

Easy game for the Vikings - just do exactly what you did last week. Packers have no chance.

Vikings 34, Packers 17 - Game Over!

Glad to see you're consistant pitt

[Tony Oday]

Looking more and more like a Webb start.

[swede]

I think the widespread fail in picking up the easiest Animal House reference in the book is a bad omen.

Other than that. if you matched these two teams up ten times the Packers win eight. I'd say we're due, if the inability to recognize elementary memes hasn't hexed us.